What’s Aged the Worst?
Spacey’s offscreen baggage; The Big Short overshadowing the film
In the discussion (3)
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- Spacey’s offscreen baggage makes the first stretch uncomfortable, even though the performance eventually absorbs attention and includes an unusual softness.
- The Big Short’s success may have taken attention away from this film and limited its broader cable-rewatching profile.
- The Big Short’s larger-budget montage more forcefully conveys the public’s ignorance of looming disaster than the nighttime drive here, though the comparison is acknowledged as unfair.