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Rebel Wilson’s Senior Year

I thought I was done with her, but this looks quite fun, even if she is skinnier. I’m getting Strangers With Candy, Easy A and a few other fun high school movie vibes as well, and heck if it’s on Netflix, why not tune in anyways. I have nothing to lose.

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by Anonymousreply 132July 31, 2022 4:51 AM

You really clicked on my thread then made a whole new thread of the same movie I literally just posted 15 minutes ago?

by Anonymousreply 1April 11, 2022 3:45 PM

PR trolls fighting over who gets the OP bonus. How adorable.

by Anonymousreply 2April 11, 2022 3:53 PM

R1 I search both by her name and movie title NOTHING came up!

by Anonymousreply 3April 11, 2022 4:50 PM

This looks like crap and she has a fug face.

by Anonymousreply 4April 23, 2022 11:14 PM

Sure she's skinnier but she'll always have fat face.

by Anonymousreply 5April 23, 2022 11:16 PM

But why did she awaken from a coma with an Australian accent? Her parents don’t have accents. Rebel Wilson is fine as a character actress playing the kooky friend, but she absolutely cannot carry a movie. This will flop.

by Anonymousreply 6April 23, 2022 11:16 PM

She thinner she gets, the more masculine her face becomes. And why does this American girl wake up from a coma with an Australian accent? Lazy cunt can't even put on an accent. Cate Blanchett she's not.

by Anonymousreply 7April 23, 2022 11:17 PM

Never Been Kissed with Drew probably did it better

by Anonymousreply 8April 23, 2022 11:21 PM

She has more weight yo-yos than Oprah and Jonah Hill combined, and none of the charisma. She keeps trying, and the world keeps saying "No."

Amy Sedaris tried this story, and it worked because she had talent. Garry Marshall Tried this with Drew Barrymore, and it worked. No one anywhere thought this would be a good idea. Except Netflix, and fuck if anyone knows why. No wonder they're going out of business.

by Anonymousreply 9April 23, 2022 11:26 PM

Totally, R8. That was the first thing I saw. This is a Never Been Kissed meets Mean Girls meets Pitch Perfect mash up. Like Adele, it also looks like Rebel gained some of the weight back. She is not as this as she was a few months back or this is the real her without the photoshop.

by Anonymousreply 10April 23, 2022 11:48 PM

R5 She looks like more a rodent now.

by Anonymousreply 11April 24, 2022 12:33 AM

[Quote] And why does this American girl wake up from a coma with an Australian accent? Lazy cunt can't even put on an accent.

Because Rebel can't do an American accent. She tried to for The Bachelorette and it was a mess. Although that movie is underrated and should be a DL fave.

by Anonymousreply 12April 24, 2022 9:24 AM

Rebel looks like Beanie Feldman/Feldstein/Feldhill whatever her name is after a makeover.

The appeal of Rebel is as the best friend who makes wisecracks. She should never be the main character.

The anal sex joke was funny though.

by Anonymousreply 13April 24, 2022 9:34 AM

Feldspar?

by Anonymousreply 14April 24, 2022 10:29 AM

Did anyone watch this today? Interesting, how the younger version of Rebel's character was quite pretty and weird how the actress who played the younger version of Mary Holland's character is quite pretty compared to weird looking Mary.

by Anonymousreply 15May 14, 2022 2:01 AM

I’m watching on 1.25 speed and it’s flying by!

by Anonymousreply 16May 14, 2022 2:37 AM

You haven't even watched the show, but you are telling us to watch?

PR scum = blocked.

by Anonymousreply 17May 14, 2022 3:01 AM

Michael Cimino is very cute in this and does an iconic Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion level dance with Rebel.

by Anonymousreply 18May 14, 2022 3:09 AM

Good for her for losing the weight. It hasn’t helped her unfortunate face or lack of talent.

by Anonymousreply 19May 14, 2022 3:10 AM

They did it with 22 Jump street too.

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by Anonymousreply 20May 14, 2022 3:17 AM

Her flips were impressive!

by Anonymousreply 21May 14, 2022 3:24 AM

I wonder how it long it will be before Wilson starts getting work done on her face.

by Anonymousreply 22May 14, 2022 3:31 AM

r6, maybe she woke up with Foreign Accent Syndrome?

