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* QuestionableCasting: Creator/TomHanks as Sherman [=McCoy=] and Creator/BruceWillis as Peter Fallow. To say nothing of Creator/SaulRubinek as ADA Kramer. Or Creator/MelanieGriffith as Maria Ruskin. Or, really, the whole cast.
** In defense of Tom Hanks, the film came out around the time that Hanks had still not been codified as the go-to big-name actor who only plays nice guys. Also, Griffith would later go on to play bitches in sheep's clothing (see ''Film/CecilBDemented'' for instance). So her playing Maria actually worked.
* RetroactiveRecognition: A young Creator/KirstenDunst plays Campbell [=McCoy=], Sherman’s daughter.
** In defense of Tom Hanks, the film came out around the time that Hanks had still not been codified as the go-to big-name actor who only plays nice guys. Also, Griffith would later go on to play bitches in sheep's clothing (see ''Film/CecilBDemented'' for instance). So her playing Maria actually worked.
* RetroactiveRecognition: A young Creator/KirstenDunst plays Campbell [=McCoy=], Sherman’s daughter.
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* QuestionableCasting: Creator/TomHanks as Sherman [=McCoy=] and Creator/BruceWillis as Peter Fallow. To say nothing of Creator/SaulRubinek as ADA Kramer. Or Creator/MelanieGriffith as Maria Ruskin. Or, really, the whole cast.
**cast. In defense of Tom Hanks, the film came out around the time that Hanks had still not been codified as the go-to big-name actor who only plays nice guys. Also, Griffith would later go on to play bitches in sheep's clothing (see ''Film/CecilBDemented'' for instance). So her playing Maria actually worked.
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** A young Creator/KirstenDunst plays Campbell [=McCoy=], Sherman’sdaughter.daughter.
** Beth Broderick would become far better known as Aunt Zelda in ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''.
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** Beth Broderick would become far better known as Aunt Zelda in ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''.
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* HardToAdaptWork: Wolfe's novel satirizes the excesses and social dynamics of 1980s New York City. Adapting the social commentary, sharp wit, and the exploration of themes such as race and class while navigating the cultural shifts since the novel's publication presents challenges for filmmakers.
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** In defense of Tom Hanks, the film came out around the time that Hanks had still not been codified as the go-to big name big-name actor who only plays nice guys. Also, Griffith would later go on to play bitches in sheeps sheep's clothing (see ''Film/CecilBDemented'' for instance). So her playing Maria actually worked.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: A young Creator/KirstenDunst plays Campbell [=McCoy=], Sherman’s daughter.
* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/TomHanks as Sherman [=McCoy=] and Creator/BruceWillis as Peter Fallow. To say nothing of Creator/SaulRubinek as ADA Kramer. Or Creator/MelanieGriffith as Maria Ruskin. Or, really, the whole cast.
* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/TomHanks as Sherman [=McCoy=] and Creator/BruceWillis as Peter Fallow. To say nothing of Creator/SaulRubinek as ADA Kramer. Or Creator/MelanieGriffith as Maria Ruskin. Or, really, the whole cast.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: A young Creator/KirstenDunst plays Campbell [=McCoy=], Sherman’s daughter.
* WTHCastingAgency:QuestionableCasting: Creator/TomHanks as Sherman [=McCoy=] and Creator/BruceWillis as Peter Fallow. To say nothing of Creator/SaulRubinek as ADA Kramer. Or Creator/MelanieGriffith as Maria Ruskin. Or, really, the whole cast.
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** In defense of Tom Hanks, Bonfire came out around the time that Hanks had still not been codified as the go-to big name actor who only plays nice guys. Also, Griffith would later go on to play bitches in sheeps clothing (see ''Film/CecilBDemented'' for instance). So her playing Maria actually worked.
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** In defense of Tom Hanks, Bonfire the film came out around the time that Hanks had still not been codified as the go-to big name actor who only plays nice guys. Also, Griffith would later go on to play bitches in sheeps clothing (see ''Film/CecilBDemented'' for instance). So her playing Maria actually worked.
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** In defense of Tom Hanks, Bonfire came out around the time that Hanks had still not been codified as the go-to big name actor who only plays nice guys. Also, Griffith would later go on to play bitches in sheeps clothing (see Cecil B Demented for instance). So her playing Maria actually worked.
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** In defense of Tom Hanks, Bonfire came out around the time that Hanks had still not been codified as the go-to big name actor who only plays nice guys. Also, Griffith would later go on to play bitches in sheeps clothing (see Cecil B Demented ''Film/CecilBDemented'' for instance). So her playing Maria actually worked.worked.
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* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/TomHanks as Sherman [=McCoy=] and Creator/BruceWillis as Peter Fallow. To say nothing of Saul Rubinek Creator/SaulRubinek as ADA Kramer. Or Creator/MelanieGriffith as Maria Ruskin. Or, really, the whole cast.
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* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/TomHanks as Sherman [=McCoy=] and Creator/BruceWillis as Peter Fallow. To say nothing of Saul Rubinek as ADA Kramer. Or Melanie Griffith as Maria Ruskin. Or, really, the whole cast.
** In defense of Tom Hanks, Bonfire came out around the time that Hanks had still not been codified as the go-to big name actor who only plays nice guys. Also, Griffith would later go on to play bitches in sheeps clothngs (see Cecil B Demented for instance). So her playing Maria actually worked.
** In defense of Tom Hanks, Bonfire came out around the time that Hanks had still not been codified as the go-to big name actor who only plays nice guys. Also, Griffith would later go on to play bitches in sheeps clothngs (see Cecil B Demented for instance). So her playing Maria actually worked.
