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Marathon Man Film Recommendation Reaction Meme

A three-panel meme using screenshots from Spider-Man: No Way Home featuring Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. The first panel shows Tobey Maguire saying he hasn't seen Marathon Man but plans to watch it soon. The middle panel displays a critical quote from Pauline Kael calling Marathon Man a 'Jewish revenge fantasy'. The third panel shows Tobey Maguire looking slightly annoyed, saying they don't need to oversell the movie.
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Tobey Maguire
I've never seen Marathon Man, but I'm planning to watch it soon.
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[6] Critic Pauline Kael considered the film to be a 'Jewish revenge fantasy'.[7]
Tobey Maguire
I said I was gonna watch it. You don't have to sell it to me.

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Conversation about the film Marathon Man with a critical quote overlay

Overview

A three-panel meme using screenshots from Spider-Man: No Way Home featuring Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. The first panel shows Tobey Maguire saying he hasn't seen Marathon Man but plans to watch it soon. The middle panel displays a critical quote from Pauline Kael calling Marathon Man a 'Jewish revenge fantasy'. The third panel shows Tobey Maguire looking slightly annoyed, saying they don't need to oversell the movie.

Origin notes

This meme uses edited screenshots from the 2021 film Spider-Man: No Way Home, taking dialogue scenes between Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man characters and adding new text about the 1976 film Marathon Man and film critic Pauline Kael's review.

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