Worst of the Best: Best Actress

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Worst of the Best: Best Actress

Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love
8
16%
Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry
0
No votes
Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich
7
14%
Halle Berry - Monster's Ball
13
25%
Nicole Kidman - The Hours
12
24%
Charlize Theron - Monster
3
6%
Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
1
2%
Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
4
8%
Helen Mirren - The Queen
0
No votes
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
3
6%
 
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My choice is Julia Roberts who stole the deserved award for Burstyn, followed by Reese Witherspoon who stole the expected award for Huffman.
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Akash wrote:Omigod, SIX VOTES for poor Nikki Kidman and only ONE for Halle Berry (my own??)?! You people suck. Even if you absolutely hated her in The Hours, Kidman should get a pass if only for being a much better actress than Berry in every other way.
Did you see Things We Lost in the Fire? Berry is actually very good in it. That performance is better than Kidman's in her winning movie, and her work in such films as The Invasion are almost as discouraging as some of Berry's work after her win.
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For me it's between Kidman and Roberts. Neither were horrible, but merely okay in their roles. Actually Kidman was probably a little better than okay, but she clearly didn't deserve her Oscar that year. I understand Roberts winning, as it is a star performance in a popular movie. Kidman wasn't even in the majority of her movie and most of the talk around her performance was the nose.
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Damien wrote:Halle Berry, with Theron right on her tail.
Nice image, Damien. Thanks.
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Berry. Wow. Just wow. Straight-up black-face.
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Halle Berry, with Theron right on her tail.
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The question is, which time? Boys Don't Cry or Million Dollar baby? Embarrassment of riches for you there, Pen. Though how anyone could choose Swank over Berry and Theron is beyond me.

Ah, I see you chose Baby. At least you left the stronger performance untouched.
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Guess who I voted for....
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Omigod, SIX VOTES for poor Nikki Kidman and only ONE for Halle Berry (my own??)?! You people suck. Even if you absolutely hated her in The Hours, Kidman should get a pass if only for being a much better actress than Berry in every other way.



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My god! An embarrassment of riches! The Hours is a stinker and Kidman's role borders on supporting, but her fascinating performance is actually one of the best things in the film, even if she didn't deserve to win over Julianne Moore. Julia Roberts is ridiculous in the ridiculous Erin Brockovich, but I've come to view the film as an unintentional comedy, and in that regard, her performance works. And Reese Witherspoon is just boring, winning an Oscar that should have gone to Felicity Huffman in a year where all the prizes should have gone to Q'rianka Kilcher.

So that leaves Halle Berry and Charlize Theron and my goodness, how does one choose between the awfulness of these two?? I can't stand Theron and would naturally choose her (if only because Halle Berry's crazypants reaction to winning is more fun than Theron's boring, forgettable speech) but after seeing the Aileen Wuornos documentary, I begrudgingly gained more respect for Theron's ticks and mannered performance. Berry is a sweeter, more self-effacing actress in interviews, but there's absolutely nothing in her performance. She wins.
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Dense competition here, but I have to go with Kidman. Berry is a close second, though.
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