'Fatal Attraction' with Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Wesley Morris | The Rewatchables

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and the New York Times’ Wesley Morris hop up on the kitchen sink to rewatch the 1987 thriller ‘Fatal Attraction,’ starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer.
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[@bobbowie9350]

Wesley talks sooooo much. Holy hell.

[@wharmon8425]

Seems really simple but Wesley Morris is really good at asking people "Why?" In this pod it's usually just after someone says something that they loved about it and he genuinely wants to know what parts in movies people are lured towards and what makes them that way

[@rence2k]

Bill dressed like he's a guide at a safari park

[@vetoland92]

So glad The Ringer is finally doing video pods like the Grantland days

[@TheBshwckr]

Wesley Morris looks and acts just like I imagined. I love his energy, it really gives power to his takes.

[@creightontolliver3547]

Does anybody else watch the movie they're doing just so you can listen to the podcast?

[@tomsmith4452]

Yup

[@princesscl67]

I’ve already seen them all... but yeah after hearing them talk about it I go back and REWATCH them. 😂I need to do a show like this.

[@jessicadesmond-robitaille5972]

Wesley is the best, please have him on the show more. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

[@BishopWalters12]

No, he could make a slice of pizza into a lame debate about politics.

[@rae0993]

This may be my favorite trio for these Rewatchables. Yall are great together. Please do more Rewatchables!

[@nickkyprioti5154]

Great series of podcasts, but I do struggle with Wesley's incomplete sentences. Thank you for all the insight.

[@toxicmustardwasabi]

I came here to say exactly this. Too often Wesley takes forever to say what he wants to say and then can never finish his train of thought. Every episode he's in, not just this one. Just not for me I guess.

[@adumbcorolla1370]

He starts, pauses, then has no take.

[@simsimdabear]

Great idea to do this and Gone Girl rewatchables so close together. Crazy about the alternative ending.

[@philipcallado5693]

Glenn Close low key is one of the greatest actresses of all time. I remember her guest starring on The West Wing and she stole every scene she was in, which is something considering the amazing cast they had. Tremendous presence.

[@cebukid70]

"The Rewatchables" is officially one of my favorite podcasts! ....top 3, really.

[@Timgamt]

This is the best trio. Please rehire Wesley yesterday

[@bobbowie9350]

He's so annoying

[@BishopWalters12]

No, he sounds like someone from MSNBC.

[@christopherjimz]

Wesley Morris is tremendously entertaining and has great insight into these movies. No offense to anyone else, he brings something to these podcasts that the rest of the ringer heavyweights just don’t have.

[@BishopWalters12]

He's annoying and he wants to debate politics instead of just having fun with a movie.

[@adumbcorolla1370]

He's so awful. He just yells and whines

[@anniemarieharvey7998]

Love ya’ll so so so much! Just now figured out I could watch the rewatchables… great hang, always!!! 💚

[@dvowls120]

Bill's Sally Field take reminds me that we are the exact same age. Damn crush does not describe how I felt about Sally Field in 1977.

[@jonloc8535]

How many times does Wesley touch Mallory's shoulder? I counted like at least seven. (Not a complaint but an observation)

[@RachelDavis705]

It's because he is so domineering and can't stand other people talking for more than 5 seconds, that he physically tries to shut her down. It's honestly so cringeworthy. He seems like a smart guy with good points, but he needs a little self-awareness in how he behaves on this podcast and let other people speak.

[@atrastire]

Wonderful, amusing, insightful discussion!

[@BachelorMachinesTV]

wait...Tony Scott and Ridley Scott were brothers...???!!!???

[@brotherdandy]

The original ending of this movie didn’t provide the “Bang‼️” the story had built. It was a certainly more nuanced conclusion but the ending we see is what further sells the movie.

[@juliananthony1226]

A quote “Take control of your life and make him accountable”

[@Dusibello]

Bill, to Mallory: ' Would you want to make out with Michael Douglas?' Wesley: 'Yes! Yes!'

[@codyhinson6071]

I love Mal so much. V jealous of the team BS has put together over the years.

[@savage_skirt5386]

You were sad when Wilkes dies in Misery? I cheered. She hobbled James Caan and shot Richard Farnsworth. Her character was a monster.

[@tomsmith4452]

I just watched this movie for the first time :)

[@Castaa]

Wesley Morris should be a mandatory host from here on out.

[@RachelDavis705]

Only if you never want to hear anyone else talk, I guess.

[@BishopWalters12]

Oh god no

[@funforalgernon]

It’s funny to read the years-old comments in the context of what the podcast has evolved into…Wesley’s on fire in this and it’s a great match for 2023 Rewatchables but maybe not 2019 Rewatchables

[@adumbcorolla1370]

Dudes awful

[@DJTomOke]

Yeah he's a bit incessant. Soz Wes

[@jomarch1085]

I didn’t even realize Wesley’s point until he said it - there’s no more sex in movies. I thought it was just the MCU like Sean & Chris talked about a few months ago. But it’s all movies. More violence, no lovin’. Weird.

