Movies That Were Saved By These Actors And Actresses (19 pics)
“Eva Green in Dark Shadows. Even though the movie as a whole was a mess, Eva Green was so mesmerizing and electric that I hardly noticed anything else.”
“I think we can all agree that Thor: The Dark World was terrible, but Tom Hiddleston’s performance as Loki was the best part of it by far!”
“Zac Efron as Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. The movie was pretty underwhelming and didn’t have a great story arc, but Zac Efron was incredible throughout. He so perfectly captured Bundy. It’s worth watching just for him.”
“Adam Driver in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. His shoulders must have hurt from carrying the whole movie by himself. He played Kylo Ren’s transition to Ben Solo perfectly and still made me care about his character in what was a very disappointing franchise ending.”
“Ma’ had major issues with story and character choices, but Octavia Spencer is a master of her craft, did the work, and committed. Her character was fascinating to watch. While I didn’t love the movie, her performance was brilliant.”
“Benedict Cumberbatch in The Current War. The movie itself was pretty boring, and it didn’t do very well, but his acting was very convincing as Thomas Edison and was actually really good!”
“Looking back, both Ace Ventura films are not great, minus the fact that Carrey is at his peak physical comedy and crushes every scene. Who knew popping out of a rhino’s @$$ could be so terrifying…yet beautiful?”
“Denzel Washington was amazing in John Q., which is such a bad film. He’s one of my favorite actors, but the awful dialogue, cheesy supporting characters, and ridiculous premise made for some cringeworthy moments. Denzel saved it from being laughable.”
“Into the Woods was mediocre at best, but Meryl Streep was amazing in it.”
“I Saw The Light’ is disjointed and not great, and the story of a musical legend’s fall into addiction isn’t anything new, but Tom Hiddleston’s performance is really something special. It might be my favorite performance of his, even better than Loki!”
“Harrison Ford’s acting brought some life and laughter to the dull, straightforward plot of Morning Glory.”
“Suicide Squad was not great but Margot Robbie and Will Smith were both really good. They also had super good chemistry, which made their scenes together the most fun and entertaining in the movie.”
“Annihilation was a train wreck but Natalie Portman was a dream!”
“Chris Evans in ‘Snowpiercer’. The whole film was so corny and pretentious… and only he could’ve pulled off the whole ‘I know what babies taste like’ line without making me laugh.”
“Patrick Swayze in Point Break because it’s a ridiculous premise but Swayze commits to the role like he was playing Hamlet.”
“Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. He had some great comedic moments in the film, but the way his eyes welled up when he called Anakin his brother — it almost made up for all the movie’s terrible, cheesy moments.”
“I want to state that Jennifer Lawrence was great in it, but Joy was a baaaad movie. Very few movies make me leave the theater thinking, ‘Wow. I hated that’. She’s really talented but that writing was awful.”
“X-Men: Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix were craptastic movies, but Michael Fassbender was worth watching. The scenes at Auschwitz and with his daughter in Apocalypse were especially great.”
And finally, perhaps the worst movie I’ve ever suffered through…
“Cats was a disaster, but I was impressed with Judi Dench’s performance. It was pretty much the worst movie I’ve ever seen, but she as Old Deuteronomy was really well-cast.”
