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* NoYay: Many viewers are opposed to a romantic relationship between Gary and Alana [[spoiler: which recieves a culmination]] due to the former being a minor and the latter being an adult a full decade older, which - despite the pairing being portrayed positively - would make her guilty of molestation. Some viewers have stated that merely aging Gary up a few years or aging Alana down a bit would've resolved this issue while retaining the main plot points, so it's not clear why they went with such a massive age gap, especially since Alana looks far younger than her actual age.
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* NoYay: Many viewers are opposed to a romantic relationship between Gary and Alana [[spoiler: which recieves receives a culmination]] due to the former being a minor and the latter being an adult a full decade older, which - despite the pairing being portrayed positively - would make her guilty of molestation. Some viewers have stated that merely aging Gary up a few years or aging Alana down a bit would've resolved this issue while retaining the main plot points, so it's not clear why they went with such a massive age gap, especially since Alana looks far younger than her actual age.
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** Alana point-blank asking Lance to see his genitals, asking if he's circumcised, and then yelling at him that "You're a fucking Jew!" after he embarrasses her during a Shabbat dinner with her family.
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** Alana point-blank asking After Alana's boyfriend Lance to see his genitals, asking if he's circumcised, and then yelling at him that "You're a fucking Jew!" after he embarrasses her during a Shabbat dinner with her family.family by casually admitting that he is an atheist, Alana bluntly asks him to show her his genitals to see if he is circumcised, and when he answers in the affirmative, she angrily yells at him, "You're a fucking Jew!"
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* UnfortunateImplications:
** The use of AsianSpeekeeEngrish in the movie has been [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/licorice-pizza-analysis-asian-accent-criticism-1235068375/ criticized]] for taking serious issues of racial prejudice, and playing it for ''exceedingly uncomfortable'' laughs in a way that's seen as trivializing anti-Asian racism.
** The film has received its share of backlash over what many perceive to be [[https://www.google.com/amp/s/theblast.com/147845/licorice-pizza-blasted-for-glamourizing-pedophilia-blatant-racism/amp/ romanticizing pedophilia]] due to centering around the budding romantic feelings between a fifteen year old and a woman a full decade older which [[spoiler: ultimately ends with them getting together and is played off as a happy ending.]]
** The use of AsianSpeekeeEngrish in the movie has been [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/licorice-pizza-analysis-asian-accent-criticism-1235068375/ criticized]] for taking serious issues of racial prejudice, and playing it for ''exceedingly uncomfortable'' laughs in a way that's seen as trivializing anti-Asian racism.
** The film has received its share of backlash over what many perceive to be [[https://www.google.com/amp/s/theblast.com/147845/licorice-pizza-blasted-for-glamourizing-pedophilia-blatant-racism/amp/ romanticizing pedophilia]] due to centering around the budding romantic feelings between a fifteen year old and a woman a full decade older which [[spoiler: ultimately ends with them getting together and is played off as a happy ending.]]
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* TheScrappy: Jerry Frick due to his usage of AsianSpeekeeEngrish. His behavior is meant to [[CrossesTheLineTwice Cross the Line Twice]] and we're not meant to actually like him, but the joke was still criticized for adding nothing to the film outside of some very uncomfortable CringeComedy, which treats a serious topic as a light joke.
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** Jon Peters' odd behaviour, including but not limited to threatening to murder Gary's family if Gary ruins his house when installing a waterbed, bragging about dating Music/BarbraStreisand, and threatening to set a customer at a gas station on fire. And when Gary and Alana finally get away from him, Gary decides to wreck Peters' car in retaliation... only for their truck to run out of gas right that moment, leading Alana to have to manoeuvre a truck backwards down a hill to get away.
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** Jon Peters' [[ComedicSociopathy odd behaviour, behavior]], including but not limited to threatening to murder Gary's family if Gary ruins his house when installing a waterbed, bragging about dating Music/BarbraStreisand, and threatening to set a customer at a gas station on fire. And when Gary and Alana finally get away from him, Gary decides to wreck Peters' car in retaliation... only for their truck to run out of gas right that moment, leading Alana to have to manoeuvre a truck backwards down a hill to get away.
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* NoYay: Many viewers are opposed to a romantic relationship between Gary and Alana [[spoiler: which recieves a culmination]] due to the former being a minor and the latter being an adult a full decade older, which - despite the pairing being portrayed positively - would make her guilty of molestation. Some viewers have stated that merely aging Gary up a few years and / or aging Alana down a bit would've resolved this issue while retaining the main plot points, so it's not clear why they went with such a massive age gap, especially since Alana looks far younger than her actual age.
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* {{Narm}}: Bradley Cooper's role is a crazy insane person in what until that point, was a relatively normal & grounded film for the most part. It doesn't help that it's also the start of the film's narrative going off the rails.
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* NoYay: Many viewers are opposed to a romantic relationship between Gary and Alana [[spoiler: which recieves a culmination]] due to the former being a minor and the latter being an adult a full decade older, which - despite the pairing being portrayed positively - would make her guilty of molestation. Some viewers have stated that merely aging Gary up a few years and / or aging Alana down a bit would've resolved this issue while retaining the main plot points, so it's not clear why they went with such a massive age gap.gap, especially since Alana looks far younger than her actual age.
