@GoodRobotAndys Nice podcast! I thought that Licorice Pizza was pleasant. Not award-worthy but definitely worth a rewatch sometime. The episodic structure and the setting reminded me of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the vibe seemed similar. If you hated that one you're unlikely to enjoy LP either.
Some people paid a lot of attention to the age gap. But it felt tacked at the beginning while being barely visible in the rest of the movie, something which is helped by characterisation (Gary is at school in the first scene but spends the rest of the movie going out for drinks or managing a business; he is also very confident with all kinds of people, shows initiative, and already makes a fair bit of money, while Alana is in a dead end).
@GoodRobotAndys @enzian see past pods for evidence.
@enzian @cockers loves anything that's a coming-of-age drama from his youth