Renee Zellweger in Cold Mountain
Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman
Nicholas Cage in anything ever
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Renee Zellweger in Cold Mountain
Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman
Nicholas Cage in anything ever
by Anonymous | reply 141 | July 26, 2019 9:50 PM |
Geraldine Page in "The Pope of Greenwich Village" is extremely hammy, but fun to watch as always!
by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 2, 2019 3:12 AM |
Everyone in Magnolia.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 2, 2019 3:17 AM |
Alec Guinness - Scrooge Peter Sellers - Lolita Faye Dunaway - Mommie Dearest Diane Ladd - Wild at Heart Laurence Olivier - Othello Gene Hackman - Superman/Superman II Robert DeNiro - Cape Fear Holly Hunter - A Life Less Ordinary Vincent Price - The Abominable Dr. Phibes Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye - Dracula Rod Steiger - The Loved One Katherine Hepburn - The Lion in Winter Mickey Rooney - A Midsummer Night's Dream Gary Oldman? How can I pick? Let's go with Bram Stoker's Dracula. OK, I'll stop.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 2, 2019 4:01 AM |
Jeremy Irons in Dungeons and Dragons
by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 2, 2019 4:38 PM |
Jennifer Hudson in the SATC movie.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 2, 2019 4:42 PM |
Lee Grant in anything.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 2, 2019 4:42 PM |
Richard Gere and Winona Ryder in Autumn in New York (one of the worst movies ever)
by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 2, 2019 4:48 PM |
Nicholas Cage in anything ever *except for Moonstruck*
by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 2, 2019 4:52 PM |
Kim Cattrall in SATC 2, especially this horrific moment.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 2, 2019 4:55 PM |
Meryl Streep in "A Cry in the Dark"
Jack Nicholson in "Batman"
Jack Nicholson in "The Witches of Eastwick"
Faye Dunaway in "Network"
by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 2, 2019 4:59 PM |
Anne Bancroft in "The Turning Point" (although to be fair, the character she was playing was a scenery muncher).
by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 2, 2019 5:00 PM |
Bette Midler in Gypsy. And she wasn't even fun hammy. She was shrill, trying too hard hammy.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 2, 2019 5:10 PM |
Frank Finlay in almost anything Frank Finlay was in.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 2, 2019 5:24 PM |
Rosalind Russell in anything.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 2, 2019 5:26 PM |
[quote]Peter Sellers - Lolita
Sellers's performance was one of the best he ever gave, with the exception of that execrable finale where he's pretending to be the psychiatrist.
[quote]Diane Ladd - Wild at Heart
Absolutely intentional, as was everyone's performance in the film. Intentional hysteria shoudn't count.
[quote]Laurence Olivier - Othello
Dude, THE JAZZ SINGER was right there and you went for Othello instead?
by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 2, 2019 5:27 PM |
Well to give her credit, r17, she never ate yesterday's scenery.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 2, 2019 5:47 PM |
R10 Katharine was just playing herself, as she did in every other movie she was in. She was the least versatile actress of all time.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 2, 2019 6:53 PM |
Faye Dunaway in The Wicked Lady
by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 3, 2019 3:29 AM |
Faye wasn't hammy in Network.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 3, 2019 3:35 AM |
Angela Lansbury, hilariously hammy in "Death on the Nile."
by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 3, 2019 3:35 AM |
"If yew need he'p, here ah AIM!"
by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 3, 2019 3:36 AM |
Roddy McDowall in Evil Under the Sun
by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 3, 2019 3:42 AM |
Hugh Jackman in Pan
by Anonymous | reply 27 | July 3, 2019 3:57 AM |
Mickey Rooney in "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
by Anonymous | reply 28 | July 3, 2019 1:56 PM |
Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | July 3, 2019 2:13 PM |
Diane Keaton in Something's Gotta Give.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | July 3, 2019 2:14 PM |
Dataloungers often love extremely hammy performances and misjudge them as good performances because they can see the actor emoting hard and so think they must be good.
