I am a huge Michael Keaton fan from back to Mr Mom & Night Shift & this is by far his best movie ever. I just watched it again for like the 50th time. I just had to say, that he should definitely have got an award for this! He is a really underrated actor in my opinion! Does anyone else agree?
shareKeaton did get a major critics award for both this performances in this film and Beetlejuice.
sharePretty good movie and yes Keaton was just awesome in it.
shareMaybe the success of Beetlejuice earlier that year overshadowed this film.
shareI have found that some comedians, when they switch to drama, are absolutely dynamite, and Michael Keaton is at the top of that list.
I have a theory that one reason good comedians *are* good when they switch to drama is because they are such practiced, astute observers of human behavior -- human behavior and interactions (and mimicry) are the mainstay of their comedic routines. In addition, they also have a very highly developed sense of timing that they use in their routines. These finely honed skills are what at least contribute to many of them being such good dramatic actors, IMO.
Keaton was absolutely killer in this, as he was in 'My Life' (about a man dying of cancer who makes videotapes for his unborn/infant son).
He had me crying my eyes out in that film.
"I will not go gently onto a shelf, degutted, to become a non-book." ~ Bradbury
Although a very different type of film from the ones you mentioned, I also think Keaton gave a great dramatic performance in the Tim Burton Batman movies. He managed to play Bruce Wayne as a socially awkward, distant recluse without ever devolving into boring territory. I thought he was supremely underrated in those movies. His Batman was awesome, but his Bruce Wayne was just as good.
shareGreetings from 2015. Yes this is one his best. Along with The Paper and Birdman, which brought Keaton back into the limelight. Some of my friends thought C&S was a bit too "preachy". Perhaps, but the performances were outstanding! Morgan Freeman was kind of unknown back then too.
shareagreed he was really good
shareI agree about My Life! That movie was excellent! He has me crying every time I see it!
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