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* HarsherInHindsight: Henry saying the Afghans who get shot out by the Taliban not giving a shit where the ammo for their AK-47s comes from becomes a little uncomfortable after the Taliban reclaimed Afghanistan 5 years after the movie's release and the US have withdrawn their troops from the country. Just ask the Afghans how they feel about not getting their AK-47s from the now-dead Afghan Deal now.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Henry saying the Afghans who get shot out by the Taliban not giving a shit where the ammo for their AK-47s comes from becomes a little uncomfortable after the Taliban reclaimed Afghanistan 5 years after the movie's release and the US have withdrawn their troops from the country. Just ask the Afghans how they feel about not getting their AK-47s AK-47 ammo from the now-dead Afghan Deal now.
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** To ''Film/PainAndGain''. Both dark comedies based on articles and showcase the dark side of the American Dream. Both even share the same highly-saturated color scheme.
** To ''Film/TheBigShort'', following people involved in a shady industry, told through a dark, comedic tone. It even covers the same time period of 2005-2008.
** To ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'', following two friends who get into business together and become rich, but have a falling out over one's manipulations. Both even end with [[spoiler:one friend suing the other.]]
** To ''Film/PainAndGain''. Both dark comedies based on articles and showcase the dark side of the American Dream. Both even share the same highly-saturated color scheme.
** To ''Film/TheBigShort'', following people involved in a shady industry, told through a dark, comedic tone. It even covers the same time period of 2005-2008.
** To ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'', following two friends who get into business together and become rich, but have a falling out over one's manipulations. Both even end with [[spoiler:one friend suing the other.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: Henry saying the Afghans who get shot out by the Taliban not giving a shit where the ammo for their AK-47s comes from becomes a little uncomfortable when after the Taliban reclaim reclaimed Afghanistan 5 years after the movie's release and the US have withdrawn their troops from the country. Just ask the Afghans how they feel about not getting their AK-47s from the now-dead Afghan Deal now.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Henry saying the Afghans who get shot out by the Taliban not giving a shit where the ammo for their AK-47s comes from becomes a little uncomfortable when the Taliban reclaim Afghanistan 5 years after the movie's release and the US have withdrawn their troops from the country. Just ask the Afghans how they feel about not getting their AK-47s from the now-dead Afghan Deal now.
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: All of the “Albanians” are actually speaking Romanian. This could be a subtle ShoutOut to ''Film/{{Borat}}'' where all of the people minor characters speaking “Kazakh” are actually speaking Romanian.
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* WhatAnIdiot: not paying a small repackaging fee, one saved them millions, bit them back hard.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The two leads are {{Villain Protagonist}}s and con artists. The 'sympathetic' protagonist David still needlessly lies to his girlfriend and family. Neither him nor Efraim seem to care about each other either. Thus it can be hard to sympathise with either of them or care about what's going on for some.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The two leads are {{Villain Protagonist}}s and con artists. The 'sympathetic' protagonist David still needlessly lies to his girlfriend and family. Neither him nor Efraim seem to care about each other either. Thus it can be hard to sympathise with either of them or care about what's going on for some.
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* UncertainAudience: The trailers [[NeverTrustATrailer made the movie look]] like a BlackComedy more akin to ''Film/TheHangover'' with lots of CrossesTheLineTwice situations. The actual film is a BasedOnATrueStory dramedy that is far more serious than the trailers would let on. General consensus is that the film has too much seriousness to be enjoyable as a comedy, whereas it has too many Todd Phillips comedy touches to be an effective drama.
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* UncertainAudience: The trailers [[NeverTrustATrailer made the movie look]] like a BlackComedy more akin to ''Film/TheHangover'' with lots of CrossesTheLineTwice situations. The actual film is a BasedOnATrueStory dramedy that is far more serious than the trailers would let on. General consensus is that the film has too much seriousness to be enjoyable as a comedy, whereas it has too many Todd Phillips comedy touches to be an effective drama.drama.
* WhatAnIdiot: not paying a small repackaging fee, one saved them millions, bit them back hard.
