Providing relief and contrast are the sisters, daughters, mothers, wives, mistresses, and nursemaids, all of whom also have views on ideal social order.
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Adam Begley,
The Atlantic,
1 Dec. 2025
His character, federal agent Nelson Van Alden, fathered two different children with two different mistresses.
This sparks all kinds of adverse reaction, mainly from McCarthy’s snotty pals and girlfriends, a tribe so fiercely materialistic and shallow as to make current Less Than Zero-types seem well rounded by comparison.
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Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Mar. 2026
Sheila started to see a lot more girlfriends and wives and get really close with them.
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Annie Heilbrunn,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
The gals’ night together becomes an illuminating, madcap journey, transforming their feud into friendship.
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Courtney Howard,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
Throughout the documentary, which features talking head commentary, copious archival footage (even as kids, Mayeri and Hall adored recording their antics on home video), and new interviews, the X-Cetra gals speak openly and honestly about their friendships and the early years that fostered them.
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