What’s Aged the Worst?
Wendy's wardrobe and weight plot; Kirby's stalking of Dale; Dale's understanding boyfriend; the glamorous apartments; time spent on Wendy's family
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- Wendy is dressed like a 1950s librarian, and making her weight a plot point is odd.
- Billy's attraction to Wendy is inexplicable given his wife and bar habits; she is called miscast.
- Andrew McCarthy is called miscast, with unintentional comedy through the roof; the other host likes him in the film.
- The actor's smoking as Kevin looks learned the day before filming, and Kevin is compared to Troy in Reality Bites, though Troy's friendships make more sense.
- Nobody notices Kevin is in love with Leslie, and Alec's cheating seems constant.
- The Dale and Kirby plot has aged far worse than anything involving Kevin.
- Kirby is a stalker: the rain-soaked black-tie arrival likened to Buffalo Bill, sniffing the pillow, and leaving his own party to drive three hours to the ski house.
- Kirby has no other plot beyond law school, the DUI help, switching jobs and returning to law school; he takes bar orders as if nothing happened.
- Dale's understanding boyfriend at the ski house, who even starts Kirby's car, is ridiculous.
- The apartments are too glamorous for 22-year-olds; Schumacher is quoted saying youth movies deserved stars, clothes, sets and cars, and that glamour was very much his concept.
- Too much time goes to Wendy's family with Martin Balsam instead of Jules; in a 10-episode version viewers would skip the Wendy episode.