Wesley Morris

But here's what he says in his dismount.

And it's deep.

As a director, Rob Reiner, he seemed more struck or poleaxed by the notion that niceness could save the world.

It is a petty thought, but one that stifles so many human and social realities.

And so his work turns to pie in the sky with good and bad all too clearly labeled.

Hmm.

Wow.

I mean, Rob Reiner was very alive when that was written.

That is terribly prescient.

I think the thing that made him lovable, Rob Reiner, as a human being, the reason he was so beloved by so many different people, was that he really believed in the fundamental goodness of people no matter what.

You know, it's an impossible situation for a parent to turn your back on a child.

Right.

And in the end, he did not.

And he didn't because, you know, those movies were this man.

For better and for worse, but ultimately for better because they were about our better selves.

This was a man who believed in life.

He believed in people.

And the movies stand as a testament to that belief.

As far as I'm concerned.

And when it clicked, and for like, I'd say 10 years, this man was humming.