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When John C Reilly was good

posted 14 years ago by brendanchenowith
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What the hell happened when an actor comes flying out of the gate with nice performances in two wonderful films, this and "Chicago" in the same year, then he just becomes a cinematic circus clown. It's good he did The Hours and Chicago first before he lost his talents. After his recent "accomplishments", the casting directors of the aforementioned films would have him physically ejected if he dared audition for them.

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked.

[–] PhoenixPhuck 13 years ago

Hate to break it to ya buddy but John C. Reilly was great and in critically acclaimed and financially successful movies before 2002...and he's been in others since.

Even the most primitive society has an innate respect for the insane.

[–] claudia-38 13 years ago

Did you REALLY think he was good in this movie? I have watched it several times and watched the last half again today. His line delivery makes me want to scream. His delivery doesn't go with what he's saying. He was more depressing to me than she was.

[–] Harry-Caul 13 years ago

John C Reilly was good in this; and pretty much everything else I have seen him in. Just watched "Carnage" and he puts in another solid yet slightly quirky trademark performance. Unusual actor with a great face!

[–] jones7418 12 years ago

I never bought him as Moore's husband; he was miscast IMO.

[–] akua-4 12 years ago

I thought he was great in that he looked more like a fifties post WWII doughboy.
His earnestness was oppressive, his kind but implacable insistence on sex now, how he wrenched and smashed her, with love into this image he carved during a time of war, the oppression of being loved, by someone both grateful and insensitive as he awaited the final, requisite, birthday gift. If he looked different, it would not have played as well, that he was more ball and chain than rock, but he evoked both.

[–] BridgitteVonHammersmark 11 years ago

He also played the exact same father/husband role in 2011's We Need To Talk About Kevin.