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by Anonymousreply 23May 14, 2022 3:42 AM

It's silly and goofy fun.

by Anonymousreply 24May 14, 2022 3:47 AM

I just tried to watch it and it was terrible.

by Anonymousreply 25May 14, 2022 3:51 AM

R18, why oh why did Michael Cimino agree to act in this? I haven't seen it yet, but only because of this Rebel Wilson woman it had the word turkey written all over it.

by Anonymousreply 26May 14, 2022 3:58 AM

WTF was up with Michael Cimino's character? Was he supposed to be non-binary type?

by Anonymousreply 27May 14, 2022 4:05 AM

I baby sat tonight and my niece wanted to see it. She's 13. It was total crap. I'm serious. An absolute shit mess. I don't mind these high school things now and then, but this was not well done at all. I was embarrassed for her cast. Not her. This was her baby. But that poor cast had some talented young people in it and I was embarrassed for them.

by Anonymousreply 28May 14, 2022 4:11 AM

The big problem with the movie was the made the 2022 high school environment too woke and too PC. Also, it was weird how the lesbian principal was pretty much in the closet in that environment.

by Anonymousreply 29May 14, 2022 4:22 AM

r29,

With all those anti-gay "Don't Say Gay" Bills in mind, your whole "too woke" whining seems pretty ignorant.

by Anonymousreply 30May 14, 2022 4:40 AM

I just watched some of it and it was TERRIBLE! I usually don't mind Rebel either. Absolutely unwatchable.

by Anonymousreply 31May 14, 2022 5:02 AM

This is PR trolling at its most obvious and moronic. Fuck you OP.

The endless shill of Wilson since her gastric band surgery has been one of the most pathetic exercises by PR hacks in recent years.

by Anonymousreply 32May 14, 2022 5:07 AM

I haven't watched it yet but is Joshua Colley's character gay in it?

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by Anonymousreply 33May 14, 2022 5:32 AM

This looks awful.

And she is a pathological liar.

by Anonymousreply 34May 14, 2022 5:39 AM

Yes R33 - the usual shitty, stereotyped gay character who appears in all her films.

by Anonymousreply 35May 14, 2022 5:50 AM

Angourie Rice plays young Rebel. She's Australian I think. Anyway, She is the actress who played Kate Winslet's Lesbian daughter in Mare of Easttown. She's very talented and I thought it was such a poor use of her talent. There were several young people, like her, and Joshua Robert Colley who were terribly misused. Total crap movie. A waste of time.

by Anonymousreply 36May 14, 2022 11:13 AM

Brandon Scott Jones was one of the writers on the screenplay. I sort of feel bad for him because I like him on Ghosts and he seems to be a nice guy and he's getting dragged in a couple of reviews.

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by Anonymousreply 37May 14, 2022 1:30 PM

Didn't even get half way through and had to flip channels.

by Anonymousreply 38May 14, 2022 1:32 PM

As funny as an autopsy.

by Anonymousreply 39May 14, 2022 3:17 PM

This died pretty fast.

by Anonymousreply 40May 14, 2022 3:18 PM

It's a funny, feel-good comedy. That interpretative dance scene with Michael Cimino is so hilarious.

by Anonymousreply 41May 14, 2022 3:21 PM

I was entertained. I won’t remember much or care about it next week, but it served it’s purpose for a light evening.

by Anonymousreply 42May 14, 2022 3:23 PM

Kathleen Turner did this ages ago. And it was funnier.

by Anonymousreply 43May 14, 2022 3:25 PM

Again watch it at 1.25 speed, it helps, honest!

by Anonymousreply 44May 14, 2022 3:59 PM

R43, Kathleen Turner doesn't have a funny bone in her body

by Anonymousreply 45May 15, 2022 7:53 AM

And Rebel Wilson has never had a bone in her body.

by Anonymousreply 46May 15, 2022 7:58 AM

R36 That was her? And no she's not talented at all.

by Anonymousreply 47May 15, 2022 8:09 AM

The character moved to America fr Australia and the mother (who died of cancer during the coma) was Australian, the father was not. Cate Blanchett's father was American and look how she talks. You guys are stupid I was on the phone didn't really watch a real 5min of it but I caught that.

by Anonymousreply 48May 15, 2022 8:12 AM

Who would have thought that comedic skills are a function of weight.

