Overrated Actors?

[Fosterson]

Any actors/actresses out there you feel get way more praise/accolades than they deserve?

Personally, my number one pick would have to be Natalie Portman. For someone who's repeatedly called a "great" actress, her body of work is quite poor overall. She's only made a couple of genuinely good films, with the rest of her work being either average or outright terrible. Only four of her films have more than 80% on Rotten Tomatoes, with a good number of them being below 40%. Portman has done tons of awful art-house films (Jane Got a Gun, A Tale of Love and Darkness, Goya's Ghosts, Free Zone to name but a few). And then, of course, there're her blockbuster flops. The Prequels in which she was wooden, and the Thor franchise, which she nearly managed to single-handedly kill.

Now, I have nothing against her personally or anything, but I do feel that as an artist Ms Portman's talent is vastly overestimated.

 

[Lily Adler]

Charleston Heston. Almost the same delivery for most his roles. I said it.

 

[lime]

There have been a thread for this. I was bashed there for naming Denzel Washington and Al Pacino, I will be bashed here too.

 

[P Supreme]

easy for me Jennifer Lawrence
I just don't see it

and Matthew McConaughey

 

[Hurm...]

Ben Affleck.

 

[Fallen Angel]

As I always say nothing wrong with the word "Overrated", I mean who doesn't want more love? Also you have to be rated in the first place to be "Overrated".

Also there's already a thread on this dude.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Leto.

 

[Schlosser85]

Meryl Streep

Jennifer Lawrence

James McAvoy

 

[Deck Rickard]

Clive Owen
Jonah Hill
Casey Affleck

 

[psylockolussus]

Michael Fassbender

Nicholas Hoult

Jessica Chastain

 

[Fincher]

Emily Blunt
Willem Dafoe

 

[Peyton Westlake]

Charleston Heston. Almost the same delivery for most his roles. I said it.

You speak...of...blasphemy !

 

[OfficerK]

Leonardo DiCaprio and maybe Matt Damon.

There are a lot of good actors out there who simply pick to be in ****** movies. Some are smarter about the roles they pick though.

 

[Broseph44]

Jennifer Lawrence immediately comes to mind.

 

[Broseph44]

Meryl Streep

Jennifer Lawrence

Amen to the high heavens. Amennnnnnn

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Tom Cruise. It is nice that he does his own stunts and all, but for the most part I just don't see it. He always seems like he's acting instead of being a character. Like it is very superficial and phony.

 

[Lily Adler]

It's cause he... WAS hot.

 

[RacerX]

Amy Schumer

Rebel Wilson

 

[HKpowerup]

Meryl Streep

Jennifer Lawrence

James McAvoy

Agreed on Jennifer Lawrence - she needs the right material or else simply comes across as dull, whereas other actors/actresses can work with whatever they are given.

 

[HKpowerup]

There have been a thread for this. I was bashed there for naming Denzel Washington and Al Pacino, I will be bashed here too.

No bashing from me, film is subjective after all. I'm just curious why you think both in particular are overrated?

 

[Schlosser85]

Tom Cruise. It is nice that he does his own stunts and all, but for the most part I just don't see it. He always seems like he's acting instead of being a character. Like it is very superficial and phony.

Completely agree. He’s just always Tom Cruise.

 

[MilkmanDan]

I think Tom has always been considered a great movie star rather than a great (or even particularly good) actor.

I also think OP is right about Natalie Portman.

 

[lime]

No bashing from me, film is subjective after all. I'm just curious why you think both in particular are overrated?

Because I don't think they are that good of actors. The only role I have ever liked Denzel was Glory. And I don't have one for Pacino. He is particularly awful in Scent of a Woman. And they gave him an Oscar for...that.

 

[MilkmanDan]

I consider Scent of a Woman to be the point where Pacino lost his way. He was truly great for a long time, but that film, and his role in it, was annoying and overrated and the beginning of Pacino becoming something of a caricature of himself.

However, he can still give the occational good performance and back when he was great, he was great.

 

[Link]

Well, Portman's overacting in Jackie was some of the most painful I've seen, and she got nominations for that.

And of course, Cate Blanchett. Is she great, or is she just tall?