Summary

Filmmaking is a tricky business and casting the right actor for the right use is always a challenge , but some casting decisions have been so good they made mediocre movies better . Plenty of spoilt movies have skilful performances in them , but sure performance are more than a whole part of an intermediate movie . They alternatively raise the relaxation of the movie and make the film worth more than the sum total of its parts . With another actor in the office , these films would suffer greatly .

This is often the case when an actor understand the main character and the movie well than the script or director does , and their unique twisting on the character gives the film more meaning than it would have had without them . Sometimes a key indorse actor can also economize a pic , as their carrying out stands out among the cast . A simple intellect of pure tone can make a world of difference for both the character and the movie , and these actors understood their pic the good .

From big swing that were taken the wrong way of life , to over - chroma , to poor timing and a defective book , some performance were below the belt maligned .

Tom Hanks in Elvis, Jennifer Lawrence in mother!, and Dakota Johnson in Fifty Shades Of Gray

10Reneé Rapp As Regina George

Mean Girls 2024

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Despite its musical spin , the 2024 version ofMean Girlsdoesn’t add much to the original film . The remake is mostly a glossy recap of the 2004 teen classic , with the better jest being pull flat from the first . However , Reneé Rapp does surrender a headliner - making turn as Regina George , the leader of the plastics . While this Regina is n’t as well drawn as Rachel McAdams ' variation , the role still allows Rapp to reflect , showing her vocal and comedic chops . Rapp is a highlight ofMean Girlsand the only new shape phallus who rivals her original counterpart .

9Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

All version of Arthur Conan Doyle ’s Detective are heavily reliant on the actor star as Sherlock . Still , Robert Downey Jr. does some redundant lifting in the two picture by Guy Ritchie . Sherlock Holmesand its sequel are mostly forgettable and not particularly smart action movies that are saved by their all - mavin cast . Downey can play cocky and charismatic in his sleep , and he is effortlessly charming as Sherlock . Neither film is peculiarly secure , but this interpretation became a franchise solely off the honey for Downey as the quality . Sherlock Holmes 3has been beat in development hellfor over a 10 , but there ’s still a desire by many to see the trilogy be completed .

8Alyssa Sutherland As Ellie

Evil Dead Rise

Last year’sEvil Dead Risewas a expert update to the franchise that never reached the height of the originals but had just enough cagey scares to get by . Most of the film ’s playfulness come from Alyssa Sutherland ’s execution as the principal deadite and possessed mother . Sutherland seemed to understand the tone ofEvil Deadbetter than the film itself and is joyfully foul in the role . From the smallest smiling to the biggest yell , she is what keep the film engaging for two hours .

7Paul Giamatti As Marty Wolf

Big Fat Liar

For the most part , Big Fat Liaris a below - average child ’s film , but one performance is so fishy it elevates the entire movie to become a solid comedy . While Frankie Muniz is a charming kid jumper lead , what makesBig Fat Liarstand out from something likeAgent Cody Banksis Paul Giamatti as Marty Wolf . Giamatti is a delight in everything he is in , but his over - the - top take on a slimy movie producer is hilarious to both kids and adults . The image of a blue Giamatti has alone cementedBig Fat Liaras an early 2000s classic .

6Rachel McAdams & Ryan Gosling As Allie & Noah

The Notebook

Most adaptions of Nicholas Sparks ’ books are critically trash upon release and fade from the public store shortly after , exceptThe Notebookwhich is still talked about and watched two decades later . Nothing about the fib ofThe Notebookis inherently better than anything else Sparks has write , but the chemical science and personal magnetism of the two leads are enough to make the movie a very watchable romance . Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling are two actors who can elevate any material given them and argon by farthe near Nicholas Sparks couple .

5Robert De Niro As Dick Kelly

Dirty Grandpa

In the latter part of his career , Robert De Niro has swung from star in mod masterpieces likeThe IrishmanorKillers of the Flower Moonand lend his asterisk major power to C - grade comedies likeThe War with Grandpa . unsporting Grandpais by far the most irreverent and tasteless picture De Niro has ever been in , but it go so far that it almost becomes funny again . The script does n’t have well - compose jokes , but it is undeniably funny to see De Niro in such off-the-wall situations , and the moving-picture show would be infinitely more painful with another actor .

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4Owen Wilson As Jedediah

Night At The Museum

Owen Wilson ’s role inNight at the Museumwas in the beginning intend to only be a cameo , and he is in fact not credit in the first flick at all . However , the character was so popular , that his role was n’t only flourish , he became one of the faces of the enfranchisement . The firstNight at the Museumis an average execution of a peachy premise , butWilson as Jedediah walk away with the movie . Wilson is hilarious as common , but he is also the histrion most locked into the premiss of the movie and sells the fabulous realism of being a tiny cowboy better than anyone could .

3Nicolas Cage As Nick Cage

The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent

The entire premiss ofThe intolerable Weight of Massive Talentis that Nicolas Cage plays a fictional version of himself , so manifestly his casting is important , butCage turns in a shockingly good performance as himself . The film ’s script is a surface - grade caustic remark on the star ’s epitome , but Cage does n’t play the movie as a joke , alternatively trying to discover some veridical pathos in this cartoon version of himself . While the movie may desolate the central premiss , Cage is too skillful for the role , as he does n’t go for the gentle laughs , rather making what could have been a joke of a movie into an interesting chapter of his filmography .

2Joaquin Phoenix As Arthur Fleck

Joker

Jokersurprised the entire earth when it terminate up grossing over a billion dollar and became an awards time of year player , and most of the celluloid ’s succeeder must be attributed to Joaquin Phoenix ’s central performance . Todd Phillips ' take on the DC Comics fibre is a rather superficial recap of early Scorsese celluloid , but Phoenix manages to incur something interesting in the character and give a new and exciting take on the clown prince of criminal offence . entirely avoiding previous takes on the character , Jokerbecomes a one - man show for Phoenix , and his dedication to the case gives the film more gravitas and meaning than it has on the page .

1Kristen Stewart As Bella Swan

Twilight

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Kaitlyn Santa Juana as Stefanie looking horrified in Final Destination Bloodlines

robert downey jr in sherlock, Joaquin Pheonix in Joker, Rachel McAdams And Ryan Gosling in The Notebook

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