The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
The magical black box and Ben Kingsley’s performance divide the panel.
In the discussion (8)
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- Selects the unexplained black box and questions how it could decrypt everything. — Kyle Brandt
- Ben Kingsley is selected as the weak link for seeming to perform in a different movie.
- Cosmo’s awkward short run is mocked as especially unconvincing beside Redford’s athleticism.
- Kingsley’s intensely serious account of Cosmo is contrasted with the rest of the cast’s lighthearted caper.
- The panel reads Cosmo’s plea for Marty to stay as possible romantic attachment.
- Doubts about Kingsley’s choices are tempered by praise for his Sopranos appearance.
- Finds it funny that a brief run is being treated as the film’s weak link. — Joanna Robinson
- Cosmo’s inconsistent accent is criticized.