Alison Herman TV Critic The Apple TV+ comedy “Platonic” is a reunion of the 2014 movie “Neighbors” (and its 2016 sequel “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising”), again pairing stars Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne with the writer and director Nicholas Stoller. But “Platonic” also models itself after another, more enduring classic: Nora Ephron’s “When Harry Met Sally,” a film explicitly referenced in the pilot of “Platonic” and the greatest work of art drawn from the essentially trite question of whether (straight) men and women can be friends. In “Neighbors,” Rogen and Byrne played spouses. In “Platonic,” they’re long-estranged besties who rekindle their codependent bond. As premises go, it’s a thin one. Ephron’s opus is now 34 years old, and even “When Harry Met Sally” was less seriously engaged with the idea of friendship between the sexes than using the setup as a showcase for Ephron’s wit, Meg Ryan’s charm and Ryan’s chemistry with Billy Crystal. “Men and women don’t really hang out with each other at our age,” says Sylvia (Byrne), a former lawyer who’s now a stay-at-home mother of three. Her argument is half-hearted, unconvincing and immediately dismissed by her husband Charlie (Luke Macfarlane), who encourages Sylvia to get in touch with craft brewer Will (Rogen) in the wake of his divorce.
Leave Meg Ryan and Bridget Fonda alone, losers
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loudly criticized the romantic comedy actress’ appearance at a recent screening of Michael J. Fox’s new documentary “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” in New York.As always, the kvetching is unbearably tedious.“WTF has Meg Ryan done to her face?!,” said one Twitter user.“Is that really Meg Ryan? If so, that’s such a shame and incredibly sad,” another jackass bemoaned.What, exactly, is so sad about it? She looked like she was having a fun, classy time.
And the celeb friend she was photographed with, Michael J. Fox, who has Parkinson’s disease, doesn’t look all that much like Marty McFly anymore either. It’s been many years since 1985.Still, trolls gotta troll.Another former actress who faced social media’s unfair wrath last month was Bridget Fonda, 59, who was spotted in a rare moment by photographers while on an outing in Los Angeles.
The “Single White Female” star quit acting after a 2003 car crash. Hello! magazine asked, “What happened to Bridget Fonda?”A better question: What’s the matter with looking different decades after your greatest successes?Leave ’em alone. Unlike kooky contemporaries such as Madonna and Johnny Depp, Ryan and Fonda have led fairly quiet and respectable private lives and have never resorted to debasing stunts or reckless behavior to stay relevant. They haven’t done a single thing to merit any anger whatsoever. Without fanfare, they’ve largely waved goodbye to the limelight.
Ryan last appeared in the movie “Ithaca,” which she also directed, eight years ago. And Fonda’s most recent project of any kind was the 2002 mini-series “Snow Queen.” They continue to be ripped apart nonetheless.Generally speaking, men in Hollywood don’t get this kind of harsh treatment as much as women do. Even guys who also
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“unrecognizable” — and may have had some cosmetic tweaks.“WTF has Meg Ryan done to her face?!” one baffled fan asked. “Is that really Meg Ryan? If so that’s such a shame and incredibly sad,” another cynic sniped.