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There isn't a bad performance in the film, even if some actors like Ecclestone and Paul Bettany are underused.

The worst performance in the film was from Tarantino, himself, as a slaver with an Australian accent (why?!?).

The absolute worst performance in this film however, comes from Garrett Hedlund as the future Captain Hook.

Not exact matches

The strange thing for me about recent insipid performances and disastrous results is that I am calm before the Spurs game.This does not mean in the slightest that I am confident but it has now reached the point where it can't get much worse.If we were still in with a realistic chance of winning the league -LCB- not un-reasonable expectations of wins against Blackburn, Sunderland, West Brom and Liverpool would have had us ahead of Man Utd -RCB- I would have at best been hiding behind the settee or at worse avoiding the game totally and watching a crap film until 10 0 / clock.

Despite snatches of songs here and there, it is not until the end that the film bursts into a flood of music with a symphonic performance by Mr. Cave and the Bad Seeds at the Sydney Opera House: a grandiloquent finale in which his agonized introspection finds transcendent release.

The wrestler is the most overrated film of the year.I think the film is bored and I don't like the Rourke's performance.I think Rouke's performance in The Wrestler is worst than Eastwood's performace in Gran torino, Josh Brolin's performance in Milk, Frank

Forster's manic editing style — at its worst in The Quantum of Solace (2008)- does turn that opening street rampage into a blithering mess of shakycam shots, reverse - swish - swoop pans and psycho - edits, but the film soon calms down, and there are several strong performances in the quiet scenes that buffer Lane's ongoing question for answers.

The wrestler is the most overrated film of the year.I think the film is bored and I don't like the Rourke's performance.I think Rouke's performance in The Wrestler is worst than Eastwood's performace in Gran torino, Josh Brolin's performance in Milk, Frank Langella's performance in Frost / Nixon, Richard Jenkins» performance in the visitor or Benicio del Toro's performance in Che.

The actors did a fine job: Crudup, Angarano, Miller, Tye Sheridan, Thomas Mann (although Olivia Thirlby in a small role had literally one of the worst performances I have ever seen in a feature film).

Much like last year and the year before, this year's Movie Studio Report Card evaluates both the box office performance and overall film quality of the six major studios (and many indie distributors) in an attempt to determine the best and worst studios of 2011.

The film's final act is both its best and worst, anchored by the long - gestating blow - up between the young newlyweds — naturally, it's set on the eponymous Chesil Beach — that sees both Howle and Ronan delivering show - stopping performances and Sean Bobbitt's lush cinematography combining beauty and function in with total precision.

For the fourth straight year, we have examined both the box office performance and overall film quality of the six major studios (and many indie distributors) in an attempt to determine the best and worst studios of the past year.

Just when you thought we were done with our review of the past year in film (including our recent report on 2013's best and worst movies), we have one last look back to offer you: our annual evaluation of movie studio performance.

For the sixth straight year, we have examined both the box office performance and overall film quality of the six - ish major studios and a few dozen of the larger «indie» distributors in an attempt to determine the best and worst studios of the past year.

Certainly it's brought out the worst in terms of the puerile writing, confused plotting, shockingly off - note performances and storytelling that lacks either of the two necessary ingredients for films of this type, pop or gravitas.

For the seventh straight year, we have analyzed both the box office performance and overall film quality of the seven - ish major studios and a few dozen of the larger «indie» distributors in an attempt to determine the best and worst studios of the past year.

A fairly new company (formed when distributors Variance Films and GoDigital merged in 2014), Amplify released nearly as many bad films as good in 2015, representing a slight decline from its first - year performance.

Even worse, the star doesn't even bother to phone in a performance — for most of the film, he walks with a slightly dyspeptic expression.

For some, it will be very bad news that Ritchie (who co-wrote King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword with Joby Harold and Lionel Wigram) stays in his lane with this film; if you didn't enjoy the look and pace and overall vibe of other Ritchie movies, such as Snatch or Sherlock Holmes, then you might feel that his often jarring and visually exhausting style could overpower the strong performances from a great cast.