* WhatAnIdiot: not paying a small repackaging fee, one saved them millions, bit them back hard.
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: All of the “Albanians” are actually speaking Romanian. This could be a subtle ShoutOut to ''Film/{{Borat}}'' where all of the people minor characters speaking “Kazakh” are actually speaking Romanian.
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Most of the criticism went to the writing and directing, but Jonah Hill was noted to really deliver an intense performance. Any praise about the film went to him, despite its average reception.
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Most of the criticism went to the writing and directing, but Jonah Hill was noted to really deliver an intense performance. Any praise about the film went to him, him (even netting him a Golden Globe nomination), despite its average reception.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: Critical opinion is that film features decent performances from the leads but fails to be either funny enough or dramatic enough to be memorable.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: Critical opinion is that the film features decent performances from the leads but fails to be either funny enough or dramatic enough to be memorable.
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* EvilIsCool: Henry Girard is a ruthless War Dog himself who willingly(albeit confidentially)admits he's on a Terrorist watch list. He also has a few [[NobleDemon honorable moments]] that, combined with his [[CoolShades cool appearance]] and a fantastic performance by Creator/BradleyCooper, plants him firmly in this trope.
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* EvilIsCool: Henry Girard is a ruthless War Dog himself who willingly(albeit confidentially)admits willingly (albeit confidentially) admits he's on a Terrorist watch list. He also has a few [[NobleDemon honorable moments]] that, combined with his [[CoolShades cool appearance]] and a fantastic performance by Creator/BradleyCooper, plants him firmly in this trope.
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* EvilIsCool: Henry Girard is a ruthless War Dog himself who willingly(albeit confidentially)admits he's on a Terrorist watch list. He also has a few [[NobleDemon honorable moments]] that, combined with his [[CoolShades cool appearance]] and a fantastic performance by Creator/BradleyCooper, plants him firmly in this trope.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The two leads are {{Villain Protagonist}}s and con artists. The 'sympathetic' protagonist David still needlessly lies to his girlfriend and family. Neither him nor Efraim seem to care about each other either. Thus it can be hard to sympathise with either of them or care about what's going on for some.
* LoveToHate: Efraim is this to some. He's an utterly unrepentant unsympathetic {{Jerkass}} but Jonah Hill's charismatic performance makes him entertainingly evil.
* SoOkayItsAverage: Critical opinion is that film features decent performances from the leads but fails to be either funny enough or dramatic enough to be memorable.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Even those who liked the movie still noted that it didn't delve very deep into the themes it was touching.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Most of the criticism went to the writing and directing, but Jonah Hill was noted to really deliver an intense performance. Any praise about the film went to him, despite its average reception.
* UncertainAudience: The trailers [[NeverTrustATrailer made the movie look]] like a BlackComedy more akin to ''Film/TheHangover'' with lots of CrossesTheLineTwice situations. The actual film is a BasedOnATrueStory dramedy that is far more serious than the trailers would let on. General consensus is that the film has too much seriousness to be enjoyable as a comedy, whereas it has too many Todd Phillips comedy touches to be an effective drama.
* LoveToHate: Efraim is this to some. He's an utterly unrepentant unsympathetic {{Jerkass}} but Jonah Hill's charismatic performance makes him entertainingly evil.
* SoOkayItsAverage: Critical opinion is that film features decent performances from the leads but fails to be either funny enough or dramatic enough to be memorable.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Even those who liked the movie still noted that it didn't delve very deep into the themes it was touching.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Most of the criticism went to the writing and directing, but Jonah Hill was noted to really deliver an intense performance. Any praise about the film went to him, despite its average reception.
* UncertainAudience: The trailers [[NeverTrustATrailer made the movie look]] like a BlackComedy more akin to ''Film/TheHangover'' with lots of CrossesTheLineTwice situations. The actual film is a BasedOnATrueStory dramedy that is far more serious than the trailers would let on. General consensus is that the film has too much seriousness to be enjoyable as a comedy, whereas it has too many Todd Phillips comedy touches to be an effective drama.
