What’s Aged the Worst?
The abrupt four-year title card, too little Downey–Gyllenhaal time, their fictionalized friendship, Anthony Edwards’s wig, and the film’s persuasive Arthur Leigh Allen framing
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- Replacing a planned two-minute musical time-passage montage with the abrupt “four years later” card is criticized. — Bill Simmons
- The film is judged about five minutes short on Downey and Gyllenhaal together. — Bill Simmons
- Their entertaining friendship is acknowledged as a movie invention rather than a real friendship. — Chris Ryan
- Anthony Edwards wearing a wig is criticized. — Bill Simmons
- The movie left one host certain Arthur Leigh Allen was the killer for years, a confidence later evidence unsettled. — Sean Fennessey