The film treats Lucy as such a blank (or worse: she strives to match her mother's poetic talents) that she can look vapid, but in fact Ms. Tyler's performance has small, distinct shadings.

Although the film does contain a number of thespians that have done fine work in the past, for some reason, all of the performances seem particularly bad in this one.

There are no bad performances in Mr. Kaplan, but the film is unquestionably owned by Noguera, with a great turn by Guzzini.

I was convinced I was going to be the one really bad performance in a Woody Allen film.

It's a stupid idea, in other words, one exacerbated by the casting of the usual suspects of beautiful young things who here find themselves trapped in a bad rave by some twisted games master (Lance Henriksen, in the kind of performance you praise for his knowing how wretched the film is — let's think on that for a moment).

It turns out that this is Maika's first real performance, after appearing in a few bad indie horror films.

I've never seen Morton (Minority Report, Morvern Caller, In America) put on a bad performance, so I was bound to see this film sooner or later.

Hong Chau seemed like a breakout lock after Downsizing premiered in Venice, but subsequent screenings in Telluride and Toronto have badly dented that film, particularly criticisms that Chau's character is racially problematic — whether not she gives a good performance.

It's too bad that the makeup in question here is distracting from Harrelson's performance, because midway into the film, when he is taking the oath on Air Force One, his «not without Jackie» moment is a powerful scene.

James Franco won Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his performance in The Disaster Artist as Tommy Wiseau, the real - life director, writer, and star of the so - bad - it's - good cult film The Room.

Perhaps one of the best performances ever given in a bad film was Morgan Freeman's breakthrough in «Street Smart,» portraying a vicious pimp using a journalist portrayed by Christopher Reeve to get off a murder rap without realizing that he too is being used.

Conquest isn't bad (a good performance by Roddy McDowall, who starred in all the Apes films except for the second Beneath the Planet of the Apes entry and plays his own son in this film helps), but it isn't really good either...

And about good performances in bad films the first name that came to my mind was Ashley Judd and her fascinating performances in Eye of the beholder, Bug and Come early morning; and Jessica Biel is also pretty good in that awful mess named Home of the brave.

One would have thought that fine actors like Fishburne (Searching for Bobby Fischer, The Matrix) and Neill (Jurassic Park, The Piano) would have at least made the film credible, but even they too turn in their worst performances to date.

But a wobbly finale doesn't detract from all the other wonderful things about this film, such as the performances from Kirsten Dunst and Sam Elliott in supporting roles, and Adam Driver's unexpectedly sympathetic «bad guy».

«Morlando draws great performances out of his two young leads, Quebec's [Sophie] Nélisse and America's [Josh] Wiggins, who are like fugitives out of a French New Wave film, discovering love while also hatching a plan on the run.They've had to suddenly leave their rural homes, in the mythical U.S. state of Great Lakes (according to car licence plates), because Jonas has grabbed a big bag of cash from Casey's abusive bad - cop dad Wayne -LRB-[Bill] Paxton), after furtively witnessing a criminal betrayal that turns into a bloodbath.The two teens take off, with Casey's dog in tow, but Wayne isn't far behind.

That's what happened with Lupita Nyong» o when she booked a gig in the Liam Neeson «stopping the bad guys while trapped on a passenger plane» film, Non-Stop, and followed that up with her Academy Award performance in 12 Years a Slave.

Awkward performances, under developed characters, flat dialogue and bad dubbing are very common in his film as well as the films of his Italian horror contemporaries such as Mario Bava and Lucio Fulci.

