Personally, I think she was the worst thing about the movie. Not just her character (which, of course, was terrible) but she is just not a very good actress. And I really don't think she's even very pretty. I'm not trying to attack her or anything, but it seems like everyone keeps saying things like "SMG just could'nt pull it off with mediocre actors." Her acting was the worst of the entire cast!!! I just don't get it.
shareI agree. She's not very good in anything she's ever been in. Not attractive or talented, don't know why she's famous.
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One word: Buffy !
shareWhy???
Because she's beautiful, hott, sexy, cute, loveable and sometimes wicked
She's one of the best actresses out there
She can play any role and nail it
I loved her since I Know What You Did Last Summer and Buffy, and those were two different characters and she did great
For anyone to diss on here has no taste in actresses, and I have a wide range of actresses but she's in the top 5
I'm not saying you have to like her it's just crazy not to, lol I don't understand what's going through your head when she say she's not talented nor good looking, you're nuts because she clearly is
Okay, maybe she clearly is to you..... i just don't see it. I'm not saying she's ugly, but she's definitly not pretty. Nice body, very forgetable face.. And her acting???? Blah. At best. I feel sorry for you if she's in your top 5. Maybe you just don't get what good acting is.
like I said before, of all the acting in this movie, her's was BY FAR the worst.
or maybe you just don't get what good acting is.
shareI LOVE SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR but I'm really getting sick of all the Buffy crazed fans coming and sounding like robots everytime someone throws out a point of view that is different than their own!! I love Sarah, own all of her movies, think shes a great actress, her looks mean nothing too me as I'm gay but all of my friends dislike her as well for the same reasons! It makes me sick that all the 'Sarah/Buffy lovers' all sound like robots and put Sarah up on this pedastool...don't get me wrong..I am a VERY loyal Buffy/Sarah fan but I'm not going to say that her *beep* doesn't stink....her acting in Possession was some of the worst of her career...the movie itself was *beep* wouldn't have taken much too make much better. It drives me crazy how robotic they all sound when they come on here and defrend her like some kind of paid held?
shareAfter watching performances in movies like Cruel Intentions, The Air I Breathe, and Veronika Decides to Die. There's no doubt that she's a good actress, I agree that her performance in this was very wooden (not strong at all). And she has picked some *beep* movies, I've seen her blow me away and I've seen her meh. I love her but I would never say she's not talented and I do think she is beautiful.
shareObviously you're NOT mature enough to know good acting!!
Your profile speaks for itself :)
(giving 10-out-of-10 to every horror film you like isn't a good sign at all!)
I for example like Keanu Reeves, but I know - at the same time - that he is a bad actor.
Two totally different things.. you see?
Good acting is something like: Edward Norton, Vincent D'ONofrio, Mel Gibson, Tilda Swinton, etc.
And NOT the actress who did the awfulness that is called RINGER!
I was going to write the exact same thing.
Also: when Roman assaulted her, it took me a while to realize that she wasn't going to fight him back by kicking him in the face ;)
She's cute. I wouldn't say beautiful. She's a good actress but not great. What does beauty have to do with anything here? If she's a good actress, what does it matter what she looks like? If you like her, great. If you don't, there's no reason to put her down. I don't care if she's plain jane or Miss America as long as she does a good job in her chosen profession. You folks should stop being so shallow. To each his own. One man's garbage as another man's gold.
shareHer acting was the worst of the entire cast!!!
Here's my take on SMG. First she got a lot of recognition because she won an emmy for her work on All My Children. She won an emmy only after a very short time on the show and I must admit by soap opera standards her acting was superb and surpassed other actors on the show. I was also a big fan of Buffy, I thought it was a great show and I thought she was great in it. However, now during the post-buffy years and after seeing her in her more recent movies, I've gotta say that her acting ability is not good enough for the big box office. I personally think she should stick with television.
Also, I hope I don't get any haters because of this but I've seen interviews with SMG during the Buffy years and she seemed to be developing an ego due to the success of the show. I think her recent experience hopefully has knocked her off her high horse. Even though I LOVED Buffy, there was just always something about her that bothered me.
