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Her best performances.


Emily Blunt has been a renowned actress for many years now and since her latest The Girl on the Train is about to be released on Wednesday (UK) and Friday (USA). This is the perfect time to reminisce on her finest performances over the years and maybe even point out that she should have won an Oscar for some of those performances. In my personal opinion these are my five favourite performances of hers:

1. The Devil Wears Prada

2. The Young Victoria

3. Looper

4. Edge of Tomorrow

5. Most recently Sicario

Now it's up-to you to judge what other shinning performances she has done.

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Well, the first thing I saw her in was Edge of Tomorrow and I fell in love with her there.

I started looking for more films she had been in based on my reaction to that film.

So, while it mightn't actually be her best performance, it's the one I'm always going to feel the strongest towards.

So far, I have liked her in everything I saw her in.

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I think the closest she got to a perfect performance is in Into The Woods, followed by Sicario, Your Sister's Sister and The Devil Wears Prada.

But when it comes to overall memorable or favorite characters she played, then Rita Vrataski (Edge of Tomorrow), Prudie (Jane Austen), Sarah (Looper)and Elise (The Adjustment Bureau) come to mind.

Rachel (The Girl on The Train) is fast tracking to top that list.

She's a chameleon. Love her.

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Here's my list:

In films/shows I liked:

1: 'Sicario'.
2: 'My Summer of Love'.
3: 'Your Sister's Sister'.
4: 'The Girl on the Train'.
5: 'The Devil Wears Prada'.
6: 'Looper'.
7: 'The Young Victoria'.
8: 'The Jane Austen Book Club'.
9: 'Sunshine Cleaning'.
10: 'Edge of Tomorrow'.
11: 'Gideon's Daughter'.
12: 'Into the Woods'.
13: 'Arthur Newman'.
14: 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'.
15: 'Wild Target'.
16: 'The Five Year Engagament'.
17: 'Wind Chill'.
18: 'Poirot: Death on the Nile'.
19: 'The Adjustment Bureau'.
20: 'The Great Buck Howard'.
21: 'Dan in Real Life'.
22: 'Curiosity'.
23: 'Henry VIII'.
24: 'Empire'.
25: 'Boudica'.
26: 'Charlie Wilson's War'.
27: 'Foyle's War: War Games'.
28: 'The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle'.
29: 'The Huntsman: Winter's War'.
30: 'The Muppets'.

In films I didn't like:

31: 'Irresistible'.
32: 'Gulliver's Travels'.
33: 'The Wolfman'.

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I think my favorite performances from her were in Sunshine Cleaning, Arthur Newman, My Summer of Love, Sicario, and The Young Victoria. She's great in everything, and I've seen pretty much all of her work with the exception of The Muppets and The Girl on the Train.

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Yea for mentioning Sunshine Cleaning.

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Your sisters sister and girl on the train are my favorites. Sunshine cleaning would have been good but I cannot stomach Amy Adams. She is the worst. The elevated tip of her nose is so distracting and every time she smiles there are huge bags and crows feet.

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BOO !! I love AA. If you can't say something nice, don't say anything. Didn't your mother teach you this?

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Into the Woods is my favorite of hers.

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Is this a musical? When I see Into The Woods I think of Sondheim.

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Personally, i love all her performances. Even Empire or Guliver`s Travels (which is a terrible movie i must say). But if i really had to choose:

5. Gideon`s daughter.
4. The Girl on the Train.
3. My Summer of Love.
2. Arthur Newman.
1. Sicario.
(I had to exclude Sherlock Holmes, which is the only movie i haven`t seen yet).


But i believe she has far more potential.

Oscar? I don`t know. When i see some of the Oscar`s Winners i think Emily Blunt should get an Oscar even for The Muppets.

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I haven't seen any of these, and have only heard of two.

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Oscar? I don`t know. When i see some of the Oscar`s Winners i think Emily Blunt should get an Oscar even for The Muppets.
OMG! This is the best comment i have read. Couldn't agree more.

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