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Brittney Griner's arrest would be suspect at the best of times, let alone all of the evidence (as detailed in the linked wiki article) that Russia was deliberately trying to find someone small enough that they could get away with holding hostage but big enough that they could get the ransom they wanted out of it.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: Nowadays, it's impossible to bring up this movie without also bringing up the fact that Viktor Bout, the real-life figure whom Yuri Orlov is based on, was released from prison after a WNBA player was caught for weed in Russia and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bout–Brittney_Griner_prisoner_exchange got exchanged for him]]. That and the fact that Viktor Bout then went on to become a right-wing politician in Russia.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: Nowadays, it's impossible to bring up this movie without also bringing up the fact that Viktor Bout, the real-life figure whom Yuri Orlov is based on, was released from prison after a WNBA player was caught for weed arrested on dubious charges in Russia and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bout–Brittney_Griner_prisoner_exchange got exchanged for him]]. That and the fact that Viktor Bout then went on to become a right-wing politician in Russia.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: Nowadays, it's impossible to bring up this movie without also bringing up the fact that Viktor Bout, the real-life figure whom Yuri Orlov is based on, was released from prison after an NBA player was caught for weed in Russia and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bout–Brittney_Griner_prisoner_exchange got exchanged for him]]. That and the fact that Viktor Bout then went on to become a right-wing politician in Russia.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: Nowadays, it's impossible to bring up this movie without also bringing up the fact that Viktor Bout, the real-life figure whom Yuri Orlov is based on, was released from prison after an NBA a WNBA player was caught for weed in Russia and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bout–Brittney_Griner_prisoner_exchange got exchanged for him]]. That and the fact that Viktor Bout then went on to become a right-wing politician in Russia.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: Nowadays, it's impossible to bring up this movie without also bringing up the fact that Viktor Bout, the real-life figure whom Yuri Orlov is based on, was released from prison after an NBA player was caught for weed in Russia and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bout%E2%80%93Brittney_Griner_prisoner_exchange got exchanged for him]]. That and the fact that Viktor Bout then went on to become a right-wing politician in Russia.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: Nowadays, it's impossible to bring up this movie without also bringing up the fact that Viktor Bout, the real-life figure whom Yuri Orlov is based on, was released from prison after an NBA player was caught for weed in Russia and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bout%E2%80%93Brittney_Griner_prisoner_exchange org/wiki/Viktor_Bout–Brittney_Griner_prisoner_exchange got exchanged for him]]. That and the fact that Viktor Bout then went on to become a right-wing politician in Russia.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: Nowadays, it's impossible to bring up this movie without also bringing up the fact that Viktor Bout, the real-life figure whom Yuri Orlov is based on, was released from prison after an NBA player was caught for weed in Russia and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bout%E2%80%93Brittney_Griner_prisoner_exchange got exchanged for him]]. That and the fact that Viktor Bout then went on to become a right-wing politician in Russia.
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* CriticalDissonance: Critics were more mixed about the film, whereas audiences tend to remember it more fondly than the critics do. Care in point, it had a 62% rating on both Website/RottenTomatoes and Website/{{Metacritic}} from critics, whereas the audience averages are 84% on the former and 8.6/10 on the latter.
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* CriticalDissonance: Critics were more mixed about the film, whereas audiences tend to remember it more fondly than the critics do. Care in point, it had a 62% rating on both Website/RottenTomatoes and Website/{{Metacritic}} Metacritic from critics, whereas the audience averages are 84% on the former and 8.6/10 on the latter.
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* CriticalDissonance: Critics were more mixed about the film, whereas audiences tend to remember it more fondly than the critics do. Care in point, it had a 62% rating on both Website/RottenTomatoes and Website/{{Metacritic}} from critics, whereas the audience averages are 84% on the former and 8.6/10 on the latter.
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** The Yuri's BreakingSpeech to Jack is a close runner-up, especially after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bout%E2%80%93Brittney_Griner_prisoner_exchange the inspiration for Orlov was released from prison]] as part of a PrisonerExchange in 2022.
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** The Yuri's BreakingSpeech to Jack is a close runner-up, especially after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bout%E2%80%93Brittney_Griner_prisoner_exchange the inspiration for Orlov was released from prison]] as part of a PrisonerExchange in 2022.
