It truly lives and dies on its screenplay.

However,Eisenberg uses dialogue to drive the narrative and make the plainness captivating.

How had this person not won before?

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The initial interactions feel hesitant and awkward, as the group barely knows each other.

Benji and Davids dialogue has to be thematically dense but believable and genuine, simultaneously.

Both characters have these moments of uncontrollable trains of thought, which contrasts their usual sharp dialogue.

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His words are messy and convoluted, and it is this uncertainty that finally lands with the group.

Both men have their insecurities, but their presentation of these feelings couldnt be more different.

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Jesse Eisenberg

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