What’s Aged the Best?
Margulies, the supporting cast, Orbach's career, and the director's blunt Seagal assessment
In the discussion (8)
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- Julianna Margulies is praised for conveying fear and talent in an early film role. — Bill Simmons
- Director John Flynn's blunt account of Seagal's lateness and production delays is quoted as durable production context. — Bill Simmons
- The supporting cast, including Jerry Orbach and the actors around the mob family, is praised as unusually strong for the vehicle. — Bill Simmons
- Orbach's run across Dirty Dancing, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Someone to Watch Over Me, and Last Exit to Brooklyn is discussed as career context. — Bill Simmons
- Orbach's move from Out for Justice and Toy Soldiers into Law & Order and Beauty and the Beast is credited as evidence of his standing. — Bill Simmons
- The line describing Richie as killing people as if it were free is praised as a memorable piece of dialogue. — Bill Simmons
- Gino's warm access to mob boss Don Vittorio is praised as an entertaining relationship. — Bill Simmons
- Seagal and the actress playing Vicky giving flat reactions to Bobby's murder are cited as inadvertently durable comedy. — Bill Simmons