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Sarah Michelle Gellar's performance is excellent she's so great in this!


I feel like she really accomplishes a lot here. Her acting is exemplary. She really grounds Joanna in real-life. For the circumstances the character's in, Gellar really makes Joanna realistic, how someone in that situation in real life would be, not the "overdramatic acting to keep the pace of the movie going" easy way out that would've been easier. It's such a subtle performance, every nuance is important.

You really feel her struggle and her pain. And the way she masks the pain and her problems whenever she's around other characters in the film is also really impressive, except for the few scenes where Joanna's allowed to share her true emotions with the other characters (her father and Terry), and in those scenes Gellar just slays the scenes completely, without overacting once. She's completely focused and the emotion she gives to the audience is unbelievable.

I really believed while watching this movie, I wasn't watching Sarah Michelle Gellar as Joanna Mills, I was watching Joanna Mills. She disappeared in the role and like I said, made the portrayal so realistic...not many supernatural films can say that about their lead star. She also has to carry the movie, the entire movie by herself, there's barely one moment she's not on-screen until the flashback finale, she contributes so much to the overall film with her performance.

I love her as Joanna, it's I think her best film performance with the exception of Veronika Decides to Die. Way to go SMG!

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I'm obsessed with her but for me this isn't one of her best performances . She appears to be sleepwalking through the movie, though her characters muted behavior kind of makes sense at the ending

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Actually she's terrible. Has no idea what acting is all about. Can't even make herself understood.

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I also absolutely adore her. She's an amazing actress.

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