The Rewatchables: ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

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The extraction calls the show “The Rewatchables (The Ringer)” and the episode “'Domestic Disturbance' With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey”.

Hosts: Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey. Guests: Craig (producer, transcribed 'Craig Rowback'; speaks and takes part in the picks).

Subject films: Domestic Disturbance (2001).

On the transcript: No speaker labels; the opening 1:12 is ads/intro. Speaker attribution is mostly low-confidence guesses; only Craig's electrocution story is solid. The transcript ends at 1:33:58 (the start of the Good Son episode tease).

Awards and segments (93)

Double feature

pick The Stepfather: The better evil-stepfather movie, though he admits it makes this one look worse by comparison.
“I have the stepfather.”
Bill Simmons · 1:30:25
pick Be Cool: A Travolta and Vaughn movie together, a palate cleanser of Travolta after this one.
“I have be cool because you need to have a palate cleanser of Travolta.”
unknown · 1:30:35

Most rewatchable scene

pick Rick goes boating with the boys, Travolta's character stuck taking his son's stepfather out on the water.
“I like when Rick goes boating with the boys.”
Bill Simmons · 0:38:10
pick The baseball catch scene between Vince Vaughn and Danny.
“The baseball catch scene.”
unknown · 0:42:29
pick Travolta runs into Buscemi at the coffee shop.
“Uh, Travolta runs into Busheme at the coffee shop.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:44:52
pick Ray watching DePaul hoops with the hooker.
“Well, that leads into the next my next favorite scene, which is Ray watching hoops with a hooker.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:45:32
pick Danny sneaks into the car and Ray is stabbed (the kill scene).
“Danny sneaks into the car.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:46:08
pick Evil Vince goes into Danny's room, the first real from-hell scene in the movie.
“Well, evil Vince going into Danny's room.”
unknown · 0:49:55
pick Frank punches a guy outside the school and drives off with Danny, who calls it kidnapping.
“Frank punches a guy outside of the school.”
unknown · 0:50:16
floated The wallet scene, where Rick realizes Danny took his wallet.
“And then, um, I like the, I like the wallet scene.”
unknown · 0:51:02
pick The baseball catch scene.
“Catch is pretty is probably my pick.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:53:09

Todd Parker Award · Best character entrance.

winner Steve Buscemi as Ray: Buscemi's arrival at the wedding is where the movie takes off.
“I'm giving him the Todd Parker word for best character entrance.”
unknown · 0:41:44

Mitch Kramer Award · Worst athletic performance in the movie.

winner Vince Vaughn as Rick: His odd side-arm throwing in the catch scene; they float a sore arm or the bar-fight shoulder as the reason.
“Did Vince win the Mitch Kramer Award for worst Athletic?”
unknown · 0:42:30

Floyd Gondolli Award · Something about the movie the host just enjoys.

pick Steve Buscemi as Ray: Buscemi as a dirtbag criminal stealing the movie.
“Uh, I also had just Steve Bushemi as a dirtbag criminal stealing the movie.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:53:53
pick Vince Vaughn bullying children: Also agrees with Sean about Buscemi playing a dirtbag.
“I just have Vince Vaughn bullying children, but I also agree with Sean that Steve Stevie Shemi playing a dirtbag is just I'll watch.”
unknown · 0:54:10
pick John Travolta trying to get mean: He is going for Mel Gibson in Ransom but lacks that gear.
“Um, I wrote I love when John Travolta tries to get mean in movies.”
unknown · 0:54:18
pick The hooker complaining that the bad guy preferred TV to sex: Character development crossed with a complaint that the guy is a psycho; compared to Fargo and 48 Hrs.
“I have, uh, this is really special to me when a hooker complains to our hero that the bad guy liked watching TV more than he liked getting laid.”
unknown · 0:54:32

Most 2001 Thing · The most 2001 thing about the movie.

pick MSN news searches and easily changing your identity with no repercussions: Also slow-loading websites on dial-up and casual Shaquille O'Neal references.
“Um, most 2001 thing about this movie, I had either MSN news searches or, uh, just easily being able to change your identity with no repercussions.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:53:25

What Aged the Best · What about the movie has aged the best.

pick The comedy of sinister Vince Vaughn, Travolta, and Danny as an awful son
“Uh, the comedy of sinister, Vince Vaughn, Travolta, and then just what an absolute shitty son Danny is.”
unknown · 0:56:46
pick Travolta punching a meddling parent: Transcript says parrot; likely the punch outside the school. Also names the baseball catch.
“Um, Travolta punching a meddling parrot is age the best.”
unknown · 0:57:28
pick Last stand for Travolta's and Vaughn's hairlines
“I wrote down last stand for hairlines for Travolta and Vince.”
unknown · 0:57:34
pick This movie ending Vince Vaughn's career as a dramatic star: Because it kicked off his great comedy run.
“This ending Vince Von's career as a dramatic star?”
unknown · 0:58:11
pick Buscemi as a low-level hood and a straightforward, likable Travolta
“Uh, I had a... Bishemi playing Needle Dick low-level hood who likes prostitutes and a pretty straightforward old school likable Travolta performance, which you don't get a lot after this.”
unknown · 0:58:20

