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Biscuits_N_Gravey t1_iy6bmld wrote

I had the same experience showing someone American Beauty. Ended being like, well you kinda had to be there back in the late 90s…bc it did not hold up at all to me. The themes around losing and finding yourself all still hit but the rest didn’t age well

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theclipclop28 OP t1_iy6c5hh wrote

Steve Martin wiping his face with John Candy's underware, Martin's voice changes after guy pulled him by his nuts, Candy adjusting his seat in a car for what felt like an eternity, Candy driving the wrong way on the highway and not hearing what the guy from the other car was yelling, Candy suddenly appearing in devil's costume in the car, and many, many more little things and gags weren't funny.

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