Picking Nits
The prank, heightened senses, empty streets, Ferrari dealership, Baird discipline, and dress-uniform suicide trope
In the discussion (10)
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- The blind Ferrari drive is called the movie's biggest nitpick and judged impossible even at low speed. — Bill Simmons
- The active job-posting bulletin board used to arrange Charlie's holiday job is questioned. — Chris Ryan
- The panel questions whether everyone at school would already know who committed the prank. — Bill Simmons
- The colonel's ability to detect Charlie's movements makes his blindness seem inconsistently superpowered. — Bill Simmons
- Donna's name is treated as a poor fit for the tango partner. — Bill Simmons
- The Ferrari drive occurs across impossibly empty city streets without signals, pedestrians, or traffic. — Bill Simmons
- The location of a Manhattan Ferrari dealership beside empty driving streets is questioned. — Bill Simmons
- Baird's school-wide disciplinary hearing, blackmail tactics, and instant committee verdict seem implausible. — Bill Simmons
- The dress-uniform suicide setup is criticized as a showy military-officer trope also used in A Few Good Men. — Chris Ryan
- The prank depends on an improbably engineered milk balloon and the headmaster choosing to pop it while standing on his car. — Bill Simmons