7. Lauren Lapkus Rejects Jake Johnson's Romantic Advance In The Movie's Funniest Moment
The funniest moment in the movie is a totally unexpected one, when as the park is under attack, the control room is being evacuated by Hoskins (D'Onofrio) and one technician has to stay behind to oversee the change-over. Lowery promptly volunteers himself without much fanfare from anyone else, but as his cute co-worker Vivian is about to leave, he walks up to her and attempts to give her a heroic farewell kiss. She stops him in his tracks, explaining that she has a boyfriend. He asks why she never mentioned it and she explains that they're at work, so why would she? She goes on her way and Lowery clearly wants to die in a hole somewhere. It's one of the film's few knowing mockeries of Hollywood cliche, dismantling the trite romantic hook-up you expect to happen...even if the film's two main characters are still stuck in that same tired mud.
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