Classic examples:
Katharine Hepburn in "The Lion in Winter"
Miranda Richardson in "Damage"
Brad Pitt in "12 Monkeys"
by Anonymous | reply 31 | July 3, 2019 2:19 PM |
R29, yes for Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass. Her ecstatic breakdown in front of her mother while taking a bath is Exorcist pea green vomit over the top.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | July 3, 2019 2:27 PM |
**as
by Anonymous | reply 35 | July 3, 2019 2:35 PM |
Fiona Shaw in The Black Dahlia
by Anonymous | reply 36 | July 3, 2019 2:35 PM |
Martha is written to chew the scenery. Can you imagine a subtle, understated Martha?
by Anonymous | reply 37 | July 3, 2019 2:37 PM |
Julianne Moore in The Big Lebowski
by Anonymous | reply 38 | July 3, 2019 2:39 PM |
Jeremy Irons in The Borgias
by Anonymous | reply 39 | July 3, 2019 2:44 PM |
Nathan Lane in everything he's in.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | July 3, 2019 2:44 PM |
Lana Turner in the witness stand, when her daughter was on trial for the stabbing death of mama’s gangster boyfriend.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | July 3, 2019 2:45 PM |
R37 No, but I can imagine better actresses playing her.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | July 3, 2019 2:49 PM |
In Dreams is kind of forgotten, and a mess of movie anyway, but the main memory I have of it is Anette Benning being OVERWROUGHT- especially a scene of her slow-motion running (through a dream) in a bright red caftan.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | July 3, 2019 2:54 PM |
Annette Bening in American Beauty
by Anonymous | reply 44 | July 3, 2019 2:56 PM |
R31 - Agree on everything but Pitt in "12 Monkeys". The role called for it. I thought he wiped the floor with Willis and Stowe - if I think of the film, I can't recall a single scene with either of them, only with Pitt. And is has to be said that the film itself was a highly overblown version of the original 15-minute French short, "La Jetee". (The Jumper).
Seconding Annette Bening, and not only in American Beauty - Dangerous Liaisons, as well (the "other" filming besides the Close, Malkovich, Pfeiffer one). The fact is that Bening in my opinion can't act all and hamming is her only approach.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | July 3, 2019 3:31 PM |
Bening is good when she plays herself (e.g. The Grifters, The Kids are All Right).
by Anonymous | reply 46 | July 3, 2019 3:38 PM |
Fiona Shaw in The Black Dahlia was the first one that came to mind, but I remember being blown away to the back of the theater during that final insane monologue that she gives. It was Piper Laurie in Carrie levels of insanity and finally woke me up after 2 hours of being bored out of my mind. I was grateful she at least gave the film a fun send off.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | July 3, 2019 5:15 PM |
r28 wins
by Anonymous | reply 48 | July 3, 2019 5:18 PM |
I think there are some characters that sort of have to be hammy and over the top for them to work. I don't think the world needs a subtle, nuanced portrayals of Joan Crawford, Rose Hovick, Margaret White, or Carolyn Burnham. These are character who live life on the extreme. They're not subtle, whispery, shrinking violets.
That said, there is a limit. Sometimes, a performance can get so hammy that the audience stops believing. I never had a problem believing Piper Laurie in Carrie or Annette Bening in American Beauty, but I'll admit I checked out a bit watching Bette Midler play Rose in Gypsy. That was just plain embarrassing at times. Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest is almost like its own category. It's that perfect match between performer and role and you can't really judge that on traditional good/bad merits. It's less a performance and more an experience. That said, as over the top as she was, I always believed her.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | July 3, 2019 5:22 PM |
Everyone in "August, Osage County." Julia for the win, though with Meryl gnawing the scenery, it's close, it's close.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | July 3, 2019 5:31 PM |
^ Don't forget about Benedict Cumberbatch
by Anonymous | reply 51 | July 3, 2019 5:33 PM |
Julia Roberts in every "angry" role she's ever played, from August: Osage County to The Normal Heart.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | July 3, 2019 5:52 PM |
Taylor and Burton in “Boom!”