Best Character Name · The best character name in the movie.

nominee Ray as Ray: Argues Ray is the great scumbag name; no movie hero is named Ray.
“I had a scumbag characters named Ray.”
unknown · 0:58:33
winner Rick Barnes as Rick Barnes: Vaughn's character takes the name of the college basketball coach; hosts agree it wins.
“Rick Barnes?”
unknown · 1:00:34

Great Shot Award · The best shot in the movie (one host inverts it to the worst).

pick Buscemi getting stabbed
“It got to be Boshemi getting stabbed, right?”
unknown · 1:00:00
pick Rick's shadow emerging on Danny's wall after he closes the door: Concedes it is not exactly North by Northwest.
“I had Rich Shadow emerging on Danny's wall after he closes the door.”
unknown · 1:00:02
pick Hold on the crowbar resting on the fuse box: An inverted pick: the worst shot in the movie, with Vaughn fake-electrocuting himself.
“I had kind of an inverted great shot, Gordo, because it's the worst shot in the movie, but it's like there's a hold on the crowbar resting on top of the fuse box.”
unknown · 1:00:09

Could This Movie Have Had a Better Title · A better title for the movie than Domestic Disturbance.

nominee Not My Father: The stepfather title is taken, so Step Murderer follows.
“Um, Not my father?”
unknown · 1:01:29
nominee Southport Lie: A town in the title, then a question of whose lie it was, Danny's or Rick Jack's.
“So I wrote the South Port lie.”
unknown · 1:01:39
nominee The Boat Yard
“What about the boat yard?”
unknown · 1:01:50
nominee This Is My Family: The Rick Chad Story: The Netflix true-crime version of the title.
“What about, for Netflix, it would be, this is my family.”
unknown · 1:01:54
winner Joint Custody: Hosts love it, joking it sounds like divorced parents sharing a marijuana farm.
“about joint custody?”
unknown · 1:02:08

Sarah Connor Award · Where modern technology would have ruined the movie's plot.

winner Surveillance, smartphones, high-speed internet and search engines: Argues this is why the from-hell genre went away; also cameras at the brickyard and social media on Rick.
“I feel bad because this is so easy, but the Sarah Connor award for wood modern technology ruined this movie.”
Chris Ryan · 1:02:31
winner Reverse image search on a photo of Rick: One piece of police work ends the whole thing.
“I just feel like reverse image search alone on a photo of Rick just ends this whole thing.”
Sean Fennessey · 1:08:35

Butch's Girlfriend Award · The weak link of the film.

winner The last 15 minutes, especially the garage fight ending: A strange confined setting after the boat fire used up the big set piece, plus a terrible electrocution.
“It's really the last 15 minutes, but especially the garage fight ending.”
unknown · 1:03:13
nominee Frank's new girlfriend as Diane: Could have been 3 percent more interesting; they float Michelle Pfeiffer, Emily Watson, young Kate Winslet and Tiffany Amber Thiessen.
“I had Frank's new girlfriend.”
unknown · 1:03:40

What Aged the Worst · What about the movie has aged the worst.

pick Susan's miscarriage and how the movie handles it
“Susan's miscarriage and the way it's treated where they're like, hey, sorry you miscarried.”
unknown · 1:04:07
pick The PG-13 rating: Wants more F-bombs, two sex scenes and a better Buscemi murder.
“I had, uh, This desperately needed to be a Raided R movie.”
unknown · 1:05:18
pick Reuben Santiago-Hudson as the police sergeant: Questions whether the character was any good at his job; also gets the overacting award.
“I have, for what stage, the worst, the police sergeant as well, who also gets the Vincent Chase a word for, are we sure this character was good at his?”
unknown · 1:06:27
pick Movies produced by Jonathan D. Crane, Travolta's manager
“Uh, Forade's the worst, also, just any Jonathan D. Crane's a producer of this movie.”
unknown · 1:06:56
pick The mom as Susan: One of the dumbest characters in the from-hell movies.
“Um, The mom stuff, she's just such a stupid character.”
unknown · 1:07:16
pick The Maryland setting shot in North Carolina
“This movie claims it's in Maryland, but it's entirely shot in North Carolina, and I don't know why they didn't just say it was in North Carolina.”
unknown · 1:07:26

Vincent Chase Award · Worst or biggest overacting in the movie.

winner Reuben Santiago-Hudson as the police sergeant: Host notes he just got a Tony nomination but is terrible here; Bill later confirms the award goes to the sergeant.
“I also had him for overacting.”
unknown · 1:06:33