Do professional tennis players cut off their hands?

by Anonymousreply 49May 15, 2022 8:34 AM

I don't care for Rebel Wilson and her obnoxious, puerile brand of comedy. It has nothing to do with her weight. It has everything to do with her personality.

Now if they made a comedic horror movie and she played a vicious serial killer, and I was high, I might watch it.

by Anonymousreply 50May 15, 2022 12:20 PM

[Quote] Now if they made a comedic horror movie and she played a vicious serial killer, and I was high, I might watch it.

Or you could just watch Freaky.

by Anonymousreply 51May 15, 2022 1:24 PM

Rebel Wilson pretty much revealed herself to be a cunt years ago when she didn't get a role in that female Ghostbusters reboot and whined up a storm about hwo the women in the cast were too old. Sometime after that was when she was outed for lying about her age.

I also read some other article where Brandon Scott Jones said his job was to "Rebelfy" the script and the re-enactment U Drive Me Crazy was his idea. Also, this article from 2016 stated that DL non fave Kate McKinnon was considered for the lead role in Senior Year and the main character's name was Ruby. It would be interesting to see how much was changed from the original script. McKinnon probably wouldn't have been great at playing a a 37 year old trying to be a prom queen. Maybe, she could have played the lesbian friend. Mary Holland actually pings to high heaven, but she's married to a guy.

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by Anonymousreply 52May 15, 2022 1:33 PM

Is this the first role Rebel is actually playing her age?

by Anonymousreply 53May 15, 2022 1:36 PM

R53 Rebel is 42. She's five years older than her character. Mary Holland, Sam Richardson, and Zoe Chao are close in age to the adult versions of the classmates. Justin Hartley is a few years older than Rebel. He kind of looked haggard in some scenes.

Angourie Rice who played young Stephanie is a pretty young woman not a fugo like Rebel Wilson. I actually think Kate McKinnon would have been more believable as an older version of Rice. But, again McKinnon would have likely sucked in the role.

by Anonymousreply 54May 15, 2022 1:53 PM

[quote]Angourie Rice plays young Rebel. She's Australian I think. Anyway, She is the actress who played Kate Winslet's Lesbian daughter in Mare of Easttown. She's very talented and I thought it was such a poor use of her talent.

Angourie Rice is a brilliant actress who will easily have her choice of roles and follow in Kidman, Collette, Blanchett, Watts, Robbie's footsteps.

She was one of "the girls" alongside Nicole Kidman and Kirsten Dunst in Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled and played Betsy Brant in the 3 Tom Holland Spiderman movies.

And she was the lead in Ladies In Black, a period drama set in an Australian department store with Julia Ormond and Friedrich from The Sound Of Music. It's a well made film set in the late 50s and Rice win the AACTA best actress award.

And she was brilliant in Mare of Easttown.

Her scenes in Senior Year aren't bad. Rebel Wilson's are hideous. I'd be interested to know who filmed their scenes first. because they seem to be playing 2 totally different people. The characters aren't even similar.

by Anonymousreply 55May 15, 2022 2:51 PM

Rice pretty much played the character as a ruthless popular kid type who used her dorky and unpopular friends to her advantage. It was kind of like female version of Zack Morris from Saved by the Bell. Rice is attractive enough to be believable as a teen bitch/queen bee type. Rebel Wilson has never had an attractive face and I think the weight loss has somehow made her face look weirder. Her version of the character came off as unattractive goofy woman desperate to be a cool kid..

by Anonymousreply 56May 15, 2022 3:28 PM

I have to wonder if Rebel Wilson hates that she can't do a believable American accent. Some screenwriters and directors aren't always going to want to adapt a screenplay to include an actress who can't fake an American accent.

by Anonymousreply 57May 15, 2022 3:33 PM

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by Anonymousreply 58May 15, 2022 3:49 PM

This. Looks. Awful.

by Anonymousreply 59May 15, 2022 3:54 PM

[quote] Her scenes in Senior Year aren't bad. Rebel Wilson's are hideous. I'd be interested to know who filmed their scenes first. because they seem to be playing 2 totally different people. The characters aren't even similar.