Honorable mention: Noel Coward.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | July 3, 2019 5:57 PM |
Wow, some of these choices are way out there. I LOVED Liz's performances in Suddenly Last Summer and Virginia Woolf. Both Julia and Meryl were terrific in August Osage County.
Hammy would be Halle Berry in Monsters Ball. Or Meryl as Julia Child in Julie and Julia. or Viola Davis in all of her booger-dripping crying scenes.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | July 3, 2019 6:01 PM |
Eddie Redmayne is Jupiter Ascending. Oh dear God; please take his Oscar away from him.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | July 3, 2019 6:01 PM |
August: Osage County has to be on its way to becoming a cult classic, right?
by Anonymous | reply 56 | July 3, 2019 6:18 PM |
Angelina Jolie in "Alexander" - what do I win?
by Anonymous | reply 57 | July 3, 2019 6:30 PM |
I'd forgotten: Julia motoring around in her wheelchair in "Normal Heart." I laughed and laughed.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | July 3, 2019 7:10 PM |
Sally Field in Steel Magnolias. Toni Collette in Hereditary.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | July 3, 2019 7:17 PM |
Toni Collette was fabulous in Hereditary. She even beat on the floorboards if I recall in a particularly dramatic scene.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | July 3, 2019 8:04 PM |
Thanks R10, you beat me to it.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | July 3, 2019 8:25 PM |
It’s interesting how many of these folks have Oscars on their shelves.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | July 3, 2019 11:57 PM |
[quote]Sally Field in Steel Magnolias.
Steel Magnolias is one big delicious spiral cut Honey-Baked Ham for the ages. Really only the men (Tom Skerritt excepted), who all play peripheral roles, are not hammy.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | July 4, 2019 12:11 AM |
Piper Laurie in Carrie is a miracle, the best thing in the movie. Maybe it's over the top, but intended to be. She's the reason the remakes are so bad, because she's not in them.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | July 4, 2019 2:09 AM |
R38:
Julianne Moore? Seriously?
by Anonymous | reply 66 | July 4, 2019 3:28 AM |
Shirley MacLaine in almost everything.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | July 4, 2019 3:29 AM |
Kevin Spacey has had his share of very hammy performances, "American Beauty" being a particularly good examples. If TV series count as well, then he wins doubly on the strength of HOC.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | July 4, 2019 3:31 AM |
Lets not forget William Shatner. His hairpiece alone has stolen more scenes than many of the people mentioned so far.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | July 4, 2019 6:20 PM |
First actor springing to mind when thinking “hammy” is Vincent Price, but I love many of his movies, Theatre of Blood being a personal favorite. Then again in that movie I think everyone was being hammy on purpose, as it focused on an out of touch, overly enthusiastic actor meting out revenge, with an overly dramatic flair, on all the critics who snubbed him. Great, fun movie.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | July 5, 2019 12:32 AM |
I think we need to clarify that it's okay to adore a hammy performance.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | July 5, 2019 12:37 AM |
There’s good hammy and bad hammy. Olivier was a giant ham, but I loved him. And then there’s Nicholas Cage in The Wicker Man...
by Anonymous | reply 72 | July 5, 2019 1:02 AM |
Nancy Kelly in The Bad Seed. Even allowing for an acting style that was better suited to the 1950's, it was still a ridiculous performance.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | July 5, 2019 1:05 AM |
Jack Lemmon in Days of Wine and Roses.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | July 5, 2019 1:54 AM |
r68, I thought Spacey was fine in American Beauty but hammy in lots of other things
by Anonymous | reply 77 | July 5, 2019 2:20 AM |
by Anonymous | reply 78 | July 5, 2019 2:23 AM |
How about Lillian Hellman for a Life Achievement Award?