Hottest Take · The host's hottest take on the movie.

pick A Buscemi-hunts-Vaughn crime movie would have been better: Imagines five more Buscemi and Vaughn scenes with a criminal trying to start a new life.
“If this movie is about Steve Bushemi's character hunting down Vince's, and that the tension is that Vince is trying to start a new life and Ray's getting in the way of that.”
Chris Ryan · 1:10:41
pick Danny as Danny: Danny is the real villain and should be in prison for betraying his father publicly.
“Um, this is sort of related to that in terms of how they misframed the movie, but Danny is the villain of the movie and he should be in prison for betraying his father publicly.”
Chris Ryan · 1:11:18

Casting What Ifs · Almost-castings, recasts and swaps.

pick Swap Travolta and Vaughn: Travolta as the bad guy, Vaughn as the father: Would be funnier, though they are almost 20 years apart.
“I had, uh, Trivoltan Bond, which part's better movie.”
unknown · 1:11:47
nominee 50 Cent as the sergeant: The cultural fun choice, coming off Get Rich or Die Tryin'.
“Um, the cultural fun one, 50 cent.”
unknown · 1:13:55
nominee Ernie Hudson as the sergeant
“I was thinking Ernie Hudson.”
unknown · 1:14:19
nominee Laurence Fishburne as the sergeant: Transcript has Lawrence Fishburne; joked he is overqualified, post-Matrix.
“Lawrence Fishburne?”
unknown · 1:14:24
winner Philip Michael Thomas as the sergeant
“I think I like Philip Michael Thomas the most.”
Bill Simmons · 1:14:50
pick Cruise in the Travolta part, or in the Vaughn part: Cruise or Hanks segment: Travolta is playing a Cruise part, and Cruise saying he'd like to be Danny's friend would be amazing.
“I would have cruise in the Travolta part.”
unknown · 1:21:58

Best That Guy · The best that-guy actor in the movie.

pick Chris Ellis as the other cop: Described as the other cop always in NASA's control center.
“Chris Ellis and Reuben Santiago Hudson, right?”
unknown · 1:12:45
pick Reuben Santiago-Hudson as the police sergeant
“Chris Ellis and Reuben Santiago Hudson, right?”
unknown · 1:12:45
pick The judge in the custody trial hearing
“The judge. In the custody trial hearing.”
unknown · 1:13:02
pick The evil jury foreman from A Time to Kill: A deep-dive pick; seeing his face evokes the KKK and bad trousers of the South.
“The evil jury foreman from a time to kill.”
unknown · 1:13:06

Dion Waiters Award · Small role, big impact.

winner Steve Buscemi as Ray
“It's bershemi, right?”
unknown · 1:13:33
nominee Patty the hooker as Patty: Floated by a host; the case for her is that she passes time watching DePaul with Ray.
“Can you make a case for the hooker?”
unknown · 1:13:34

Dorfler's Door Award · Who takes the most punishment; the head trauma in the movie.

pick A brutal stretch of head trauma: Travolta, Vaughn and Terry Polo: Lists the car window, crowbar to the head, baseball bat to the skull, and Polo into a cabinet.
“People take some shots to the head in this movie?”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:14:57

Apex Mountain · Where the movie's stars and elements sit on the mountain; here, mostly where nothing does.

pick John Travolta: Travolta is floated and then dismissed along with the rest.
“Travolta?”
unknown · 1:17:41
pick Vince Vaughn: Not on the mountain.
“No, Vaughn no.”
unknown · 1:17:42
pick Steve Buscemi: Not on the mountain.
“Boshemi, no.”
unknown · 1:17:43
pick Wooden boat company movies: The only thing that gets a tentative sure, since lots of yachting movies are better.
“Wooden boat company movies?”
unknown · 1:17:51
pick Cinematic depiction of the DePaul men's basketball program: The movie has Rick watch DePaul because he is from Chicago; the 80s teams are the real peak.
“Is this Apex Mountain for the cinematic depiction of the DePaul men's college basketball program?”
unknown · 1:18:21
pick Huge embarrassing bar fights during filming: Rated about a 7 on the mountain; Oliver Reed and Richard Harris stories likely beat it.
“Huge embarrassing bar fights during filming.”
unknown · 1:19:18

Best Name for a Racehorse · Best name from the movie for a racehorse (replacing the director-swap segment this episode).

pick Southport or Ray Coleman
“And it's either Southport or Ray Coleman.”
Bill Simmons · 1:20:46
pick Rick Jack as Rick Jack
“I think Rick Jack would have been good.”
unknown · 1:20:51
pick Danny Lies
“I wrote Danny lies.”
unknown · 1:20:54

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of the movie.

