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The acting couldn't have been worse.

posted 12 years ago by Jaguar_001
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especially Basinger's acting. It was truly amateurish.

Conservatives believe in helping the helpless and to hell with the clueless. - Dennis Miller

[–] jellyree 9 years ago

Just before I put you on IGNORE, I want you to know that many of us disagree with your assessment.

Perhaps the OP just wants to reach out for some sense of community.

[–] Jaguar_001 8 years ago

Just before I put you on IGNORE, I want you to know that many of us disagree with your assessment.

Please, do put me on ignore. Clearly I violated you with a differing opinion. Oh the humanity!!

[–] elihuevalerio 8 years ago

Agree. It was truly awful. Especially the scene where she's screaming at the elephant. Like WT literal F?

[–] beautifulbarbiegirl 8 years ago

Yes and she was rightfully nominated for a Razzie award for this crap

[–] TMC-4 (19392) 6 years ago

https://lebeauleblog.com/2016/03/03/golden-raspberry-awards-2000/#comment-296374

http://www.cinescene.com/reviews/idreamed.html

With this, her first starring role since winning the Oscar for L.A. Confidential, Basinger had too much to prove. She has admitted in interviews that she was afraid to take on the part. This fear, either because she was under-confident or because she couldn’t connect, is visible throughout. She seems awkward, especially in her attempts to suppress her trademark Southern accent, carefully pronouncing her words, lowering her voice an octave or two and dropping all hints of the giggly, half-naked Basinger of her pre-Oscar days.

http://www.sptimes.com/News/050500/Alive/Dreaming_of_a_good_mo.shtml

This Kim Basinger star vehicle only shows her limitations as an actor, and she isn’t helped by a boring script and weak direction.