by Anonymous | reply 80 | July 5, 2019 3:08 AM |
Grayson Hall in Dark Shadows
by Anonymous | reply 81 | July 5, 2019 3:11 AM |
I think we DO need to add television to this thread so we can mention Bonnie Franklin.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | July 5, 2019 3:19 AM |
I can't believe that none of you have mentioned the most over-the-top performance of all time: Anne Baxter in The Ten Commandments. "Oh, Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool! She takes every single word of her dialogue in that movie so over the top she's in the next mountain range.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | July 5, 2019 3:29 AM |
Pam Grier in Fort Apache the Bronx.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | July 5, 2019 3:45 AM |
Is it wrong to think that Daniel Day Lewis is an egregious ham. Cause I do.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | July 5, 2019 4:35 AM |
Very much Shatner for his role in the nature strikes back 70s horror Kingdom of the Spiders.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | July 5, 2019 5:18 AM |
R83 Okay, but the writers are doing her no favors.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | July 5, 2019 6:24 AM |
It's hardly fair to single out Anne Baxter for derision considering the shitfest of a movie in which we find that performance. Every bit of it is ridiculous.
Actors are stuck following the orders of directors who often know nothing about acting. Mr. De Miller did not make his name on subtlety and nuance.
Daniel Day Lewis comes from the Mitzi Gaynor School of Acting. There is never any question on whether either of them will give enough. The director's job with them both is to stop them from giving too much.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | July 5, 2019 12:03 PM |
Honestly, Anne Baxter was also over-the-top hammy multiple times in All About Eve as well and no one can question the writing on that film.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | July 5, 2019 3:11 PM |
It’s not a movie, but I saw an old episode of “Banacek” recently with Anne Baxter (don’t judge, DL!) and she was so hammy and over-the-top, it was cringeworthy. She was supposed to be playing a hypochondriac heiress, but her bellowing and overacting was embarrassing. In this case, the director should really have reined her in, but maybe the crazy pace of TV plus the fact that she was an Oscar winner didn’t lend itself to that.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | July 5, 2019 3:32 PM |
[quote]She was supposed to be playing a hypochondriac heiress, but her bellowing and overacting was embarrassing.
It was a performance! Full of fire and music!
by Anonymous | reply 92 | July 5, 2019 3:39 PM |
Shatner and Lorne Greene did Shakespeare together in Toronto one Summer. The scenery just have been in shreds before the end of Act I.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | July 5, 2019 4:19 PM |
Let's face it, re Anne Baxter and "The Ten Commandments": with a line like that, what else can you do? You nail the Absurd Flag to the mast and go with it. Sometimes, only a real ham can get away with it.
Shatner, on the other hand . . .
by Anonymous | reply 94 | July 5, 2019 4:24 PM |
I understand and agree that line is a complete howler, but she delivered every single word of dialogue in that movie as if were that line.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | July 5, 2019 4:37 PM |
That whole movie... I mean, come on Edward G. Robinson as Dathan is hammy as hell. Even Yvonne deCarlo, with her habit of peering to the left after every line gets annoying. Can you imagine the producer/director/voice of God Cecil B. DeMille, himself, fighting his way out from behind the curtains at your movie theater to introduce his porkfest? I found it quite charming, actually...
by Anonymous | reply 96 | July 5, 2019 4:47 PM |
R96 - You've nailed it: you either submit to its perverse entertainment value or just . . . look away.
The glorious Clint Walker can also be seen in the film as the Captain of the Sardinian guards, his first signifiacnt, albeit nonverbal, film role. The story of how he got the role was once related elsewhere, but I'll repeat it here for those who never heard it. Van Johnson spotted Walker working security for one of the casions and told him with his looks, he should head to Hollywood. Walker did, and was eventually spotted and put up for the role in The Ten Commandments, but De Mille insisted on meeting with Walker personally, first. So, an interview was set up. On the way there, Walker passed an elderly woman by the side of the road who'd just gotten a flat tire. Being the nice mid-western guy he was (and which, fair play to him, he never stopped being), he pulled over and changed the flat for her.
When he got to the studio and was ushered into the Great Presence, De Mille snapped, "You're late, young man!" Walker, unfazed, apologised and explained why.
De Mille smiled slily and said, "Yes, I know. That was my secretary."
Walker (RIP) got the job and the rest, as they say, is history.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | July 5, 2019 4:55 PM |
And in Baxter’s defense, she was natural and charming in “The Magnificent Ambersons”.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | July 5, 2019 5:06 PM |
What do you queens want MIss Baxter to be?