Directed by Paul McGuigan (in a decisive change of pace after «Victor Frankenstein»), the film offers a «My Week With Marilyn» - style gloss on the life of the great, oft - neglected stage and screen actress Gloria Grahame (Bening), who won an Academy Award for «The Bad and the Beautiful» and who is perhaps best remembered now for her heartbreaking performance opposite Humphrey Bogart in Nicholas Ray's 1950 noir masterpiece, «In a Lonely Place.&raquin a decisive change of pace after «Victor Frankenstein»), the film offers a «My Week With Marilyn» - style gloss on the life of the great, oft - neglected stage and screen actress Gloria Grahame (Bening), who won an Academy Award for «The Bad and the Beautiful» and who is perhaps best remembered now for her heartbreaking performance opposite Humphrey Bogart in Nicholas Ray's 1950 noir masterpiece, «In a Lonely Place.&raquin Nicholas Ray's 1950 noir masterpiece, «In a Lonely Place.&raquIn a Lonely Place.»

Although Voight does little to save Anaconda from collapsing from its own stupidity, at least he makes a knowingly bad film almost tolerable, with a tongue - in - cheek performance that lets you know that he's aware that he's in a crappy movie, and he's going to do whatever he can to entertain you in the interim.

I must say that as good an actor as Cruise can be, his performance gets in the way more often than not in this film, as he painfully hams his way through the film posing as a comedian, and a very bad one at that.

Best Picture «Another Year / Black Swan» Best Director Darren Aronofsky, «Black Swan» Best Actor James Franco, «127 Hours» Best Actress Natalie Portman, «Black Swan» Best Supporting Actor John Hawkes, «Winter's Bone» Best Supporting Actress Lesley Manville, «Another Year» Best Adapted Screenplay «The Social Network» (Aaron Sorkin) Best Original Screenplay «Another Year» (Mike Leigh) Best Art Direction «Inception» Best Cinematography «Inception» Best Costume Design «Black Swan» Best Film Editing «Inception» Best Makeup «Black Swan» /» Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows» Best Sound Editing «TRON Legacy» Best Visual Effects «Inception» /» Alice in Wonderland» /» Black Swan» Best Animated Feature «Chico and Rita ″ — one to watch Best Ensemble «Another Year» Most Underrated Film of the Year «4.3.2.1» — another one to watch Most Overrated Film of the Year «Inception» — I know I've awarded it a lot but a tadge overrated Breakthrough Performance (Female) Jennifer Lawrence, «Winter's Bone» Best Performance in a Bad Film Bojana Novakovic, «Devil» Worst Performance in a Good / Fairly Decent Film Mia Wasikowska, «Alice in Wonderland» Best Hero Luz / She, «Machete» — she was a good freedom fighter, shame about the film Best Villain Nina Sayers, «Black Swan» / Mal Cobb «Inception» Best Poster «Black Swan» Best Trailer (for a trailer released in 2010, not necessarily a film released in 2010) «Black Swan» Most Surprising Film of the Year «Centurion» Most Disappointing Film of the Year «Robin Hood» Most Ambitious Film of the Year «Inception»

The Oscar - nominated actress doesn't deliver a bad performance here even if Ronan herself has admitted to running on empty by the time in which filming started.

As for Kate Mara, I have yet to see a bad performance from her, and even though she's not in the film that long, this one will stick with you for some time.

While Walton Goggins» villain is just as one - dimensional as everyone else in this film, when you pair his awkward performance with unconvincing motives you're left with one bad, whiny character.

Malin Akerman gives one of the worst performances I can think of in a major studio film in the last twenty years.

The film's worst performances, in no particular order, come from Josh Lucas, Emmy Rossum, Mike Vogel and Kevin Dillon.

Alba, his co-star in the latter film, won Worst Supporting Actress for her role in that film, as well as for her performances in «The Killer Inside Me,» «Little Fockers» and «Machete.»

i would add Sean Penn in Hurlyburly (bad film amazing performance); Vincent Galo for Buffalo» 66; and Goodman in The Big Lebowski.

Even in bad films, her performances are almost invariably singled out for praise, and she's possibly the most talented young film actress of her generation.

In what may be the year's worst performance, Seth McFarlane nearly sidelines the film as a British blowhard named Max Chilblain, who underneath a bad wig, bad mustache and even worse accent comes off as an abandoned Mike Myers character.