Harsher in Hindsight: In 1991, a man named Eric Keene broke into Stephen King's home in Bangor, ME, and confronted King's wife Tabitha. He claimed that King had plagiarized the book Misery, and also claimed to have a bomb in the box he was carrying. Upon Keene's arrest and inspection of the box, what was inside turned out to be a fake bomb made of straightened paperclips and pencil erasers, and no one was hurt in the incident (depending on your view, this could also be a case of Hilarious in Hindsight).
Hilarious in Hindsight: If this movie were released today, it would be rated PG-13 despite the infamous Precision F-Strike scene that talks about the R rating—PG-13 movies are allowed to use the word "fuck" once, and that scene is the only time the movie ever uses it; plus, the film's content otherwise never really reaches R levels (which is lampshaded in the aforementioned scene).
So Okay, It's Average: The critical consensus seems to have been that the film has some funny moments, but it's too uneven.
Fridge Brilliance: In "Snowed In," for a short time after her injury, Flash behaves like a small, scared child, not at all like her usual self. She actually seemed like she was about to cry when she saw that Victor hadn't made a particular crab dish that she liked. At first, it seems strange, not only because Flash isn't usually the one to whine, but also because a teenager should not be so emotional over a minor injury like a sprained ankle. But in hindsight, it makes sense. Flash was always the hypercompetent one, always on top of things. She was the one who took care of other people, including Victor and even her own mother. And now, she was forced to rely on others to take care of her. The feeling of helplessness that comes of being injured and dependent on others wasn't something she was used to handling, and it frightened her. It wasn't long, though, before she managed to pull herself together and resumed her usual snark.
