What’s Aged the Best?
Casting; fashion; furniture-making boyfriend
In the discussion (10)
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- The cast of Sandra Bullock, Peter Gallagher and Bill Pullman goes three for three; all three have to relate to one another, and all went on to successful careers.
- The casting is strong enough that the film does not miss a best friend; Lucy only has coworkers, making hers one of the sadder rom-com heroine backstories.
- Her clothes nail an Eileen Fisher aesthetic; the sweaters, jeans and boots feel current, though the muddy long belted skirts at the family house are an exception.
- Her deep red velvet New Year's Eve outfit echoes Meg Ryan's Christmas Eve outfit in Sleepless in Seattle, and the coat is back in style.
- The handcrafting furniture maker played by Bill Pullman is an artsy boyfriend ahead of its time, a forerunner of Aiden in Sex and the City, and his furniture has aged better than Aiden's.
- Walk-up apartments sucked in 1995 and still do.
- The simple engagement ring is loved and likened to the ring Aiden gives Carrie; it also has to fit under the token slot.
- The film is aspirational but not out of touch with how normal people live.
- Jack's reversible jean jacket is loved; the hosts cite Ashley Spencer's Washington Post oral history, in which Bill Pullman is quoted as still having and wearing it.
- The ranking settles on casting first, fashion second and the furniture boyfriend third.