pick The obvious dubs, 'don't fool with me' versus the f-word
“Um, all the obvious dubs.”
unknown · 1:21:55
pick Rick's weak effort at a new identity
“Do you think Rick put any effort into a new identity or did he just buy like a new kind of some new clothes?”
unknown · 1:22:18
pick The unclear timeline of the divorce, pregnancy and custody trial
“Because they make it seem like the divorce just happened.”
unknown · 1:23:01
pick Rick changes his name but allows a newspaper wedding announcement with his picture
“But it's totally cool with having a newspaper wedding announcement with this picture.”
unknown · 1:23:36
pick No blood in the car after the stabbing
“The no blood in the car post-stabbing was incredible.”
unknown · 1:24:06
pick No evidence at the Southport Brickworks
“Southport Brickworks, just having no evidence at all anywhere.”
unknown · 1:24:10
pick How would they know instantly that she lost the baby
“Um, How would they know? Immediately that she lost the babies.”
unknown · 1:25:17
pick The other two convicts are still unaccounted for
“Wait, one more thing.”
unknown · 1:25:48

Sequel, Prequel, Prestige TV · The sequel, prequel or prestige TV show they would make.

pick DD2: Ray's partners come after Rick and Frank: The other two convicts could show up and demand Frank build getaway boats.
“That's DD2.”
unknown · 1:25:59
pick A prequel on Rick's racketeering storyline in Chicago
“I would do the racketeering storyline.”
unknown · 1:26:32
pick DD2: Diane's Revenge: Susan and Travolta reunite, which drives Diane crazy, and she seeks revenge.
“It's the second DD2 is Diane's revenge.”
unknown · 1:28:09

Best Quote · Best line or scene of dialogue; the category name is garbled in the transcript.

pick Rick confronting Danny over the wallet
“I'm gonna clip your nuts like I clipped your daddies.”
unknown · 1:26:57
pick You think you're the only guy in Charleston with a gun?: Attribution to the movie is uncertain from the transcript.
“You think you're the only guy in Charleston with a gun?”
unknown · 1:27:14

Who Gets the Oscar · Who should have won or been nominated.

pick Nobody: No Oscar pick; one of the worst Apex Mountain performances and no case can be made.
“We rarely do this, but this is a full-fledged nobody.”
unknown · 1:27:30

Unanswered Questions · Open questions the movie leaves hanging.

pick Did Travolta and Terry Polo get back together
“Did Travolta Terry Polo get back together?”
unknown · 1:27:45
pick Does Terry Polo inherit Rick's fortune: Concludes it all worked out for Travolta, who sues the town and owns a chunk of Southport, except for Danny.
“Terry Polo inherits all of Jack Rick's fortune?”
unknown · 1:28:22
pick When does Danny kill his first prostitute and is it Patty: Joking follow-up: Danny becomes a compulsive liar and a detective.
“When does Danny kill his 1st prostitute and is it Patty?”
unknown · 1:28:53

Memorabilia · The memorabilia they would most want from the movie.

pick The Rick Barnes Chamber of Commerce Award plaque
“Clearly the Rick Barnes Chamber of Commerce Award.”
unknown · 1:29:35
pick Danny's Cal Ripken glove
“Danny's Cal Ripkin glove.”
unknown · 1:29:40
pick One of the handmade wooden boats: Another host points out they are pretty flammable.
“want one of those boats.”
unknown · 1:29:43

Best Life Lesson · The best (or worst) life lesson from the movie.

pick Believe your child: A second host adds that a story that elaborate has his attention.
“Believe your child.”
unknown · 1:29:51

Ebert Review · The reading of Roger Ebert's review of the movie.

pick Domestic Disturbance: Ebert gave it 1.5 stars; calls it a paid holiday for director Harold Becker and says he saw the film twice in a week.
“He wrote, the movie is a paid holiday for its director, Harold Becker.”
unknown · 0:36:49

Who Won the Movie · Who came out of the movie best.

winner Vince Vaughn as Rick: Because the host just likes watching him.
“I think Vaughn did, just because I just like watching Vince Vaughan.”
unknown · 1:30:46
winner John Travolta as Frank: For how hard he tried throughout.
“I really respected how hard he tried all throughout.”
unknown · 1:30:50
winner Matt O'Leary as Danny: The only actor actually giving a performance; the movie hinges on him.
“I wrote Matt O'Leary, who's the only actor who's like actually giving it.”
unknown · 1:30:53