[@bijanbayne3259]

I don't think either Hanks or Denzel have really had a graphic bedroom scene in a feature film

[@mjm5081]

Very enjoyable!

[@jasonwallace9561]

At 1:39:41, Bill foreshadows the PARAMOUNT + tv version of this movie. Somebody might owe his check!!

[@bbqnetwork8536]

Can you do a video ranking all of the from Hell Thrillers. Unlawful entry. Hand that rocks the cradle. Pacific Heights. The temp

[@robertcosta6967]

Bradley Cooper could be the new Michael Douglas very easily. He's the right age now. Also, this chick's potty mouth is a riot. She reminds me of Deb on Dexter 😂

[@mediasawdust2458]

What's funny is that this entire film is the result of an umbrella not opening.

[@ActionFigureWorld]

Anne Archer screen tested for Lois Lane in the 78 Superman movie.

[@beckyleonardis6331]

I'm sure, Dan and Beth shared this with their therapist! LOL! I haven't watched this movie for awhile.

[@UnderdogTactics]

This was really fun. Wesley dominates the conversation a bit much, but what he says is really interesting and he brings up a lot of really good points.

[@Shawn_M]

Madam Glenn was ROCKIN that tan!!!! She went from Garps mom in the white nursing dress to MEGA VIXEN! All those half covered by sheets and tastefully braless scenes still register a 7.8 on the Richter scale. she was radiating sexy off the screen. Also, Jaws... Brilliant

[@tylernewton7217]

“Michael Douglas never had parents in any of his movies” The Game.

[@CameronStrandberg]

Wesley so handsome

[@kleinhocico9915]

I just found a similarity to the spaghetti scenes: He gives the rest of the spaghetti to his dog. And if you consider: He sees Alex as a lapdog....in some way. She's good in bed but nothing more. And she shouldn't talk. Just like his dog.

[@bbqnetwork8536]

Can you do the 1991 A Kiss Before Dying with Matt Dillon and Sean Young It Is by James Dearborn too

[@bbqnetwork8536]

I have confirmed after speaking to the producers of this movie that they are remaking it they denied it at first but then admitted it later

[@bbqnetwork8536]

Please do Wall Street on this show

[@HeelPower200]

The beginning of the movie hints at some complexities that are completely dropped in favor of cheap violence at the end. I think the could have been so much more than what it became at the end. It also didn't do the character of Alex Forrest any injustice in the end. The writing quality completely falls apart.

[@crispincrunch2453]

2019: “could this be a 10-episode tv series?” 2023: it’s an 8-episode meh Paramount series

[@savage_skirt5386]

Poor Glenn Close. Overshadowed by Meryl Streep her whole career. Glenn is an amazing talent.

[@TheKamilifeelings]

I would love to see a critique of "James Gandolfini vs. Michael Douglass" as imperiled American male.

[@johanericsson2403]

Also Wesley's whole thing about Glenn Close's "zest for life" - I always just assumed she was manic-depressive and that was her manic phase.

[@MsLuvmusic81]

No she’s a Sociopath! She’s not bipolar that’s offensive to truly Mentally ill people.

[@Dee-GBE]

Well I know who’s the winner of this episode. Wes is fully interested and just goes Dion Waiters white hot 🔥 ...except for his Gone Girl slander

[@dvowls120]

Bill listed his favorite females. Ann Archer and Mallory make the list but he doesn't mention his mother.

[@bbqnetwork8536]

Wesley your rankings were off Glenn close was number 1 for maybe a two-year period in the 1980s where Meryl has been number one through almost every year the last 35 years

[@michaellovato3934]

Please do Starship Troopers!

[@deezim]

Will had great guns

[@coolida23511]

Richard Gere was also offered, but he turned it down.

[@bbqnetwork8536]

Mallory can you please watch Jagged Edge and make a review of it thank you

[@thrivephotography8081]

I wish I was amped as Wesley.... he talks like Dee Snider lol

[@terencejones9044]

Please do Play Misty For Me!!!!!!!

[@bbqnetwork8536]

Glenn Close was already a star prior to Fatal Attraction

[@tdali8347]

Thanks for correction of director Adrian Lyne's last name (pronouncd "line"). Frustrating that people who mispronounce it just aren't old enough to have heard his name all the time back then...like me. ;)

[@DMalltheway]

Christopher Reeve messed up passing up on this and Lethal Weapon. His career would’ve took it to the next level.

[@dieselj224]

Wesley Morris is Black and Brolic!!! 😱😱😱

[@jharv1970]

I want to listen to this......but I cannot listen to Wes any longer

[@michaelstratton7070]

Wes, this is not a history of cinema class you are teaching, relax and let others actually talk about the movie.