It doesn't matter "who went first," you figure all of that stuff out before you start filming. The two actresses work together with the director (or on their own if the director is useless) to take an approach to how the characters speaks, moves reacts, etc. Obviously they only do it if it really matters. If you just have someone in a flashback for one scene as a child, it's likely going to matter less, but in this case, it matters plenty since Rebel is essentially picking up right from where Rice left the character.

by Anonymousreply 60May 15, 2022 4:04 PM

Well I fell asleep and woke up to find Alicia Silverstone making a cameo.

It was awful, mainly due to the cheapness of it and Rebel Wilson's unlikability.

by Anonymousreply 61May 15, 2022 5:10 PM

Isn’t Rebel’s unlikeability her brand?

by Anonymousreply 62May 15, 2022 5:41 PM

Wilson is tolerable in small doses, e..g. as a supporting character or a guest presenter at an awards show, but she's dreadful in a lead role or as the host of an awards show.

by Anonymousreply 63May 15, 2022 5:52 PM

[Quote] Rebel Wilson pretty much revealed herself to be a cunt years ago when she didn't get a role in that female Ghostbusters reboot and whined up a storm about hwo the women in the cast were too old. Sometime after that was when she was outed for lying about her age.

I bet she was a peach on the set of Pitch Perfect. I wonder who was worse? Anna or Rebel?

by Anonymousreply 64May 16, 2022 4:00 AM

Lol, scathing.

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by Anonymousreply 65May 16, 2022 7:14 AM

R65 calling it mediocre is a compliment. IMO it's trending because it has been marketed relentlessly. The roll out and the PR on this was saturation level. It won't last.

by Anonymousreply 66May 16, 2022 2:57 PM

R49, so you are into stereotypes? Let's play the game:

"Black people are good at music / dancing"

"Fat people are funny"

"Tall people are good at playing basketball"

".................................................."

by Anonymousreply 67May 20, 2022 10:01 PM

Watched this the other day and Rebel's face was distracting....it's like the weight loss has made her face more severe. And i think the forehead veins are new 😬

The movie had potential, there were so many threads they didn't finish. No one was fleshed out. Like what was the point of Justin's character? Or having the best friend turn out to be a lesbian? It didn't go anywhere.

by Anonymousreply 68May 21, 2022 3:10 PM

How’s it doing week two? Still top ten movies? Netflix was kind of pathetic creating a series AND a movies top ten to try better to capitalize on trends, they have really entered their desperate phase.

by Anonymousreply 69May 21, 2022 3:38 PM

[quote] The movie had potential, there were so many threads they didn't finish. No one was fleshed out. Like what was the point of Justin's character? Or having the best friend turn out to be a lesbian? It didn't go anywhere.

The lesbian best friend subplot was a weak plot device just used to teach the shallow main character that high school wasn't fun for everyone. It could have been written better though. The characters had gone to high school in the early 2000s. I graduated from high school in 2003 and homophobia was still quite common with both students and teachers. It would have been believable that someone like Stephanie would have shunned a lesbian friend like Martha back then. It was sort of dumb how Stephanie tried to act like she wouldn't have been homophobic in high school. We all know she would have been. It also clear that even as an adult, Martha seemed to be closeted and lonely. Some lesbians are probably mad about how that subplot is handled. Mary Holland who plays Martha co-wrote that lesbian Christmas movie Happiest Season with Clea DuVall. There were some lesbians who hated that a straight woman like Holland was DuVall's cowriter on that movie. Holland is probably be again on the shit list again for this movie.

by Anonymousreply 70May 21, 2022 4:58 PM

Mary Holland was the lesbian best friend? I thought she was the sister?

by Anonymousreply 71May 21, 2022 5:04 PM

Holland was the lesbian best friend in Senior Year and she played the autistic type sister in Happiest Season.

by Anonymousreply 72May 21, 2022 5:07 PM

[Quote] Mary Holland who plays Martha co-wrote that lesbian Christmas movie Happiest Season with Clea DuVall. There were some lesbians who hated that a straight woman like Holland was DuVall's cowriter on that movie. Holland is probably be again on the shit list again for this movie.

Oh i didn't know that. I haven't seen Happiest Season yet. But i recognised Mary from that show she did with Kristen Bell. Once again as the best friend to the main character lol

by Anonymousreply 73May 22, 2022 5:57 AM

[quote]Watched this the other day and Rebel's face was distracting....it's like the weight loss has made her face more severe.

She has a kind of a long face, very square jaw and even a square smile. She is unusual looking, but I think she looks much better for having lost weight.

