An excellent dramatic actor can often kill it in a comedic role.
Not exact matches
We are instead given a number of impressive, but token flashy performances by veteran
actors in tough guy bit parts (Pete Postlethwaite and Chris Cooper as irredeemable lifelong criminals) and newcomers in «
dramatic stretches» (The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner who is good (again) but not as great as the star - makers would have you believe, and most notably, Blake Lively,
excellent as a drug - addled neighborhood floozy).
Carell, who began to shed his «gross - out - comedy -
actor» tag in 2014's «Foxcatcher», continues to demonstrate his skill as one of the most exciting
dramatic actors working today while Gosling is on fine, flashy & quick - fire form in his best role since «Crazy Stupid Love» and a superb supporting cast includes an always
excellent Rafe Spall and «New Girl's Max Greenfield who delivers a brilliant turn as a nauseatingly hilarious mortgage broker.
The performances are
excellent throughout (Spacey and Irons are great, and Quinto continues to impress as a
dramatic big - screen
actor) and the film looks great, but almost all the other choices are nearly disastrous.