A great actress or a great star?
by Anonymous | reply 99 | July 5, 2019 9:05 PM |
Ricardo Montalban was even hammier than William Shatner in The Wrath of Khan
by Anonymous | reply 100 | July 5, 2019 9:21 PM |
R100 Funny coincidence, I was just watching that film last night, lol.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | July 5, 2019 9:29 PM |
R100 - Montalban's most amazing bit of acting was as the Japanese Noh Theatre star in "Sayonara". How he did it with a straight face I do not know. But as far has hamming it up goes, Red Buttons in the same film gets a mention, although he was quite affecting.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | July 5, 2019 9:52 PM |
Piper Laurie in "Appointment with Death". Her performance in that film even makes her take on Margaret White seem somewhat subtle in comparison.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | July 5, 2019 10:03 PM |
(Googles "Appointment With Death")
by Anonymous | reply 104 | July 5, 2019 11:27 PM |
Anne Bancroft in 'night, Mother.
* Actually I give Anne special mention, as the way the 'night, Mother trailer is cut it looks like the movie is a hammy camfest with her chewing it up like there's no tomorrow, from what I remember of the actual film Anne gives a well-calibrated performance and the film is sadly touching.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | July 5, 2019 11:27 PM |
Let's not forget Dick VanDyke in Mary Poppins.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | July 6, 2019 1:01 AM |
Jesus, Night Mother was so haunting. That's one sad ass movie.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | July 6, 2019 1:26 AM |
Una Fucking O’Connor in anything she was in. And not in a good way. Everything she touches dies.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | July 6, 2019 1:29 AM |
"Van Johnson spotted Walker working security for one of the casions and told him with his looks, he should head to Hollywood. "
Miss Van knew "talent" when he saw it.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | July 6, 2019 2:16 AM |
Bette Midler in Hello Dolly, by the end of the show the scenery was in tiny pieces.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | July 6, 2019 10:54 AM |
You betcha, R110. Midler is the best entertainer there is, but she cannot act. She can't create a character or play anything but the broadest comic role. And Dolly requires an actress.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | July 6, 2019 1:29 PM |
R109 - LOL. It's a safe bet Miss Van took one look at Walker and began salivating. Hell, I still salivate watching reruns of "Cheyenne".
by Anonymous | reply 112 | July 6, 2019 3:22 PM |
R85 Agreed. But his accent lets him get away with it. He wouldn't be a 3-time Oscar-winner, otherwise.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | July 6, 2019 4:45 PM |
Between Anne Baxter and George Kennedy, it’s a miracle there was any scenery left on the set of “Fools’ Parade”!
by Anonymous | reply 114 | July 6, 2019 7:57 PM |
"And Dolly requires an actress"
No it doesn't. Just a personality. The musical is as deep as a saucer.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | July 6, 2019 9:10 PM |
Alan Rickman-Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Someone had to breath life into that stale reworking.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | July 6, 2019 9:18 PM |
Who's talking about the musical, R115? The issue is what is needed to be an effective Dolly.
When everyone clears the stage and Dolly talks directly to Ephraim, the writing requires a very good actress. Those solo monologues are where the heart of the evening lies. Dolly can't just grin and mug through them and be successful.
Your glib comment ignores the beautiful writing by Thornton Wilder which survived to remain in the musical adaptation. You are correct, as it applies to Minnie Fay and Ambrose Kemper and Barnaby Tucker. But Dolly requires more. Without it, you get the thin sort of evening you have described.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | July 6, 2019 9:29 PM |
Jennifer "Trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash!" Jones in Duel in the Sun
Everything Rod Steiger ever did, but particularly No Way to Treat a Lady.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | July 6, 2019 10:02 PM |
Bette was excellent in Dolly except for that one big monologue before "Before The Parade Passes By." She floundered there and just seemed to rush through it (probably because she knew she didn't have the chops for it). Bernadette Peters was incredibly moving during that moment as was Donna Murphy. Bette also had the same problem in Gypsy. She sold the hell out of the first act, but fell apart during the more serious second act where she's finally required to do more than tell, do double takes, bug her eyes, and land a punchline. That's why that role is always so tricky - you have to have an actress who can make you laugh, annoy you a little bit, terrify you, and break your heart while being able to sing that score. Not an easy role to cast and most Roses tend to skew too far to one extreme or another (either nailing the funny side or the dramatic/scary/angry/intense side).
