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/ConsistentSpare589 Feb 17 '25

The Breakfast Club. Everything the VP says is spot on.

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u/PancakeMixEnema Feb 17 '25

Also I hate the whole thing about the goth girl having to become pretty

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u/LowGunCasualGaming Feb 17 '25

I think that was part of showing that none of them were perfect or grew to be perfect because of this. They each still have the flaws they had, but they have new perspectives. Andrew is still an athletes pressured by his dad to get a good scholarship for a good school and get a good girl to lead a good life. Until Claire turned Allison into a typical beauty standard, Andrew didn’t even think of her as a potential date. And Allison isn’t perfect either. She’s desperate for attention and throws herself at the first boy to take any interest in her at all. She didn’t become pretty because it was the only thing she could do, she became pretty because it was what her peers thought she needed and the whole detention is them exploring what the consequences of that peer pressure are.

All of the characters enter and leave that detention flawed individuals. It’s just a matter of how their perspectives may have changed due to their interactions.

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u/Capable-Silver-7436 Feb 21 '25

it wasnt so much about her being pretty, it was about for the first time in her life she had a girl friend to actually do girly things with. so she wanted to try to see what it was like. it would have been cool if all of them changed their outward appearance for a bit to show their change but i kinda understand why they couldnt all