To me she’s just not lead material or funny. It would be interesting to see her do non-comedic supporting roles. I wonder if I would find her any good in that type of stuff.

I didn’t find this movie funny at all, but I thought the supporting cast really good.

by Anonymousreply 74May 22, 2022 10:24 AM

This bitch can’t catch a break....

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by Anonymousreply 75May 22, 2022 10:40 AM

I saw it and it's fine for having on while you do something else. While Rebel has lost weight, she's not that slim and her face does look weird. The filled lips and botox do not help. What it lacks is any sort of romance, so there is nothing at stake. Rebel must have the best PR team in LA to get work after all the duds she's been in.

by Anonymousreply 76May 22, 2022 12:22 PM

R73 Mary Holland is pretty much a character/supporting actress type. Holland is part of the improv scene in LA and is friends with people like Lauren Lapkus and Betsy Sodaro who plays the cholera ghost on the show Ghosts. These are improv women who are usually odd looking or average looking, but they have enough sense to mostly stick to supporting roles. I actually think Mary iis more talented than overrated hack Kate McKinnon. Mary was some on a short lived sitcom called Robbie that starred Rory Scovel. Sasheer Zamata who is a former SNL cast member was on that show and was sort put as the female lead. But, Sasheer was so bland and Holland was pretty entertaining as a weirdo Southern girlfriend to Scovel's character.

by Anonymousreply 77May 22, 2022 12:33 PM

Rebel is also talking about her #metoo incident in People. I wonder if she'll ever give the name.

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by Anonymousreply 78May 22, 2022 12:38 PM

I just don't like her. Her comedy is obnoxious and too broad, and she seems like she has a real mean streak. The movie was total shit. IMO

by Anonymousreply 79May 22, 2022 12:40 PM

R79 I agree, she has mean streak which was pretty evident when she bitched about the case of the female Ghosbusters reboot being too old all the while she had been lying about her age. I wouldn't be surprised if she has a bunch of other secrets that will come out. I think Wilson will mostly go back to being a supporting actress type. She doesn't have an attractive face and her upper body looks weird after the weight loss.

by Anonymousreply 80May 22, 2022 12:46 PM

The only relevant thing about the movie is Michael Cimino being a total eyecandy, he's so very very very cute

by Anonymousreply 81May 22, 2022 12:59 PM

It would be really interesting to hear industry opinions of her. I'm sure she's utterly professional, and very hard working, but my gut feel is she actually isn't much liked. She comes across as a lone wolf, with a sense of sourness and bitterness behind the grill smile. Just like Ellen, I get the vibe of a strong disconnect. And WTF was that social media 'romance' with the beer heir about? Weird.

by Anonymousreply 82May 22, 2022 1:29 PM

Senior Center Year

by Anonymousreply 83May 22, 2022 1:34 PM

Wilson Iaboni ugly. She played the obnoxious fat ugly presence that mocks the star. That’s her place. Her huge teeth signify the try hard. She’s abad actress. She just stands there with the donkey teeth. The accent. Wtf... she seems like a lesbian off screen. The “romances “ look absurd. WHO is pushing her in Hollywood? Why? She’s a loser and has no fans.

by Anonymousreply 84May 22, 2022 1:42 PM

[Quote] It would be really interesting to hear industry opinions of her. I'm sure she's utterly professional, and very hard working, but my gut feel is she actually isn't much liked. She comes across as a lone wolf, with a sense of sourness and bitterness behind the grill smile.

Wish i could remember which thread it was on Reddit.....but someone talked about working with Rebel and that she was nasty on set. The irony was that she was being horrible to extras that were fat and didn't they were good enough.

[Quote] To me she’s just not lead material or funny. It would be interesting to see her do non-comedic supporting roles. I wonder if I would find her any good in that type of stuff.

