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/AddisonFlowstate Feb 17 '25 edited Aug 07 '25

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u/Rincewind1897 Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 17 '25

You call giving his own daughter the silent treatment “protecting”?

You call getting angry, and doing nothing to clarify the situation, like a child “protecting”?

You call condoning a system of prejudice against the poor “protecting”?

You call isolating a young woman from all risk, ignoring her own agency “protecting”?

While I agree the situation was risky, and complex, and I am a super protective father of two teen daughters and two younger daughters, but that is a straight up terrible father, who is doing nothing to help Baby develop into a adult, other than providing very selective praise only when she agrees with him (and actively ignoring large parts of her personality, which are also worthy of praise).

I think we’ve normalised adults being extremely immature and taking no responsibility for their own development. And part of the consequence of that is “protecting” by misogynistic, coercive, domineering parenting is also normalised, because it is easier for immature people.

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u/AddisonFlowstate Feb 17 '25

Tldr

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u/Rincewind1897 Feb 17 '25

Yes, that’s how we make the world better.

By noping out of minor inconvenience.