The defence The Popcorn Loyalist
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Good Advice
Comedy · Romance · 2001
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life.
Movie details
Good Advice
2001 Comedy · Romance 1h 33m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
5.9 / 10
Community rating
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Good Advice?
For the defence
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Steve Rash
Written by
Robert Horn · Daniel Margosis
Charlie Sheen
Ryan Edward Turner
Angie Harmon
Page Hensen
Denise Richards
Cindy Styne
Jon Lovitz
Barry Sherman
Rosanna Arquette
Cathy Sherman
Meredith Salenger
Amy
Francoise Surel
Lucy Stone
Court is in session
Put Good Advice on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.