What’s Aged the Best?
Frank’s foresight; Oswalt; soundtrack; filmmaking craft; Hoffman; bar; ponytail; Jimmy Gator’s relevance
In the discussion (9)
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- Frank anticipates masculine self-help, Tucker Max and the later pickup-artist movement associated with The Game and Neil Strauss.
- Frank’s performance and foresight remain strengths; the early Patton Oswalt appearance is appreciated.
- Aimee Mann’s soundtrack and its artist-centered structure are praised, compared with Nashville; a Counting Crows song-based movie is imagined.
- The frantic style captures Anderson’s state and displays difficult choreography/editing, despite its exhausting length and derivative elements.
- Hoffman’s unusually restrained, empathetic nurse showcases decency and growing versatility; 25th Hour is compared.
- The two Supertramp songs and music generally are praised.
- The bar and its flirtatious unattainable bartender feel specifically Los Angeles.
- Frank’s top ponytail anticipates the man bun.
- Jimmy Gator anticipates later exposure of abusive television figures; Anderson’s broadcast-family upbringing supplies context.