What’s Aged the Worst?
Air-vent eavesdropping, animal mistreatment, a rapist’s redemption, absent roommate searches, kink shaming, Allie’s vague tech career, and overwritten dialogue
In the discussion (9)
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- Listening through an apartment air vent is called an implausible dated thriller device.
- Allie’s silver-purple raincoat is rejected as never having made sense. — Bill Simmons
- The live-action puppy kick and early-1990s sexual-harasser trope are criticized. — Bill Simmons
- The attempted redemption beat for Mitch after his assault is called something a modern edit would remove.
- The premise is said to collapse today because a new roommate could be searched online. — Van Lathan
- The era’s BDSM kink shaming is criticized. — Van Lathan
- Allie’s ill-defined technology business and implausible coding/payment powers are called dated. — Mallory Rubin
- The finale is said to need a campy eviction one-liner. — Bill Simmons
- Hedy’s identical-twin speech is criticized as overwritten, while the performance is said to have typecast the actor in one viewer’s mind. — Bill Simmons