When you have a film with such
terrific actors like Al Pacino (The Recruit) and Christopher Walken (Kangaroo Jack), and such easy - to - watch personalities like Affleck and J.Lo, the horrendously misguided dialogue and lack of vision to the storytelling only become more pronounced, akin to performing the Macarena in the middle of a ballet, or having the diva of an opera perform a beatbox in the middle of her aria.
Not exact matches
The other supporting
actors have their moments, with Caine getting a few
terrific scenes in, but Bentley and other
actors like Casey Affleck, Topher Grace, David Oyelowo, and John Lithgow all have their talents somewhat wasted in smaller parts.
Christian Bale is
terrific as Dicky Eklund and got into his role
like no other
actor could have.
We've got veterans
like Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) and Angela Bassett (What's Love Got to Do with It) working alongside
terrific young
actors such as Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up) and Lupita Nyong» o (12 Years a Slave).
These are
terrific character
actors, fleshing out what could seem
like a grab - bag of melodramatic ideas.
Being singled out among a
terrific ensemble cast, word for Sam Rockwell's role in Conviction sounds
like the stuff Supporting
Actor campaigns are made of.
Jake and Michael Pena are
terrific together and if they had hired decent
actors as the gang members and just shot it
like a normal film it might have worked.
Every
actor in this movie is
terrific — from key players
like Sharma as Sehmat's kind father - in - law to the guy working at the flower stall and the sympathetic military wives — enabling Raazi to cast a spell that never breaks.
Valiant does have a splendid cast of character
actors, with
terrific and energetic voice work from veterans
like John Cleese (Complete Guide to Guys), Tim Curry (Kinsey), and Jim Broadbent (Robots).
Hopkins is
terrific and, even as he steals scenes by slipping back into some Hannibal Lecter -
like mannerisms, Gosling manages to stand toe to toe with the veteran
actor.
Not bad at all if you're going to draw inspiration from the world of films, though the solid laughs, exciting thrills and the
terrific comic interplay of its two leads are more
like occasional chuckles, lots of noise and violence without much tension, and two passable comic performances from
actors who aren't particularly known for their comedic chops in Russell Crowe (Noah, Winter's Tale) and Ryan Gosling (The Big Short, Gangster Squad).
Collette and Church have great chemistry, and both
actors do a
terrific job making their characters feel
like fully realized people despite their eccentric qualities.