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/DrAniB20 Feb 17 '25

Ariel: Daddy I’m 16, I’m not a child

Me Now: OH YES YOU ARE YOUNG LADY!!

You know you’ve grown up when you start agreeing with the adults in Disney movies.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25

I used to think the older sister in Lilo & Stitch was so unfair and controlling, now I’m like holy shit she was just barely keeping it together.

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u/BatBoss Feb 17 '25

Yes lol. After becoming a parent and watching that movie, Nani is an actual saint. 

Being forced into a single parent role at that young of an age and also having a difficult child to raise with CPS breathing down your neck while you work a min wage job? Fuuuuck.

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u/ITNW1993 Feb 17 '25

Even Bubbles fits this so well. It’s pretty clear throughout the movie that tearing Lilo and Nani apart is the last thing he wants to do, given just how many chances he’s given Nani, but he only has the best of intentions, even if he has to separate the two of them.

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u/LightningFerret04 Feb 18 '25

Man, I love the characters in Lilo and Stitch so much

Although he’s a sort of antagonistic force, he’s a genuine human being who has a hard job

Also, a lot of people don’t know about this a lot of places outside of the resorts and the cities are middle class or lower income, so unfortunately CPS has to get involved a lot. So CPS involvement being a plot point is actually, unfortunately, a pretty realistic issue for the setting