Films that came up

Claims (56)

lineage (lineage): Domestic Disturbance → Fatal Attraction. Domestic Disturbance is the late, bad entry in the 'from hell' thriller cycle that began with Fatal Attraction.
“We had this really good run that starts with fatal fatal attraction into the 80s.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:54 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage): Domestic Disturbance → Changing Lanes. Changing Lanes is named as another 2000s 'from hell' picture (road rage from hell) alongside Domestic Disturbance.
“Oh yeah. With Sam Jackson and Ben Affleck, the road rage from hell.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:18 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage): Domestic Disturbance → One Hour Photo. One Hour Photo is cited as the 2000s photo-developer-from-hell entry in the same cycle.
“You get one hour photo with Robin Williams.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:22 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage): Disturbia → Rear Window. Disturbia, the best of the decade's thrillers in the cycle, is a Rear Window remake.
“It's a rear window remake.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them)
industry (industry): Lakeview Terrace → The Dark Knight. Lakeview Terrace might be the last 'from hell' movie before The Dark Knight took over the villain slot.
“It could be the last, it could be the last from hell, and then Dark Knight comes along and cleans up hell, you know?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:06:34 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
theme (theme): Domestic Disturbance → Single White Female. The cycle can be read as 80s-90s anxiety (AIDS, a foreign presence coming in) and class/yuppie fear.
“there's like the AIDS crisis and movies like single white female and this idea of like some foreign presence coming in and changing your life”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:06:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage): Domestic Disturbance → The Stepfather. Domestic Disturbance is a stepfather-from-hell movie, a premise already done by The Stepfather.
“Which, by the way, we'd already done with the stepfather with Terry Quinn.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:07:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): Michael Keaton → Pacific Heights. Stars saw villain turns in Pacific Heights and Fatal Attraction as a good career move, which explains why the cycle kept going.
“I think people saw like what happened for Michael Keaton with Pacific Heights and, um, and, like, Glenn Close and Fatal Attraction”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:07:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): Vince Vaughn → Sleeping with the Enemy. A non-star going into one of these roles can vanish, as Patrick Bergin did after Sleeping with the Enemy.
“you turn out to be Patrick Bergen and sleeping with the enemy”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): Vince Vaughn → Swingers. Six years after Swingers made him a star, Vaughn was chasing serious thrillers, Domestic Disturbance among them.
“Clay pigeon, psycho, the cell, domestic disturbance and made.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:42 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
people (people): Vince Vaughn → Made. Made reunited Vaughn with Favreau but was as much crime movie as buddy comedy.
“Those are all thrillers and then made, which is the made is the, like, I get the Favreau comeback.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:46 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): Domestic Disturbance → Old School. After Domestic Disturbance and Made, nothing in 2002, then Old School in 2003 turned him into a comedy lead.
“03 is old school.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:09:11 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Domestic Disturbance → Swingers. Vaughn's Rick in the first half echoes his Swingers character Trent: constant performing, false energy, bravado.
“He's always, you know, he's always got this like false energy, this bravado, and he's kind of doing that in the 1st half of this movie where he's trying to connect with Danny.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:10:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
industry (industry): Domestic Disturbance → Zoolander. After 9/11, Paramount moved Zoolander up and pushed Domestic Disturbance to October, where it was cut by 22 minutes.
“Paramount has to rush Zoolander up.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:11:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
industry (industry): Zoolander → Sidewalks of New York. Sidewalks of New York was Paramount's big September movie and could not open after 9/11.
“Because Ed Burns has sidewalks of New York.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:11:39 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
theme (theme): Domestic Disturbance → Zoolander. Zoolander is now beloved, but the post-9/11 audience was not ready for a comedy.
“Even though the movie's beloved now.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:11:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Vince Vaughn → Chevy Chase. Vaughn's comic persona is described as an aggro Chevy Chase, which would have suited the stepfather role.
“He, he's like aggro Chevy Chase.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:13:15 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): Vince Vaughn → True Detective (season two). He stayed with comedy until True Detective season two, then pivoted back to hard-edged thrillers.
“He basically does that until True Detective season two.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:13:47 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): Vince Vaughn → Cell Block 99. Now he is trying to go back to hard thrillers with Cell Block 99 and Dragged Across Concrete.
“he's doing, you know, cell block 99 and and, um, and dragged across concrete.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:13:51 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
theme (theme): Domestic Disturbance → Domestic Disturbance. The movie is mashed from TV-movie formulas: an ABC after school special about a first dad and his son.
“It's basically an ABC after school special of like the 1st dad trying to keep his relationship with his son.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:46 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Domestic Disturbance → Wedding Crashers. Vaughn's snarky tone in the boat scene is comedy Vince, like Wedding Crashers.
“Like his general tone is just like he's in wedding crashers in domestic disturbance.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:25 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): John Travolta → Pulp Fiction. Pulp Fiction in 1994 began a heater of three to four major movies a year through 2000.
“He's on a heater from Pulp Fiction 94 through 2000.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:22:51 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): John Travolta → Battlefield Earth. Travolta's slide is dated to Battlefield Earth, with this movie as backwash.
“This is the sort of backwash of Battlefield Earth.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:23:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): John Travolta → The General's Daughter. The General's Daughter is where Travolta's run starts to go bad, in one speaker's view.
“I would say general, it starts with general's daughter, which is also not good.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:23:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): Domestic Disturbance → Swordfish. Domestic Disturbance, Swordfish, and Basic make up an all-time bad run for Travolta.
“This movie, Swordfish, and Basic is an all time bad run.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:23:50 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Phenomenon → Get Shorty. Phenomenon and Michael lack cultural shelf life; Pulp Fiction and Get Shorty have it.
“those movies don't really have like a cultural shelf life, but pulp and get Shorty, um, for sure do.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:28:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): Harold Becker → Vision Quest. Becker's filmography is recited: Taps, Vision Quest, Big Town, The Boost, Sea of Love, Malice.
“He does Taps and Vision Quest.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
programming (programming): Harold Becker → Stanley Kubrick. Becker now has as many movies on The Rewatchables as Stanley Kubrick.
