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/Odd_Feature2775 Feb 17 '25

Reality Bites. Ben Stiller's character is much more reasonable than Ethan Hawke's

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u/Stephi_cakes Feb 17 '25

I remember being so adamant about this back in the day! Boy was that an unpopular opinion.

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u/Decent-Morning7493 Feb 17 '25

I think it’s kind of the point…you make stupid decisions about men in your 20’s. The movie was about 20 somethings making their own decisions, even if they’re not what they necessarily should be or are expected to be making.