The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award
In the discussion (6)
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- Farley could win for five scenes, which is what makes him great.
- Aykroyd is picked and seconded: he reportedly filmed his scenes in two days, with strange hair and a Chicago-meets-Coneheads accent, and his motivation is unclear; he definitely wins.
- As the host sees it, this was when Aykroyd moved to a new career phase and resurfaced doing Bob Dole on SNL.
- Aykroyd works as a cameo guy, as in Grosse Pointe Blank; here he is sillier, but the weirdly political, Rust Belt movie needs his Zelensky character as the evil corporation face opposed to what Farley believes in. — Sean Fennessey
- He was not evil enough and should have been 20 percent more Vince McMahon; the movie has no clear villain beyond one loudmouth foreman.
- Per the host's read of his IMDb, Aykroyd stayed busy with about four productions a year from 1994 to 2001, which changes perceptions of him.