“Harold Becker now has the same number of movies on the rewatchables is Stanley Kubrick.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:40 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): Domestic Disturbance → Mercury Rising. Mercury Rising (1998, Bruce Willis) was Becker's movie right before this one, after which he never directed again.
“Yeah, that's a thriller with Bruce Willis.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:31:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → The Good Son. Ebert's Domestic Disturbance rating is compared with his half-star for The Good Son.
“Last week, Good Son was a half star when we recorded that.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:44 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → Domestic Disturbance. Ebert gave it one and a half stars, calling it a paid holiday for the director.
“He wrote, the movie is a paid holiday for its director, Harold Becker.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:49 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Domestic Disturbance → Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Vaughn's sincere lines can only be heard as his rival newscaster in Anchorman.
“I can only hear the rival newscaster from Anchorman that he plays, you know, Vince Mantooth?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:38:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Domestic Disturbance → Wedding Crashers. Vaughn's odd throwing in the catch scene is odd because he looks athletic in Wedding Crashers football.
“Because he's not bad in wedding crashers playing football.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:42:38 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): Steve Buscemi → Fargo. Buscemi in Domestic Disturbance is basically his Fargo character.
“He's basically doing his Fargo character.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:45:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Harold Becker → Michael Hogarth. On his commentary Becker praises the film's credits and their maker, Michael Hogarth, as relayed by the host.
“I really like these, these, these credits that we made for this film, you know, great credit maker. His name's Michael Hogarth. He's a wonderful guy.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:48:14 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
career (career): Harold Becker → The Onion Field. Becker made genuinely good movies, such as The Onion Field and Black Marble.
“His movies, you know, Onion Field is a legitimately great movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:49:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Domestic Disturbance → Ransom. Travolta tries to get mean like Mel Gibson in Ransom but lacks that gear.
“he's trying to do like Mel Gibson and Ransom, but he just does not have that gear at all.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:54:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Domestic Disturbance → Bull Durham. The hooker's complaint is the reverse of Duke in Bull Durham wanting to read poetry all night.
“It's kind of like the reverse of in Bull Durham when Duke is like, we didn't fuck, man.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:54:51 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Domestic Disturbance → Fargo. The hotel scene with the hooker and the TV plays like a direct sequel to the Fargo motel scene.
“But it feels like a direct sequel to the scene in Fargo when they take the 2 prostitutes back to the motel room and then they have that cut to them watching Jay Leno or whatever later that night.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:54:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Domestic Disturbance → 48 Hrs.. 48 Hrs. has the same joke about a bad guy liking shooting cops more than getting laid.
“48 hours has that with Ganz.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:55:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Steve Buscemi → Pulp Fiction. They should have staged Travolta and Buscemi in a diner as a Pulp Fiction echo, since Buscemi was the waiter there.
“Do you think they should have made more of Travolta and Bushemi in a diner as an echo of Pulp Fiction when Bushemi's Travolta's waiter?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:57:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Domestic Disturbance → Pineapple Express. The title 'Joint Custody' for this movie suggests a marijuana-farm comedy like Pineapple Express.
“That's like a pineapple Express. The joint custody is great.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): Steve Buscemi → The Sopranos. Buscemi took years off movies after the stabbing, then went on to The Sopranos.
“Well, he goes on to the Sopranos.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:06:18 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
industry (industry): Jonathan D. Krane → John Travolta. The producer was Travolta's manager for years, and any movie listing him as producer is not big.
“he was Travolta's manager from 78 or from maybe 1988 through 2004”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:07:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Domestic Disturbance → Die Hard (via Hans Gruber). Villain ranking: Vince on a Hans Gruber scale is about a 3.5.
“Hans Gruber scale villain ranking, Vince is like a 3.5?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
theme (theme): Domestic Disturbance → Cape Fear (Apple TV series). The movie's turn-your-brain-off logic is compared to Apple's Cape Fear.
“This is the entirety of Apple's Cape Fear right now.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): John Travolta → Vince Vaughn. Casting what-if: Travolta as the villain and Vaughn as the nice first dad would be a better movie.
“I had, uh, Trivoltan Bond, which part's better movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:11:47 · Craig Horlbeck (0.30 sure it was them)
people (people): Domestic Disturbance → A Time to Kill. The actor playing the custody judge is the evil jury foreman from A Time to Kill.
“The evil jury foreman from a time to kill.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:13:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → John Travolta. Cruise in the Travolta role, or Hanks against type; the speakers say Travolta is playing a Cruise part.
“Travolta's playing a cruise part.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:21:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Vince Vaughn. Cruise in the Vaughn part, saying the stepfather lines, would be amazing.
“A cruise in the Vaughan part is amazing.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:22:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Domestic Disturbance → The Stepfather. The Stepfather as a double feature is tricky because it is the better movie.
“It's a tricky one because it makes them, this movie look worse because the stepfather is better.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:30:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Domestic Disturbance → Be Cool. A double feature with Be Cool gives a Travolta palate cleanser; The Stepfather would make this one look worse.
“I have be cool because you need to have a palate cleanser of Travolta.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:30:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): The Good Son → Domestic Disturbance. A crossover where Culkin's Good Son killer meets this movie's villain.
“It would be kind of amazing if Culkin was doing good sun in this movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:31:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): John Travolta → Tom Hanks. In the late 90s Travolta was the backup choice to Hanks for many roles.
“he was kind of the backup choice to Hanks for a lot of different roles.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:32:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): John Travolta → Nick Cage. For a stretch Travolta and Nick Cage were the two biggest action stars.
“he and Nick Cage are the 2 biggest action stars in the world.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:33:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
programming (programming): Domestic Disturbance → The Good Son. The Good Son (another from-hell movie, already done) is the following week's episode.
“Well, we did this out of sequence, but good, uh, the good sun, which we've already done is coming next week”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:33:41 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items (28)