I have the same problem with Adam Devine. And he was great as Rebel's love interest in PP.

by Anonymousreply 85May 22, 2022 3:21 PM

R78 She talked about years ago. It's Sacha Baron Cohen.

by Anonymousreply 86May 22, 2022 4:09 PM

B U M P

The movie was hilarious, cracking fun!

by Anonymousreply 87May 22, 2022 8:59 PM

This was such crap I turned it off after she woke up. One of the worst movies in a long time.

by Anonymousreply 88May 22, 2022 9:11 PM

R82 Yes, Rebel really exposed herself as being out of touch while bragging about her private jet and traveling from one exotic location to another on Instagram during the pandemic. Skiing here, shopping there. Then, to add insult to injury, at one point she claimed that she was "finally" able to go on a vacation (from what?) despite having spent a year posting photos and video of herself on private jets travelling from one exotic location to another as if she didn't remember having done so (or figured her followers were too stupid or short of memory to remember all those posts). Fake bitch who trots out the same handful of anecdotes every time she does a chat show.

by Anonymousreply 89May 22, 2022 9:19 PM

Rebel Wilson’s big fake teeth. Take a pass on this shitty waste of time movie.

by Anonymousreply 90May 22, 2022 9:29 PM

The fake teeth are hideous. She'll probably be getting botox or other procedures done at some point.

by Anonymousreply 91May 23, 2022 2:03 AM

Her real name is Melanie Elizabeth Bownds. Let’s just call her Mellie from her on out!

by Anonymousreply 92May 23, 2022 2:08 AM

Michael Cimino is delicious and he needs to stay away from garbage like this. I think he would love to get another TV series. I'm here for it! He's a hottie.

by Anonymousreply 93May 23, 2022 2:08 AM

R91 pretty sure she already has...

by Anonymousreply 94May 23, 2022 12:19 PM

R93 Plenty of young actors do stupid movies like this all the time. They usually go in knowing the movie's not great but they do it for the money and then hope something comes along.

by Anonymousreply 95May 23, 2022 12:45 PM

Michael Cimino will be fine. He's smart. He is represented by CAA and they're notorious for dumping young actors in garbage movies for the exposure. But they have already sat him down and developed their "long term plans" for him. He needs to be careful, though. Because CAA wants their money, and their judgment about what's best for your career is often flawed.

by Anonymousreply 96May 23, 2022 1:45 PM

Isn't CAA known as the death star?

by Anonymousreply 97May 23, 2022 2:57 PM

DLers ‘she’s gross, she’s so fat’. Loses weight. DLers ‘well she may be thinner but she’s ugly’. No she isn’t. I’m not her greatest fan but she’s pretty. She was pretty when she was fat too. This film got awful reviews.

by Anonymousreply 98May 23, 2022 3:04 PM

My primary critique is that it needed more Justin Hartley. Otherwise it was fine for what it was.

by Anonymousreply 99May 23, 2022 3:19 PM

R98, she isn't pretty. She has moments when she is "striking" or "attractive" but from the moment she opens her mouth, combined with her personal behavior, it all adds up to a very unattractive person. She's not funny IMO. She seems like she isn't even fun. Now this garbage was produced by her. So she has good representation. She must get paid in able to afford this crap. I'll give her that. But I wouldn't waste my time on her.

by Anonymousreply 100May 23, 2022 8:52 PM

Here's what she looked like before she got the piano key teeth.

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by Anonymousreply 101May 23, 2022 9:15 PM

Another old teeth photo.

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by Anonymousreply 102May 23, 2022 9:18 PM

Where does she keep her old teeth, in a jar by the door?

by Anonymousreply 103May 23, 2022 9:29 PM

It looks like an ugly man with too many teeth. Just awful. Jesus how did she ever get into any movie.

by Anonymousreply 104May 23, 2022 9:32 PM

Do Rebel and Jane Campion share a dentist?

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by Anonymousreply 105May 26, 2022 12:35 AM

Michael Cimino was quite charmless here, like a nut seller from Punjab.

by Anonymousreply 106May 28, 2022 1:53 PM

I thought Michael was wasted in this movie. He is way too pretty and a good enough actor, to not associate with these garbage movies. I get it. It's a way to get paid, but he can do better. CAA can fuck up a career as well as make one. I have to wonder about the marketing $$$ that were spent to get this movie to appear successful. It is shit.

by Anonymousreply 107May 28, 2022 2:08 PM

I liked it. Very stupid but funny. Isn't that what we expect from her?

She's a dumb-humor wiseass slapstick comic like Will Farrell, Adam Sandler, Amy Schumer, Mike Myers. We know what to expect.

You either like the humor or you don't. I like Rebel Wilson more than most of her peers in this territory.

