Director: Jonah Hill
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Jonah Hill, Cameron Diaz, Matt Bomer, Susan Lucci
Outcome — Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
How do I put this the right way? You're not a good person.
Context
Delivered bluntly to Reef during his efforts to contextualize his reputation.
Meaning
Breaks Reef's illusion that he is universally revered and confronts him directly with his real social footprint.
Can I ask you something, Reef? ... What are you sorry for?
Context
Spoken to Reef Hawk during one of his staged apology visits.
Meaning
Exposes Reef’s lack of awareness regarding the specific pain he inflicted, unmasking the performative nature of his contrition.
We're all allowed to explore and talk about what our boundaries are with an artist and their behavior, versus just wanting to listen to a great artist and not caring.
Context
Delivered around the film’s framing of accountability.
Meaning
A meta-textual thematic statement summarizing the central debate Hill stages between an audience's appetite for art and its tolerance for an artist's personal faults.
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