fun, about Domestic Disturbance: The frame: after good From Hell movies, they pick one bad one. The speakers call it good-bad, stupid rather than bad.
“But it is entertaining in an exciting way.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:03:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Running time: 88 minutes with 79 before credits.
“It's over in 88 minutes.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Cut story: planned for late 2001, 9/11 moved Zoolander up, and Paramount chopped 22 minutes and went PG-13.
“So they push this movie up to like October and they decided it needs to be shorter and they just chopped 22 minutes from it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:11:57 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: The PG-13 trim shows in the dubs: 'don't fool with me' where the line was clearly a different word.
“they're changing it to don't fool with me, Chris.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Vince Vaughn: Vaughn's career flipped: comedian who tried to be dramatic actor, versus the usual path of the reverse.
“Vince Vaughn like inverted it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:14:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Most rewatchable scene: the baseball catch scene, Vaughn's best, with brand-new gloves and a strange throwing release.
“The baseball catch scene is probably my favorite scene in the movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about John Travolta: Travolta's directorial debut: a 62-minute movie about the first time he flew on a plane; the speaker saw him wear a beret to every Cannes screening.
“he wore a beret to every single screening of the film.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:26:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about John Travolta: Why the paycheck movies: owning a private plane means doing five a year.
“when your aspiration becomes to have your own private plane that you can fly around, you just start taking paycheck movies.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:27:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Budget: reported $75 million and a gross of $54 million, with guesses at Travolta's $15-20 million share.
“$75 million budget made 54 million.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:31:26 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Famous shoot anecdote: April 2001 bar fight in Wilmington, NC involving Vaughn, Buscemi, and screenwriter Scott Rosenberg; Buscemi was slashed in the face.
“a huge fight in April 2001 in Wilmington, North Carolina, a bar fight with Vince Vaughn, Steve Bushemi, and the screenwriter Scott Rosenberg, who was there.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:32:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: See the hotel scene: Buscemi's face is hidden, the room is lit differently from the rest because of the cut.
“When you go see him in the hotel room, the whole side of the hotel room is dark for some reason.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:32:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Ebert quote: the audience critics saw the wrong last reel. He had to watch the movie twice in a week.
“the final confrontation so badly choreographed that I was not the least bit surprised when the studio called to say the Chicago critics had, quote, seen the wrong last reel.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:37:00 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Best line: Vaughn's 'I'm not trying to be his dad, but I would like to be his friend' is impossible to take seriously.
“Have you guys ever believed someone less than when Vince Vaughn says, I'm not trying to be his dad, but I would like to be his friend.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:38:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Steve Buscemi: The best entrance award: when Buscemi shows up, the movie takes off.
“The moment Bushemi shows up, this movie takes off.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Becker's DVD commentary: Becker narrates the boats, praises credits designer Michael Hogarth, and never acknowledges the fiasco or bar fight.
“I watched the commentary with Harold Becker, which was apparently terrible. is a disaster.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:47:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Travolta punches a man outside the school, then announces the kidnapping to his son.
“Danny, don't you realize what I've just done?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:38 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: The final fight: a crowbar resting on the fuse box is the movie's worst shot and a lifetime-TV-movie ending.
“And the last 20 minutes just becomes a lifetime TV movie being filmed in Winnipeg.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:52:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Best name: 'Ray' is the perfect scumbag name, and Rick Barnes is also a basketball coach.
“Ray, I'm pretty sure you're a fuck up.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:59:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Title rename category: Southport Lie, The Boat Yard, This Is My Family, Joint Custody, Step Murderer.
“Yeah, I love when you put the town in the title and then you like, but whose lie is it?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:01:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: The movie's Maryland setting is only signaled by a Cal Ripken glove; it was shot in North Carolina.
“This movie claims it's in Maryland, but it's entirely shot in North Carolina”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:07:26 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Travolta's GQ idea for the ending: Vaughn plays dead and returns, stronger from the electricity, for a second fight.
“He played dead for a few seconds, then bolted up.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:07:52 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: The police work: a reverse image search on Rick's photo would end the movie; modern tech killed the From Hell cycle.
“I just feel like reverse image search alone on a photo of Rick just ends this whole thing.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Craig (producer): The producer was once electrocuted for 10 to 15 seconds while checking a stage light at a film rental house, which backs up that the movie's death by crowbar would not be instant.
“Got electrocuted for like, from what I was told 10, 15 seconds.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:15:58 · Craig Horlbeck (0.80 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Buscemi watches DePaul with a hooker, and in October there is no college basketball yet.
“There's no college basketball yet.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:19:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Apex Mountain: huge embarrassing bar fights during filming, with Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, and Peter O'Toole stories raised.
“Dean Martin killed a guy.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:19:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Sequel joke category: DD2, Diane's Revenge, with Tiffany Thiessen as Travolta's jilted girlfriend.
“It's the second DD2 is Diane's revenge.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:28:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Memorabilia pick: the Rick Barnes Chamber of Commerce plaque, Danny's Cal Ripken glove, or a flammable wooden boat.
“Clearly the Rick Barnes Chamber of Commerce Award.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:29:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about John Travolta: Travolta is Sam Darnold: can win three games with him, or a Super Bowl with the right coach.
“Travolta is Sam Darnold.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:32:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Who's talking

