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Jason Bateman...

posted 15 years ago by dukemdm
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...is a freaking badass in this movie.

[–] bworm76 13 years ago

I just saw this last night. I didn't even know JB was in it. As many great actors are in this, his few scenes are by far the best. He only has a short time to make us completely understand the character and just nails it. I thought the same thing about him in Hancock. It was a terrible movie, but he was great. I'd love to see him take on some more complex scripts like Juno and State of Play. He's severely underrated.

[–] coolaree 13 years ago

He entered the film and upstaged everyone.

[–] PotassiumMan 11 years ago

Bateman wasn't bad in this film. In fact, he added some badly needed spice to this washed up, humdrum story. Too bad he makes his appearance more than halfway into the film, by which time, not much can be done.