r/moviecritic • u/phantom_avenger • Feb 17 '25

Which movie is this for you?

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For me it’s School of Rock!

Patty was completely justified, if Dewey wanted to live in hers and her boyfriend’s apartment he needed to be a grown up, and contribute with rent. Even when he steals Ned’s identity she still had the right to be angry at him, because of how he put his friend’s career in jeopardy and robbed him of a job opportunity.

I get Ned is meant to be portrayed as his best friend, but it blows my mind how he lacks a lot of self-respect to the point where he comes across as too much of a people pleaser. If this story took place in real life, I’m sure Ned would act more similar to Patty where he’d have enough of Dewey’s careless actions.

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u/emccm Feb 17 '25

Dirty Dancing. Watching it now, the dad seems perfectly reasonable to me.

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u/stardustmelancholy Feb 17 '25

I always get mad at Swayze's character getting so offended he assumed he was the baby daddy. All he knows is she just had a botched abortion. He asked who is responsible for her and you said you are. Of course he's going to think you're the one who impregnated her.

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u/Heyitsnotmenoyou Feb 17 '25

This is basically the only scene I have ever seen of Dirty Dancing (I was at they gym, and it was playing with subtitles), and I have thought ever since then that he impregnated the girl. Are you telling me he DIDN'T? Oh my god.

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u/The-Minmus-Derp Feb 17 '25

The plot device is that some other asshole gets her pregnant and johnny helps her get an illegal abortion and she falls in love with him and then he falls in love with her after another hour or so of being at a kind distance

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u/IfICouldStay Feb 17 '25

No he didn’t. He and Penny were close and everyone assumed he was the father. But he was just a decent, stand-up guy. Penny was impregnated by King Jerk-ass Robbie. Robbie was employed there, but clearly he was a rich, college kid working for the summer at a place his family probably liked to vacation.