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Nope. Michael Landes acting was the worse but that might be because that guy just has no talent whatsoever. Anyone see Homecoming? While not the best of her career, SMG managed to hold my sympathy and interest. But, lets be honest, Lee Pace was the best and this is coming from someone who hated that Pushing Daisies show he was attached to. This movie put him in a whole new light for me at least.
shareYour entitled to your own opinions, but she's a pretty amazing actress. My favorite actually. Possession was clearly not her best performance. Not even in her top 10, but see Veronika Decides to Die. Her performance is Oscar-Worthy. That's not just coming from me, read some reviews on for it one IMDB, all these are from reviews of IMDB & from different users too. I have not written my review yet
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and has a magnificent performance of Sarah Michelle Gellar in the role of a suicidal young woman. Her complex character becomes aware of the simple things that make life so wonderful only after finding the meaning of love.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, really captures an inside look into her character's mind. I feel Gellar is strongly underrated as an actress, but I have always felt that she knows how to play subtle very well. The only other performance besides this where she really fleshed out her acting skills was in the disappointing The Air I Breathe, and the reason she was ignored was probably because the film was less-than-spectacular. However, here she gives her best performance, a tour-de-force performance that is quiet and subtle in the way she approaches the material. I was very impressed, because never did I think she was capable of making a performance this strong and subtle, however good I always knew she was.
I'm sure will be defined as being the role of Gellar's career thus far. Gellar makes this movie. Most actors have previously taken similar roles and gone for the overtly-melancholic, Hollywood-style "despair" and self-loathing, making it fraught with unreal overtly emotional behaviour that anyone who has suffered severe depression/mental-illness can tell you is usually not accurate. What Gellar does here is employ subtly, strength and honesty. Her interpretation of Veronika's despair smacks of someone who knows what she's dealing with, or at least has studied the realism of such suffering with consideration: in real life, severe depressives almost always strive to hide their despair from most of those around them. Veronika does this in the novel, and Sarah Michelle Gellar uses her talents to do it with her approach to her role in the film, and the result is an astonishing performance from her.
...is needed for Oscar contenders generally, it would be tragic if all the bloody great acting on show here does not get its deserved recognition. If I had not already been a major fan of Sarah Michelle Gellar's work before, I certainly would have been after this.
the greatest Gellar's performance in her whole career. the scene when Veronika plays the piano in front of Edward is one of the best i've ever seen: fantastic movie, great recitation.
I've never been a Sarah Michelle Gellar fan but she won me over completely as Veronika. She is so believable, real and with a presence so sincere that it almost seems as if she was born for this role. It is an Oscar worthy performance if there ever was one - some scenes carrying such an emotional weight that I couldn't help but tear up a little. Everything about this movie is beautiful.
Sarah Michelle Gellar gives a touching, powerful performance as Veronika and anchors the film's strong cast. She will captivate you.
Sarah Michelle Gellar does a fantastic job , she is both strong and vulnerable .
Sarah Michelle Gellar is definitely sensational in the lead role as Veronika and nobody, above nobody, should miss seeing this film.
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I would reply to u, but I think the person above me and someone else did that for me.
SMG is one of the greatest actresses of our time, I'm not a crazy buffy fan, but about 13 yrs ago I came across this crappy soap opera "All my children" and believe me, she was phenomenal, I had no idea who she was and since then I've been a devoted fan, watching everything she did.
I agree she made some bad choices but she's outstanding, she won a daytime Emmy for her role in All my children, she carried out Buffy the vampire slayer for 7 years, one of the best cult TV and one of the best vampire shows ever "yes, better than The vampire diaries, true blood, twilight, new moon, moonlight" and I think it's enough to see her in Cruel Intentions, she was amazing.
Btw, I do like Meryl Streep, Edie Falco, Felicity Huffman, Sally Field ... among others.
Maybe, for you, she's not a great actress but she's by far not the worst.
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SMG is just a good actor. I don't get that people talk about "I don't think she's pretty" or rubbish like that. So what? Personally I think she looks like a real person. A very attractive one at that.
I always find her performances captivating and honest. I think she is much under rated and deserves better roles. It'll come one day I'm sure.
Her performance in "Suburban Girl" for example is terrific. Like I said honest and captivating.
"Everything is safe till it goes wrong" - Joe Simpson, "Touching the Void" - book only.
"Why does everyone think SMG is so great?"
Because she just is. There's something about SMG that is just amazing.
I think she is very pretty too. She has a great smile and expressive eyes.
In my unbiased opinion, this movie is not her best work. She does, as some would say, appear wooden. I don't know, but it's like, she was bored in a lot of her scenes. But she is not the worst in this movie. The worst would have to be the actor who played her husband. I don't know his name. Lee Pace was really great. I love how very good-looking the two male actors are in this movie.
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SMG is not on my list of favorite actresses but i have to commend how good she is in iknowwhatyouidlastsummer and cruel intentions.fair enough.she is inline with katie holmes,amanda peet and alicia silverstone.those famous girls which is a little bit above mediocre.
but i just cant hide my disappointment for her acting was terrible in this movie,possessions.she is actually the worst actor in this movie and get drown by the acting of the whole cast though you may say they are mediocre actors.
well SMG is a 6/10.
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