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Molly Ringwald's Acting

posted 17 years ago by astridarden
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I thought this whole movie was very well done...and even most of Molly Ringwald's performance was fine, except whenever she had to call one of the kids in the movie "dear." I have never heard an actress say the word "dear" less convincingly than Molly Ringwald.

[–] some0047 17 years ago

Thank you! I was thinking that the whole time.

[–] lbrittany84 17 years ago

Me too. I've seen Molly Ringwald perform much better than she did in this movie.

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[–] sfnprincess81 17 years ago

I kept thinking "Yeah, I am not buying this. She needs to stop saying dear".

[–] PompeyV 17 years ago

*L* I'm so glad I wasn't alone in that. Everytime she said "dear" I cringed. You'd have thought the director would've let her stop saying that, it was so fake. Nothing against Molly Ringwald but she didn't show the same personality I got from the books for Mrs. McIntire.

[–] lara_dynamite 17 years ago

Ringwald actually disappointed me in this movie. You weren't kidding about her being a little stiff as a mother.

[–] captainurd 17 years ago

I almost didn't recognize her. The last time I saw her she had a pixie cut for hair and was in Not another Teen Movie. I think she makes a much more convincing teenager than a mom, even at her age now.

[–] astridarden 17 years ago

I even wonder if she was deliberately trying to upstage all the cute kids in the movie with her snide "dear" renditions - unbelievable! The utterance of those unconvincing lines did bring the attention back onto her, however negatively.

[–] kilahmaree 17 years ago

Ya know, Molly Ringwald was great back in the day in like "The Breakfast Club" and "Sixteen Candles" but as an adult she is just not doing it for me.

[–] tom_niles 17 years ago

wow. I haven't seen this movie but these seem to be harsh words towards Ms.Ringwald. Nothing against you, I was just curious towards her performances now.

[–] toddandleigh 17 years ago

I thought every line she said was delivered in a monotone.

[–] thajman 17 years ago

I thought Molly Ringwald's acting was horrific! I watched this with my oldest daughter and it was painful.

[–] smellmikehunt 17 years ago

molly still does it for me that si what im thinks

[–] Sarahh01 17 years ago

I thought Ms. Ringwald delivered an ok performance, but I must admit that her utterance of the word "dear" sounded cold. Also, whenever her character was supposed to be upset, she came across as a soap queen -- too much outward emotion but not enough inner turmoil. Having seen her in all those 80's Brat Pack flicks, I was rather disappointed with her Mrs. McIntire. Oh well, I'm still a Ringwald fan -- just not for this movie. :)

[–] Sunflower007 17 years ago

~ I thought Molly Ringwald did a pretty good performance in this movie. Not the greatest but still good. I will always love her 80's flicks.

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[–] tapnfeet99 16 years ago

She was hideous. It's like any acting ability she once had was thrown out the window. She had no clue how to act around children and wasn't believeable for even a second. Time to quit acting and live off your residuals Molly.

[–] erika_gomez 13 years ago

OMG between her eyes almost popping out of her head for most of the film, her eerie smile, the forced "dear" and the fact that she acted positively robotic in her movements, I was half-expecting during the whole film that this was a parody of the American girls movie and she'd suddenly pull out a knife and start hacking at everyone.

There is only one word that describes her acting in this movie...

*scary*

'nuff said