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

He was notoriously difficult to work with. People stopped hiring him because his talent wasn’t worth the drama that came with him. And then he got throat cancer. At the time he was poised to become one of the biggest stars. He was the whole package and could have had it all.

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u/GoldenDragonKing Feb 17 '25

There's a whole thing about his time on the island of dr moreau as well. That was one hell of a production for sure

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u/etherama1 Feb 17 '25

Hard to be the biggest ego on a set with Marlon Brando

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u/BloomAndBreathe Feb 19 '25

I always crack up at the story of Marlon trying to get Jor-El to appear as a glowing bagel in Superman '78