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But he added that the changes to the grading scheme will make many “skeptical as to whether [CS50 is] a serious course anymore.”
“If they want you, they’ll want what you’ve got,” stealth marketer KC (Lauren Hutton) counsels her employee (David Duchovny) in “The Joneses.” In this commentary on modern American consumerism, director Derrick Borte...
Eventually, the Joneses become so good at what they do that the perfect marketing scheme begins to unravel. Mick successfully promotes his assigned punch brand, but serves so much to his underage friends that he indirectly causes a drunk driving accident. Larry, persuaded that his disinterested wife will come around...
Borte’s decision to cast Lauren Hutton as KC, the stylish, elderly marketing executive who periodically checks in on the Joneses, adds another dimension to the family dynamic. She takes on the role of the controlling grandmother, except that when she pesters Jenn about getting a boyfriend, it...
Borte shoots much of the film’s action in reflections—in mirrors, the sleek surfaces of the Jones home, and, during the climactic sequence, in a swimming pool. This technique effectively communicates the characters’ absorption in their own images, and how they define themselves...