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"Kidman, in fact, is close to dreadful in Australia."

Posted by David (aka David) Nov 26 '08, 12:54

"Kidman, in fact, is close to dreadful in Australia. Whether Luhrmann told her to act like she was doing a cartoon, or she just decided that all on her own, her performance is at once one-note and over-the-top. The actress - rail-thin, deploying a stiff upper lip that probably has less to do with her character than with a collagen regimen - isn't even photographed in a particularly flattering manner."

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With the exception of The Others, I can't think of anything I've enjoyed her in. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 26, 12:56 35
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- To Die For. -- nm - Amy Nov 26, 13:03 5
  - Oh, and the thriller with the evil gynocologist. What was that called? -- nm - Amy Nov 26, 13:12 2
    - Malice -- nm - Roger More Nov 26, 13:16 1
      - Absence of? -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 26, 13:20
  - aka Sarah Palin's inspiration -- nm - David Nov 26, 13:06 1
    - You are moving me dangerously close to not liking that movie anymore. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 26, 13:13
- Her early Australian movies? -- nm - the liioulu with grace Nov 26, 13:01 6
  - Dead Calm -- nm - Spawn Nov 26, 13:09
  - Five Mile Creek! -- nm - Amy Nov 26, 13:09
  - BMX Bandits! -- nm - Roger More Nov 26, 13:05 3
    - Not to mention Windrider! I'm guessing no one knows what I'm talking about. -- nm - Roger More Nov 26, 13:07 2
      - She was in Wills and Burke? - the liioulu with grace Nov 26, 13:14 1
        
        That was a surprise to me as well, but I wouldn't have even thought of that in the last 20 years. -- nm - Roger More Nov 26, 13:15
- The Interpreter, Birthday Girl ,Panic Room, .. -- nm - Marcel Nov 26, 13:00 5
  - Birthday Girl! That's the one with the "Something Stupid" video! -- nm - mara Nov 26, 13:14
  - ummm, she wasn't in Panic Room was she? Jodie Foster... -- nm - Beaker Nov 26, 13:01 3
    - she was just a voice on the phone in Panic Room. -- nm - El Fandie Nov 26, 13:01 2
      - thanks -- nm - Beaker Nov 26, 13:02 1
        
        Her voice made her face sound very flexible. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 26, 13:11
- Birthday Girl -- nm - Spawn Nov 26, 13:00
- she was great as my beard -- nm - Tom Cruise si Nov 26, 13:00
- bed. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 26, 12:59
- I really like her in Eyes Wide Shut. -- nm - David Nov 26, 12:57
- I admit I'm a sucker for her in Peacemaker. -- nm - Remlik Nov 26, 12:57
- i love Moulin Rouge, The Others, thought she was great in To Die For. But with her new frozen face, ick. -- nm - El Fandie Nov 26, 12:56 9
  - It's so sad. She used to be gorgeous. Now she looks....waxy. (nm) - musubi Nov 26, 13:02
  - I enjoyed Moulin Rouge, but I can't say I cared for her in it. -- nm - znufrii Nov 26, 13:00
  - Ok, I can agree with Moulin Rouge a bit. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 26, 12:58
  - I agree with El Fandie. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 12:57 5
    - although, i just looked at her IMDB listing. considering her film choices, it's amazing she's as famous as she is. (i know a huge part of it is - El Fandie Nov 26, 13:01 4
      - I guess Tom was a bigger star by the time he married her? -- nm - loosilu Nov 26, 13:10 1
        
        he saw her in Dead Calm, said "I have to have her in my next movie" cast her in Days of Thunder and then left Mimi Rogers for her -- nm - Roger More Nov 26, 13:14
      - It's kind of odd, isn't it? - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 13:08 1
        
        she has done well as far as red carpet photos. -- nm - loosilu Nov 26, 13:10
And this from the Chicago Tribune about Four Christmases: - David Nov 26, 12:56
She hasn't given a good performance for a few years now imo. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 26, 12:55 1
- It's all been downhill since she was a hog-tied bitch in Birthday Girl. -- nm - David Nov 26, 12:57

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