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* NoYay: Many viewers are opposed to a romantic relationship between Gary and Alana [[spoiler: which recieves a culmination]] due to the former being a minor and the latter being an adult a full decade older, which - despite the pairing being portrayed positively - would make her guilty of molestation.
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* NoYay: Many viewers are opposed to a romantic relationship between Gary and Alana [[spoiler: which recieves a culmination]] due to the former being a minor and the latter being an adult a full decade older, which - despite the pairing being portrayed positively - would make her guilty of molestation. Some viewers have stated that merely aging Gary up a few years and / or aging Alana down a bit would've resolved this issue while retaining the main plot points, so it's not clear why they went with such a massive age gap.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Whilst Gary's behaviour is suspect and mostly motivated by both lust and a giant ego, he at least has the excuse of being a kid and tones down his sexual desire after a certain point. Alana is not only an adult that should know better than to be around Gary at all, but she still stays with him and ultimately [[spoiler: gives in, crossing the moral line fully. Rather than take the Joel Wachs situation as a way to be honest about not liking Gary romantically, she seems to use this situation as motivation to accept Gary's crush, which will most likely screw him up forever]].
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* MemeticMutation: It's very common to see jokes that Gary eventually grew up to be Philip Seymour Hoffman's iconic Matress Man from Creator/PaulThomasAnderson's previous film ''Film/PunchDrunkLove''.
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* Narm: Bradley Cooper's role is a crazy insane person in what until that point, was a relatively normal & grounded film for the most part. It doesn't help that it's also the start of the film's narrative going off the rails.
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* Narm: {{Narm}}: Bradley Cooper's role is a crazy insane person in what until that point, was a relatively normal & grounded film for the most part. It doesn't help that it's also the start of the film's narrative going off the rails.
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** Jon Peters' odd behaviour, including but not limited to threatening to murder Gary's family if Gary ruins his house when installing a waterbed, bragging about dating Music/BarbraStreisand, and threatening to set a customer at a gas station on fire. And when Gary and Alana finally get away from him, Gary decides to wreck Peters' car in retaliation... only for their truck to run out of gas right that moment, leading Alana to have to maneuver a truck backwards down a hill to get away.
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** Jon Peters' odd behaviour, including but not limited to threatening to murder Gary's family if Gary ruins his house when installing a waterbed, bragging about dating Music/BarbraStreisand, and threatening to set a customer at a gas station on fire. And when Gary and Alana finally get away from him, Gary decides to wreck Peters' car in retaliation... only for their truck to run out of gas right that moment, leading Alana to have to maneuver manoeuvre a truck backwards down a hill to get away.
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** Tom Waits only appears for one scene as Rex Blau but he steals the film with his [[LargeHam delightful scenery chewing]].
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: Jon Peters' psychopathic behavior should be frightening, but the way he acts deadly serious despite meaning in such absurdly over the top behavior makes it hilarious.
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* UnfortunateImplications: The use of AsianSpeekeeEngrish in the movie has been [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/licorice-pizza-analysis-asian-accent-criticism-1235068375/ criticized]] for taking serious issues of racial prejudice, and playing it for ''exceedingly uncomfortable'' laughs in a way that's seen as trivializing anti-Asian racism.
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* UnfortunateImplications: {{Squick}}: Alana showing Gary her breasts and later [[spoiler: kissing and declaring her love for him]] have gotten this reaction due to her being a full decade older than the fifteen year old.
* UnfortunateImplications:
** The use of AsianSpeekeeEngrish in the movie has been [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/licorice-pizza-analysis-asian-accent-criticism-1235068375/ criticized]] for taking serious issues of racial prejudice, and playing it for ''exceedingly uncomfortable'' laughs in a way that's seen as trivializing anti-Asianracism.racism.
** The film has received its share of backlash over what many perceive to be [[https://www.google.com/amp/s/theblast.com/147845/licorice-pizza-blasted-for-glamourizing-pedophilia-blatant-racism/amp/ romanticizing pedophilia]] due to centering around the budding romantic feelings between a fifteen year old and a woman a full decade older which [[spoiler: ultimately ends with them getting together and is played off as a happy ending.]]
* UnfortunateImplications:
** The use of AsianSpeekeeEngrish in the movie has been [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/licorice-pizza-analysis-asian-accent-criticism-1235068375/ criticized]] for taking serious issues of racial prejudice, and playing it for ''exceedingly uncomfortable'' laughs in a way that's seen as trivializing anti-Asian
** The film has received its share of backlash over what many perceive to be [[https://www.google.com/amp/s/theblast.com/147845/licorice-pizza-blasted-for-glamourizing-pedophilia-blatant-racism/amp/ romanticizing pedophilia]] due to centering around the budding romantic feelings between a fifteen year old and a woman a full decade older which [[spoiler: ultimately ends with them getting together and is played off as a happy ending.]]
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* CriticalDissonance: Critics gave it a Website/RottenTomatoes score in the low 90s, while audiences gave it a decent but unexceptional score in the 70s, with more criticism about the lack of a solid narrative and discomfort over its central and illegal AgeGapRomance.
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* CriticalDissonance: Critics gave it a Website/RottenTomatoes score in the low 90s, 90s and it was even nominated for three Academy Awards (including Best Picture), while audiences gave it a decent but unexceptional score in the 70s, with more criticism about the lack of a solid narrative and discomfort over its central and illegal AgeGapRomance.
