What’s Aged the Best?
The ensemble details, dog, soundtrack and coming-of-age structure remain strengths.
In the discussion (11)
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- The cameo actor’s later fame is a bonus; the wheelchair character joke is funny but lacks a payoff, with a cut scene only hypothesized.
- Milo is one of the great movie dogs, scored nine-and-a-half against Baxter’s ten; the final dog behavior is debated.
- The drug-filled figure reveal and slow-motion destruction work; Santa is corrected to a garden gnome with two middle fingers.
- The erection joke succeeds, compared with Anchorman; adolescent unpredictability is recalled.
- The young guards’ ninja line, radio reveal, unpaid ending and the vibrator discovery are enjoyed.
- The oven surprise and ball punches are enjoyed; a claim that actors were really struck is speculation, not production fact.
- The closing television cameo and soundtrack are praised; Heads Will Roll remix is called a classic, and the soundtrack a contender for best of the last decade.
- The coming-of-age emotional core, true love and nerds seeking popularity endure; Revenge of the Nerds is another party example.
- The intoxicated faces are convincing, with actual drug use only speculation; the ending freeze-frame updates are loved.
- The title becoming shorthand for a huge party is ultimately treated as aged best rather than worst.
- Casting unknown people helps the viewer feel immersed in a real party.