The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Best twist of the 1980s–1990s; Russian spies are missed; Susan’s death timing; Patton as Joker
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- Young is a singular screen presence whose unrealized career possibilities exceed a routine short run of stardom.
- Killing Susan forty-five minutes in is an effective surprise, although contemporary reviews often spoiled it.
- Tom might have saved Susan by leaving through the front door and forcing a confrontation with Brice.
- This is proposed as the best twist of the 1980s and 1990s, ahead of The Sixth Sense, with later identity-reversal thrillers owing it a debt.
- Old-fashioned Russian spies are missed as clear, readily understood movie antagonists.
- Will Patton is imagined as an excellent Joker.