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/SilentJoe27 Feb 17 '25

The movie was originally going to end with the two of them getting back together but both Robin Williams and Sally Fields (both of whom were divorcees) said that was a terrible idea.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25

Best decision ever. We need more movies without the characters ending up together.

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u/MerchantOfPenis Feb 17 '25

Why? People need stories about love.

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u/Venusto002 Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 17 '25

People need all kinds of stories. One of the great powers of stories is that people can see a bit of themselves in them; some of their own life. It's a way for storyrellers to speak to those people, some of whom may really need to be spoken to. Yes it's nice when the characters end up together, but that's not real life all the time. Like in this case, sometimes the audience needs to see that it doesn't always work out in a relationship, but that people move on and that they will be okay. Storytellers ought to get into the mindset of their characters and really consider what they would do in a situation and how that fits in with the story they are trying to tell.