"Rob Reiner made the kind of movies that we all rewatch already. They're the films that we quote without having to think about it, the ones we hold up as gold standards of comedy, romance, drama and suspense, the ones we wish they made today. Before his death Sunday, it was not uncommon, or unwarranted, to marvel at his incredible streak of films from 1984, when he made his directorial debut with the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, through 1995 with The American President."
"Not to mention his comedic excellence in front of the camera, where he made a feast out of even the smallest roles, whether it was telling Tom Hanks about tiramisu in Sleepless in Seattle or yelling at Leonardo DiCaprio for his credit card bill in The Wolf of Wall Street. When people bemoan that they don't make movies like they used to, Reiner's genre-spanning films from that decade are often the kinds they're talking about."
Rob Reiner directed a streak of widely rewatched, quotable films spanning his 1984 directorial debut This Is Spinal Tap through 1995's The American President. This Is Spinal Tap was almost entirely improvised and used mockumentary form to highlight absurdities of rock n' roll, the music industry and ego, with Reiner modeling his on-screen documentarian on Martin Scorsese. Reiner also appeared in numerous small but memorable acting roles, including scenes referencing tiramisu in Sleepless in Seattle and a credit card confrontation in The Wolf of Wall Street. Reiner's genre-spanning 1980s and 1990s films remain culturally enduring and frequently revisited.
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