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Goldie Hawn's acting was inconsistent

posted 14 years ago by Prom_Queen_Carrie
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Goldie Hawn would have been great if I hadn't found the way she played her character so inconsistent to the point where it wasn't believable. It's one thing to show that her character has grown stronger, but she tried to show that by turning her character into a completely different person with a completely different voice by the end of the film. You don't go from baby-voiced, Marilyn Monroe, straight out of Laugh-In, to the exact opposite. And there was no indication that her character was acting in the beginning, he was just genuinely naive to George's ways, so it didn't add up to me.

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[–] bill7576 13 years ago

She had made up her mind about George for the first time there though. She was past angry and for the first time she knew what to do with him and their whole situation.
I actually thought her character was great, we see her as the "ditzy blonde" in the beginning, but then we find out she's much more than that, she's not just a version of the stereoptype. I liked her a lot.

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[–] jondoe888 12 years ago

It was abrupt, but the magic and the allure of George vanished. All the excuses she might have believed were gone. And she met a guy who might actually like HER, and believed in her career. She was able to stand on her own.
But I can understand the OP - her role wasn't fleshed out that much. The story was Jackie, and her world.