Release: April 6, 2010
Film: Flubber (1997)
This review contains examples of:
- Actor Allusion:
- When Weebo is looking up human characteristics to charm Brainard, the reprise of "Part of Your World" starts to play.
- The Critic plays the clip of Picard telling Wesley to shut up when the dean's son complains about his chemistry grade.
- Alan Smithee: Critic wonders if the late John Hughes didn't know how to write the name while writing the screenplay.
- Alternate Character Interpretation: Critic calls Brainard a Jerkass.
- Big "WHAT?!": When Brainard misses his wedding for the fourth time, The Critic lets out one of these.
- Moral Event Horizon: Critic finally has enough with the movie when Brainard "shows up" for his wedding on Weebette's screen while he's in his lab.
- Nerd Glasses: When the losing basketball team appears in the movie:Critic: Look, they're all wearing glasses, so they must be part of the losers, because they're all wearing glasses, losers, glasses, losers, glasses, they're one and the same.
- Obviously Evil: Critic calls Wilson this for downright admitting he's been stealing Brainard's ideas and plans to marry his fiancee. In fact, Critic likes him for how unoriginal he is.
- Padding: The Critic criticizes the "flubber dance/music sequence" as this.
- Rooting for the Empire: The Critic does this with Wilson upon seeing how non-committing Brainard is with his fiancee; when Brainard fails to show up in person for his fourth wedding, he completely loses it and tells Sara that she'd be better off with him instead.
- Rule of Three:Critic: What a horrible ending! What a horrible movie. WHAT A FLAT-OUT HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE!!!
- Sequel Hook:Critic: In my opinion, I think it would be very difficult to find a film that was not only bad, but WORSE, than this movie that was only written by John Hughes...
(Home Alone 3 poster is shown with dramatic sting)
Critic: Oh snap. - Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: One of The Critic's main complaints about the movie, especially considering Brainard missed his wedding FOUR times.Critic: You mean he STILL couldn't make it to the wedding?! THIS GUY IS ASS SCUM! (audience in the movie applauds) NO! Stop applauding! This isn't charming! This is disturbing! VERY, VERY DISTURBING! After FOUR times he STILL couldn't make it to the altar? He is a BALL OF SHIT!!! WHY ARE YOU MARRYING HIM?! NOTHING indicates that he would be a good husband! Where are you spending your honeymoon: Divorce court? (...) RUN AWAY, WOMAN! RUN AWAY! Go marry that jerky guy, he at least would show up! Sure, he's a diabolical villain, but.... HE WOULD FUCKING SHOW UP!!!
"I'm here this weekend to steal your fiance, and make her my wife."