[@michaeln3044]

I think Jude law late career, but I’d say Ben affleck is closest to Michael Douglas...

[@padge2]

I love Bill dearly. I understand he has to ref the pod. I also get that they want to have pod at most the same length of the film they're discussing. When Wesley Morris is on there should be an exception though. Let that man talk all he wants because he is pure money.

[@padge2]

Also Mallory is great too.

[@BishopWalters12]

Wes and Mallory belong on MSNBC.

[@yueeex]

Can't take my eyes off Wesley's biceps.

[@BishopWalters12]

This movie doesn't happen in 2022 because Feminist would whine that it made a woman look bad and the left in general would complain about something. Glenn Close should've beaten Cher at the Oscars that year.

[@savage_skirt5386]

Adrian Lyne --- pretty sure it's pronounced line

[@heirrose1606]

Viggo Mortenson could do Douglas stuff now

[@richarddesiderio1863]

Glenn Close was perfect casting. At no point does it enter my mind that maybe he should divorce his wife to be with her. I don’t mean that to disparage Glenn. It’s just what it is which heightens everything

[@daved2115]

Cujo: The Dog from Hell, Christine: The car from hell, Maximum Overdrive: The Machines from Hell, Terminator 2, the Robots from hell...., Alien: The Um......Alien for Outer space aka hell......; Devils AdvocateAngel Heart: The Satan from Hell.

[@mainchannel1566]

Jason Clarke's entire career is Put-upon American Man. But he's not a star, so he can't lead your movie. He could be the lead in a TV series.

[@authornahsun634]

The original ending sucked; I'm glad they changed it 💯

[@patrick7228]

You can't have these two in the traditional format. They are too good. You just have to let them go... Looser outline.

[@adumbcorolla1370]

Clearly wesley thinks he is gettinh paid by the wird here too. Dude just talks abd talks without saying anything

[@09nob]

Not as good as the OC Play Misty For ME.

[@caivsivlivs]

What’s up with the whole meal sex scene things always in rewatchables. She’s like obsessed with them.

[@gf4670]

Inherent misogyny? She slits her wrists for attention, chucks acid at the guy's car, kills and cooks the rabbit, tries to kill the wife in the bathtub, and she's the victim?

[@woodside4life]

It’s sexist for you to even bring that up. You’re on a list now.

[@juliananthony1226]

Protect yourself fam. Go watch Charlie’s angels 2019 and take the heat off you

[@BishopWalters12]

Welcome to the crazy world of liberalism.

[@brennanolowney7190]

The gay guy really loves the sound of his own voice.

[@mihatoplisek2803]

She is so in love with Bill, it s ridiculous.

[@dcanngieter]

REMBER THE FREAKING TITANS!!!!!!! JESUS

[@johanericsson2403]

Can't understand the Anne Archer worship. She's such a cutesy, stuffy-nosed, Keds-wearing, frizzy-permed, bleary-eyed soccer mom...who finds that "sexy"? She was born to make toddlers PB&J and to be pleasantly scandalized by her husband's lame jokes about his coworker's sex injury - "you guys are so baaaad!" UTTERLY unsexy...which is maybe what does it for some people.

[@MsLuvmusic81]

I thought Anne archer was great looking in the film and I loved her hair and the coloring. She was loving and caring Unlike Alex the sociopath. All of an say is dans lucky he’s not Married to a sociopath- that is not pretty!

[@MsLuvmusic81]

All I can*

[@j.hermanarmstrong]

He looks for rings on men he means ?

[@bobbowie9350]

2 hours of Wesley..no thanks

[@spenser9908]

Why does the gay dude keep touching the lady's shoulder? It's weird.

[@babyirene3188]

first good episode. Mr. Morris brought fire to the conversation. I'm going to say what every single person hearing this episode and everyone on the panel regarded the single most cringe moment. When the guy here admitted to letting his young daughter watch this film. That kid is scarred for life. No i'm not being flippant. To say the blatantly obvious that's not responsible parenting, in the slightest. So dad is a write-off, that's clear. The big question is where's mom when her daughter is being allowed to watch this horror movie? Prior to this revelation the host was just someone with a critically short supply of testosterone. It's a whole other ball of wax now. Dude you have to get a clue. Parenting classes for you and your lucky wife, at the very very least. Your daughter deserves far better.

[@jeffersontugboat8115]

Wesley is the worst.

[@ChurchForBlackMen]

The other guy talks too much during pod. Interupts Mal a bit. His touchiness made me a bit uncomfortable since she is married. (Constructive criticism.)

[@brewer921]

He's gay, so they are basically gal pals.

[@juliananthony1226]

Did you really think he was hitting on Mallory

[@brewer921]

Really tired of her talking about the animals in every movie. The pets are props / symbols in these movies, not characters. This is not Benji.