| 1 | * 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. |
| 2 | * JerkassWoobie: Sherman [=McCoy=], an admittedly arrogant yuppie who is nonetheless unfairly cast as the rich white villain of a racially charged tabloid melodrama. |
| 3 | * 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. |
| 4 | * RetroactiveRecognition: |
| 5 | ** A young Creator/KirstenDunst plays Campbell [=McCoy=], Sherman’s daughter. |
| 6 | ** Beth Broderick would become far better known as Aunt Zelda in ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''. |
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