Worst Acting Job in this movie....


I've read a lot of comments talking about bad performances from Olivia Wilde, Steve Carell, etc, and I completely disagree, but to me, the worst one was Gillian Jacobs (the blonde from the audience selected by Burt at the beginning of the film, also known as Britta from Community). In Community she did a great job, but in this movie, the hotel scene was so overdone and overacted that it felt heavily forced. The "OHHH. MYYY. GOOOD" line, the pointing at his magicians costume on the wall, even crawling from one side of the bed to the other (though nice the look at) seemed horrible and cringe-worthy.

There were moments I laughed at least one scene from every other person who had a role in the film, but hers was squeamishly bad. Even roles who had less screen time than hers were funnier, like the paramedic (Jane to the Hot-Box fallen Anton on the stretcher: "You're gonna be just fine" Paramedic: "We don't know that"). Granted, the director could have told her to try it again without the over-the-top dumb reactions, or the editors could have selected another clip if she did a variety of reactions, but ultimately her scene was painful to watch.

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I thought she did okay, but when she goes "There you are" and he says "Here I am" and squeals or whatever I see your point.
She's still *beep* hot though

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