by Anonymous | reply 119 | July 7, 2019 2:44 AM |
Brad Pitt in Inglourius Basterds and 12 Monkeys.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | July 7, 2019 3:01 AM |
Lawd I forgot about de Niro in the terrible remake of "Cape Fear" - and Mitchum in the original played it so lazily low-key and walked off with the film. To that I would add Al Pacino in The Devil's Advocate.
Oldman in Coppola's Dracula was self-preservation, given the OTT script, costumes, sets, dire Anthony Hopkins - it was play along or die in the attempt. The book is terrific, but all the films turn camp. Can't think why Stoker's genuinely dark, frightening book was so good at turns camp when filmed.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | July 22, 2019 11:15 PM |
Mary Louise Streep, Big Little Lies
by Anonymous | reply 122 | July 22, 2019 11:21 PM |
[quote]Renee Zellweger in Cold Mountain
She was so hammy, that all the theaters that showed this should have had a warning for Jewish people
by Anonymous | reply 123 | July 23, 2019 1:43 AM |
*bidda boom*
by Anonymous | reply 124 | July 23, 2019 2:46 AM |
Daniel Day Lews in NINE. ugh.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | July 23, 2019 12:02 PM |
Elizabeth Taylor and Katherine Hepburn in Suddenly Last Summer. And Elizabeth in A Place in The Sun.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | July 23, 2019 1:58 PM |
Daniel Day Lewis in everything, though his "mannered" performances (ahem!) in 'There Will Be Blood' and 'Gangs Of New York' are astonishingly bad.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | July 23, 2019 2:23 PM |
I guess I'm not the only one who thought DDL was really hammy in There Will Be Blood (and I say this as someone who likes him in a lot of other things)
by Anonymous | reply 129 | July 23, 2019 4:14 PM |
I actually found Day Lewis bland in Nine. He wasn't charming or sexy and one could never understand what these women saw in him. The very definition of miscast. Guido needs a light, comic touch and Day Lewis didn't have that. The movie has more issues than just him, but if you miscast your lead character, not much else has a chance. I want to see the movie Penelope Cruz and Marion Cotillard thought they were in. It seemed much better.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | July 23, 2019 5:38 PM |
Day Lewis played Guido Contini as a brooding Irishman.
They should have cast Banderas.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | July 23, 2019 7:05 PM |
They originally cast Javier Bardem, but he backed out last minute.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | July 23, 2019 7:07 PM |
If we're including actors who do mostly television, Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, Legion, Beauty and the Beast) is a hammy actor. He acts like he's trying to be heard from a mountaintop. Maybe he thinks the cameramen and crew are his audience? He doesn't seem to be there in the scene. He's gotten marginally better as time goes on.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | July 23, 2019 7:25 PM |
A lot of people here confuse intense with hammy. In DDL's case, he's neither. His performance in Nine is a complete bore which isn't helped by the fact that the movie is a series of bad music videos by hack dye-rectress Rob Marshall.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | July 23, 2019 7:56 PM |
Laura Dern owns this thread.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | July 23, 2019 8:19 PM |
Dan Stevens is the opposite of hammy, at least in the things I've seen him in. He is more dull than hammy.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | July 23, 2019 9:24 PM |
Anne Baxter is just a lousy actress. She even stunk up her episode of Columbo more than Peter Falk's cigar.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | July 26, 2019 8:18 AM |
R138 Anne Baxter wouldn't spit on you if you were on fire.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | July 26, 2019 6:18 PM |
Mark Hamill
by Anonymous | reply 140 | July 26, 2019 7:32 PM |
Nancy Kelly as the mom in The Bad Seed. At one point, she starts biting on the arm of a chair, *literally* chewing the scenery.
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