What’s Aged the Best?
Separated leads; Reiner; Becky; potatoes; Seattle houseboat; voice intimacy; first-date drinks; film references
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- Keeping the romantic leads apart until the end is an aged-best structural choice.
- Reiner's dopey, sarcastic supporting presence makes a strong impact in only two scenes.
- Becky's repeated silent reactions to Walter are an aged-best comic detail.
- Jonah's backhanded thanks for unusually cooked potatoes is praised as a perfectly childish insult.
- A YouTube horror recut treating Annie as a murderous stalker is enthusiastically recommended.
- Victoria's excessive laugh is admired as a comic conception, although the performance and character provoke disagreement.
- The number-one soundtrack is praised, naming Jimmy Durante, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Carly Simon, Gene Autry, Joe Cocker, Harry Connick Jr., Tammy Wynette and Celine Dion.
- Ryan's dresses and trench coat preserve a very 1993 look that can count as both best and worst; Annie Hall influence and a speculative AIDS-era aversion to revealing clothing are discussed.
- Seattle's water, Pike Place and houseboat are aged-best choices; the airy light wood, round stair window and bathroom are especially admired, while the houseboat's mobility is questioned.
- Annie's investigation anticipates modern internet stalking; her extensive results with limited 1993 resources are admired while hiring a private investigator goes too far.
- Radio intimacy and parasocial attachment have aged well as evidence that people talking remains compelling content.
- Drinks rather than dinner remains an effective first-date strategy because it allows a quick exit.
- Movie references to Fatal Attraction, Pride of the Yankees and An Affair to Remember remain legible rather than dating the comedy.
- Annie briefing Walter on sensitive family topics, including financial losses and the IRS, remains a convincing social detail.