Sangster wrote that when Algernon moves his belongings to a new apartment, it is similar to a scene in David Fincher's 1999 drama Fight Club. Christopher Campbell of Business Insider said the film is Scorsese's "earliest use of a narrator telling his life story in the first person" and compared it to The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). According to Slant Magazine, the painting of an old man in a boat in this film, "amusingly anticipates a painting that would be featured in Goodfellas".
Sangster observed that Algernon's move to a new apartment mirrors a scene from David Fincher's 1999 film Fight Club. Christopher Campbell of Business Insider highlighted the film as Scorsese's "earliest use of a narrator telling his life story in the first person" and compared it to The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). Slant Magazine noted that the painting of an old man in a boat in this film foreshadowed a similar image found in Goodfellas.