Bill Simmons (host): Loves from-hell thrillers and movies that are fun to talk about even when they fail; a Boston guy who remembers where he saw things (Zoolander two weeks after 9/11). Can't stand a movie that wastes a good premise. A sucker for hoops details and stars' career arcs.
Chris Ryan (host): Defends movies that are entertainingly bad and invests in actors' career trajectories (Vaughn, Travolta). Loves From Hell staples and a good scumbag name. Sucker for supporting-cast pops.
Sean Fennessey (host): Appreciates craftspeople and lesser-known directors (loves The Boost and City Hall) and attends Cannes. Scrutinizes plot logic and loves Buscemi's Fargo energy. Disdains the garage finale.
Craig Horlbeck (guest): Producer on the pod who gets pulled into the bits; likes a turn-your-brain-off summer movie and is fascinated by Travolta. Is fascinated rather than annoyed by Travolta's strangeness. A sucker for a movie that can be watched at noon on a Monday.

The show's recurring bits

Apex Mountain: The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits.
Who Won the Movie: The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off.
The Ebert review: Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show.
Casting what-ifs: Who was almost cast, or who should have been.
Most rewatchable scene: The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels.
Aged best / aged worst: What holds up and what does not.
Picking Nits: The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits.
Double feature: The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick.

Names the transcriber got wrong

'Sean Fantasy' = Sean Fennessey
'Terry Polo' = Teri Polo
'Bushemi/Beshim/Bershemi' = Steve Buscemi
'Craig Rowback' = the producer Craig
'Harold Covin/Colvin' = screenwriter, corrected on air to Lewis Colick
'young Enfield' = Becker's first big movie, likely The Onion Field
'Mercury Rise/Mingling' = Mercury Rising
'Jonathan D. Crane' = Jonathan Krane (producer, Travolta's manager)
'Get Richard Dietron' = Get Rich or Die Tryin'
'Reuben Santiago Hudson' = Ruben Santiago-Hudson
'Kira Cedric' = Kyra Sedgwick
'Nora Efron' = Nora Ephron
'Stormar' = Peter Stormare
'Cal Ripkin' = Cal Ripken
'Pharaoh' = probably Will Ferrell
'Fando/Fandel' = FanDuel
'Trimphia/Tremfaya' = Tremfya ad
'Gondali/Gondoli' = Floyd Gondolli category
'Sarah Connor/Saracana award' = the Sarah Connor Award
'Vincent Chase award' as transcribed
'Rick Jack' is the character name Rick Barnes shown with a nickname
'Rotation Wars', 'Todd Parker word', 'Mitch Kramer Award' = recurring Rewatchables award names, as transcribed
'one way for color' = Travolta's directorial debut, title unclear
'us, Brazil' near Beecher's girlfriend likely refers to Oz