The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Amanda Peet is the movie’s hottest woman; Burns could have been Noah Baumbach with a stronger co-writer.
The first prompts career-wide appreciation; the second is agreed and tied to Burns’s reluctance to explore darker behavior.
In the discussion (5)
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- Amanda Peet is selected as the hottest woman in the movie.
- Her directness, intelligence, and willingness to commit to roles are praised.
- If Edward Burns had hired a stronger co-writer, he could have occupied Noah Baumbach’s space.
- Burns’s comfortable worldview and reluctance to show uglier behavior are offered as the limitation.
- The response is “I think you’re right” and agrees Burns had that opportunity.