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About Kevin Spacey...


uh... isn't Kevin Spacey just the best damn thing in this mollases spill of a movie?
thank jeez he showed up on the subway lookin for trouble. Don't know what I would've done. Maybe fallen asleep. Very indulgent movie, Nora. I understand your life is quite important to you, but I could have done without your little cautionary marriage movie. I love you Mike Nichols, but sadly, not even you could keep this sinking turd from falling apart.
I say flush it.
But I didn't hate it.
Yakov Smirnoff was a nice touch.

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well, it's a great debut by Spacey. how many actors can say they got their big break by holding a gun at Meryl Streep's head? well, at least in a movie role, right? wonderful movie and a funny and sad book as well...my favorite from junior high.

the true Oscar Miss. playing along with The Academy since Rain Man.

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He actually became somewhat known due to thievery...

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It was a good performance but his story made no sense and felt hopelessly contrived to me - almost as if the writers thought 'let's have something edgy happen to stop this story getting even more bland'. I gather the film was being re-written on the go. Does anyone know if the mugger incident is in the book?

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Yes the entire incident was in the book...almost verbatim actually.

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Honestly it's been so long since I watched the whole movie I don't remember much about it. But I always thought he was so cute in it, what I wouldn't give to have Kevin Spacey wink at me! (Yeah, I guess I'm missing the whole point of your post, lol.)

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He looked like an 80s NYC street thug casting reject from Break Dancin' 2: Electric Bugaloo

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Not anymore. 😒

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