That would be hilarious. Let's throw in that AJ would actually be comfortable with that, but Forrest won't hear it.

AJ's assault might slightly set back my assessment that if Grant is Forrest's devil (on his metaphorical shoulder), that AJ is his guardian angel.

We could go with the rationale that Grant is SO clever and diabolical that he said exactly that thing, in order to spur MacNeil into quitting for real. Perhaps he felt the "Quitting Your Job" review wasn't genuine enough, and he knew saying that would fulfill both that review segment AND the Irish segment (or at least…

I agree with Matt Bright: there are 2 ways to take this movie, and either one works. I personally think the movie's very clever NOT to try to spoon-feed the idea that the robot/alien invasion could all be Gary's suicidal, drunken psychosis, as it would feel like a cop-out. But if it's something the audience can…