Speaking of Mike Myers, I thought the premise of his new show sounded funny and so I turned it on but didn't even last a half episode. It is BAD.

by Anonymousreply 108May 28, 2022 2:17 PM

She bitched about not being cast in that terrible Ghostbusters femake? She should be grateful since she dodged a major bullet by not getting cast. Unless she believes due to her ego that the movie failed because she wasn't cast in it.

by Anonymousreply 109May 28, 2022 2:29 PM

R108 I like Will Farrell and most of the time, I don't mind Amy Shumer in spite of herself. But I cannot stand to look at Sandler or Mike Myes. I especially cannot stand Sandler. Ugh.

by Anonymousreply 110May 28, 2022 3:46 PM

I made it through that Netflix film, Senior Year. It was awful but this actress, Rebel Wilson, is not without talent. The film’s plot got ahead of itself and some of the progression seemed arbitrary, like writers screamed at each other to have material included. Some jokes landed flat and many were oddly dirty and not so funny at all (particularly a cheering move called “lips to lips”). Near the film’s conclusion, Rebel’s character removes the bottom of her prom dress and ends up in a satin one piece high cut bathing suit-like remaining outfit. She dances around all the other fully-clothed characters, but looks really ungainly. It’s really odd, like they pranked her, getting her to do some pretty humiliating dance moves. She’s a pretty game broad, and some of the adult actors are familiar players, and they all tried pretty hard. But the film is a desperate and hackneyed concept. It’s cringe-worthy. High-definition and tight focusing shows a lot of unflattering features on these poor actors. I hope they have career insurance.

by Anonymousreply 111May 31, 2022 2:10 AM

She does this annoying thing where she stretches out jokes that are completely unfunny. An example would be where the adult mean girl has just finished apologizing to her at her doorstep. Rebel tells her to wait so she can give her something. She spends the next minute flipping the bird and waving it around while she makes dumb remarks and noises. The scene drags on way too long. I felt embarrassed for both actors.

by Anonymousreply 112May 31, 2022 5:33 AM

I hate how they had Tiffany act like a normal adult for 5 minutes before turning her back into a bitchy cliche.

by Anonymousreply 113May 31, 2022 12:01 PM

[quote]The film’s plot got ahead of itself and some of the progression seemed arbitrary, like writers screamed at each other to have material included

It seems that Brandon Scott Jones didn't really work with the two screenwriters who wrote the first version of the script. There's an interview where he basically admits he had to change the script around to make it more for Rebel Wilson. The other two guys listed as screenwriters haven't spoken about the movie's release and the interviews they have done were in 2015 sometime after they sold the script and it appeared on 2015 Black List.

The original version of the screenplay is easy to find on scripts.com It's not any better than the final product. The character's senior was set in 1997, the main character's mother didn't die and the mom wasn't Australian. The character of Martha wasn't the main character's best friend and as an adult she becomes a cop and is described as being fat. Those screenwriter probably envisioned as Rosie O'Donnell type lesbo. The Blaine character is an asshole as an adult and wanted to get into politics. Blaine and Tiffany's daughter isn't an SJW type.

by Anonymousreply 114May 31, 2022 1:02 PM

R114 That is so interesting. You really can sense competing expectations in the production of this film.

I was actually confused by the father and the friend with the lake house. Because they picked up Rebel’s character together at the hospital, at first I thought they were married.

Some jokes seemed ad libbed or “tested” in an early cut of the project, and then left into add “edge” and appeal to audiences who watch Netflix content by David Spade, Adam Sandler, and others like them.

by Anonymousreply 115May 31, 2022 5:07 PM

She seems like a hot shit, unafraid to take risks on stage and to be outrageous and to laugh at herself. I feel so ashamed for liking the course and vulgar earlier version of this actress than I do the slim, trim and grim version today.

Maybe she will find a way to stay interesting, but it will take some smarts and knowledge of the public appetite for comediennes. There is a strange alchemy to gender, appearance, “hotness” in comedy. We have some very homely successes, and some pretty handsome failures. It is very interesting to see who stays famous and who does not. I think of past hosts of Talk Soup, various MTV programs, E Television.

The shelf lives of (most) performers are short. I secretly hope this character, Rebel Wilson, has shortened her career. It’s not merely changing her appearance, but mis-messaging the importance of being thin, getting thin, and her year of health that may be a simple case of bariatric surgery. Tabloids ran so many images of her at different phases of her weight loss, possibly paid media. That glib narrative might work against her in the next phase of her career, if in fact there is one. She could use some goodwill right now, a really cool project.