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* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/TomHanks as Sherman [=McCoy=] and Creator/BruceWillis as Peter Fallow. To say nothing of Saul Rubinek as ADA Kramer. Or Melanie Griffith Creator/MelanieGriffith as Maria Ruskin. Or, really, the whole cast.
** In defense of Tom Hanks, Bonfire came out around the time that Hanks had still not been codified as the go-to big name actor who only plays nice guys. Also, Griffith would later go on to play bitches in sheepsclothngs clothing (see Cecil B Demented for instance). So her playing Maria actually worked.
** In defense of Tom Hanks, Bonfire came out around the time that Hanks had still not been codified as the go-to big name actor who only plays nice guys. Also, Griffith would later go on to play bitches in sheeps
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* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/TomHanks as Sherman [=McCoy=] and Creator/BruceWillis as Peter Fallow. To say nothing of Saul Rubinek as ADA Kramer. Or Melanie Griffith as Maria Ruskin. Or, really, the whole cast.cast.
** In defense of Tom Hanks, Bonfire came out around the time that Hanks had still not been codified as the go-to big name actor who only plays nice guys. Also, Griffith would later go on to play bitches in sheeps clothngs (see Cecil B Demented for instance). So her playing Maria actually worked.
** In defense of Tom Hanks, Bonfire came out around the time that Hanks had still not been codified as the go-to big name actor who only plays nice guys. Also, Griffith would later go on to play bitches in sheeps clothngs (see Cecil B Demented for instance). So her playing Maria actually worked.
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* JerkAssWoobie: Sherman [=McCoy=], an admittedly arrogant yuppie who is nonetheless unfairly cast as the rich white villain of a racially charged tabloid melodrama.
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* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Tom Hanks WTHCastingAgency: Creator/TomHanks as Sherman [=McCoy=] and Bruce Willis Creator/BruceWillis as Peter Fallow. To say nothing of Saul Rubinek as ADA Kramer. Or Melanie Griffith as Maria Ruskin. Or, really, the whole cast.
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* AllStarCast: In a weird way, this may have actually contributed to the film's failure. The characters in the novel are almost uniformly self-serving, amoral, and unsympathetic. The filmmakers chose to cast actors like Creator/TomHanks, Creator/MorganFreeman, and Creator/BruceWillis, whom audiences then found some of the most likable actors in Hollywood.
** Exemplified in ''Siskel & Ebert's'' review of the film:
--->'''Roger Ebert''': You know, one of the- in a movie that is filled with so many disappointments, the biggest disappointment for me was the Bruce Willis character.
--->'''Gene Siskel''': Absolutely!
--->'''Roger Ebert''': They really- they ''really'' missed a chance here. I mean, ''why'' do they get so tied up with the notion that they have to fill up a movie with stars that they don't look at a book and see who this drunken, British, freeloading, little guy was? And why not get somebody who can play that fascinating character instead of having a big lump of-of dead space there, taking up so much screen time?
** Exemplified in ''Siskel & Ebert's'' review of the film:
--->'''Roger Ebert''': You know, one of the- in a movie that is filled with so many disappointments, the biggest disappointment for me was the Bruce Willis character.
--->'''Gene Siskel''': Absolutely!
--->'''Roger Ebert''': They really- they ''really'' missed a chance here. I mean, ''why'' do they get so tied up with the notion that they have to fill up a movie with stars that they don't look at a book and see who this drunken, British, freeloading, little guy was? And why not get somebody who can play that fascinating character instead of having a big lump of-of dead space there, taking up so much screen time?
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--->'''Roger Ebert''': They really- they ''really'' missed a chance here. I mean, ''why'' do they get so tied up with the notion that they have to fill up a movie with stars that they don't look at a book and see who this drunken, British, free-loading, freeloading, little guy was. was? And why not get somebody who can play that fascinating character instead of having a big lump of-of dead space there, taking up so much screen time?
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** Exemplified in Roger Ebert's on-air review of Willis' character:
--->'''Roger Ebert''': You know, one of the- in a movie that is filled with so many disappointments, the biggest disappointment for me was the Bruce Willis character.
--->'''Gene Siskel''': Absolutely!
--->'''Roger Ebert''': They really- they ''really'' missed a chance here. I mean, ''why'' do they get so tied up with the notion that they have to fill up a movie with stars that they don't look at a book and see who this drunken, British, free-loading, little guy was. And why not get somebody who can play that fascinating character instead of having a big lump of-of dead space there, taking up so much screen time?
--->'''Roger Ebert''': You know, one of the- in a movie that is filled with so many disappointments, the biggest disappointment for me was the Bruce Willis character.
--->'''Gene Siskel''': Absolutely!
--->'''Roger Ebert''': They really- they ''really'' missed a chance here. I mean, ''why'' do they get so tied up with the notion that they have to fill up a movie with stars that they don't look at a book and see who this drunken, British, free-loading, little guy was. And why not get somebody who can play that fascinating character instead of having a big lump of-of dead space there, taking up so much screen time?
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* AllStarCast: In a weird way, this may have actually contributed to the film's failure. The characters in the novel are almost uniformly self-serving, amoral, and unsympathetic. The filmmakers chose to cast actors like Creator/TomHanks, Creator/MorganFreeman, and Creator/BruceWillis, whom audiences then found some of the most likable actors in Hollywood.
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* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Tom Hanks as Sherman [=McCoy=] and Bruce Willis as Peter Fallow. To say nothing of Saul Rubinek as ADA Kramer. Or Melanie Griffith as Maria Ruskin. Or, really, the whole cast.
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* JerkAssWoobie: Sherman [=McCoy=], an admittedly arrogant yuppie who is nonetheless unfairly cast as the rich white villain of a racially charged tabloid melodrama.
* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Tom Hanks as Sherman [=McCoy=] and Bruce Willis as Peter Fallow.
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