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by Anonymousreply 116May 31, 2022 5:55 PM

Ooh shit, I meant to say “I secretly hope that this character, Rebel Wilson, has NOT shortened her career” d’oh

by Anonymousreply 117May 31, 2022 5:57 PM

[quote]Some jokes seemed ad libbed or “tested” in an early cut of the project, and then left into add “edge” and appeal to audiences who watch Netflix content by David Spade, Adam Sandler, and others like them.

She should remake some of Sandler's movies, like Grown Ups and The Wedding Singer.

Play into your strengths, Rebel.

by Anonymousreply 118May 31, 2022 7:54 PM

[quote]Some jokes seemed ad libbed or “tested” in an early cut of the project, and then left into add “edge” and appeal to audiences who watch Netflix content by David Spade, Adam Sandler, and others like them.

I noticed that as well. Netflix execs probably had a hand in changes with the script. I'm surprised people like Elon Musk haven't used this in anti-woke rants.

by Anonymousreply 119June 1, 2022 12:30 AM

The movie is a shitfest and she is a very limited talent, if you call it that.

by Anonymousreply 120June 1, 2022 3:12 AM

These snippets from her Wiki are more entertaining than the movie.

[quote]Wilson grew up in the suburbs of Kenthurst, Parramatta and Castle Hill. She attended (the fee paying) Tara Anglican School for Girls. She completed her Higher School Certificate in 1997, achieving a ranking of 99.3, including second place in the state in Food Technology.

[quote]Wilson has three siblings: sisters Liberty and Annaleise (who uses the name "Annarchi") and a brother, who uses the name "Ryot." Liberty and Ryot appeared on the first season of The Amazing Race Australia in 2011, where they were the first team eliminated.

[quote]Wilson has stated that her great-aunt was Lillian Bounds, who was married to Walt Disney until his death in 1966. Despite Wilson standing by this belief in court, it continues to be disputed by genealogist Dale Sheridan

by Anonymousreply 121June 1, 2022 7:09 PM

R121 If she graduated in 1997, that would make her 43 years old. Doesn't she claim to be in her 30s?

by Anonymousreply 122June 1, 2022 7:23 PM

R122 I think she stopped lying about her age after she was outed some years back.

by Anonymousreply 123June 2, 2022 1:53 AM

[quote]This is a Never Been Kissed meets Mean Girls meets Pitch Perfect mash up.

With more than a dollop of "Peggy Sue Got Married," sounds like.

by Anonymousreply 124June 2, 2022 2:14 AM

[quote]Michael Cimino was quite charmless here, like a nut seller from Punjab.

I didn't think he'd work again after he directed "Heaven's Gate."

by Anonymousreply 125June 2, 2022 2:19 AM

I agree Cimino is totes adorbs, but what the actual fuck were th e outfits he was forced to wear? Am I supposed to believe a typical high school guy would wear them? Am I?

by Anonymousreply 126June 10, 2022 9:14 PM

I don’t think she will be a celebrity for long.

by Anonymousreply 127June 13, 2022 6:56 PM

R127 I agree. I think she will finally have a fall from the grace that will stick. I doubt her relationship with a woman will last.

by Anonymousreply 128July 16, 2022 4:04 PM

Half the talent she used to have.

Fat is funny.

A former fat person with skin hanging like a starving bloodhound is not funny. Unless it falls down.

They should start paying her half of what they used to.

by Anonymousreply 129July 16, 2022 4:07 PM

She wasn't all that funny as a fat person either. I wouldn't be surprised if turns out she has sleeping with women for years, but was paying them to keep quiet.

by Anonymousreply 130July 16, 2022 4:09 PM

Rebel is Australian isn't she? And I remember when she first hit the scene I never thought she was funny. She had a puerile, obnoxious sense of what was funny, and she was pushy and aggessive. I saw her twice on TV and couldn't stand her. How she ever got this far making movies, producing movies, I will never know. And Senior Year was a shit mess.

by Anonymousreply 131July 16, 2022 9:31 PM

R131 I suspect Wilson will be doing a lot of straight to streaming type movies for years to come.

by Anonymousreply 132July 31, 2022 4:51 AM
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