His character was so funny and he had so many dimensions with going from a doctor to pot dealer, I think he really deserved to be nominated. I don't think this movie was advertised incorrectly. I just assumed it was another stoner movie otherwise I would have watched it sooner.
Doncha know me Jim? I'm not Margret, I'm Edie. I didn't kill Frank DeLorca.
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Not sure if would go as far as Oscar, but he really showed that he's a good comic actor. He has perfect timing. He had a way in this movie of being a complete ass but completely likeable at the same time. I think his wife really made Squires' character more attractive by comparison. This was a woman who seemed normal, unlike Squires, but she seemed dead in her soul. Squires at least had a little bit of life, little bit of compassion in him, as screwed up as he was. Despite his screwed upness, he still had an instinct in him to want to be a decent parent, a decent shrink, a decent friend.
That rabble rousing jail speech, that little desperate play he made for the former rock n' roll gal with the little tip of the hat, the way he pumped up those Nikes before making his futile attempt to run from the cops, these were all funny as hell.
He had another good comic performance, but a lot more subdued, as an alcoholic hitman in "You kill me".
I would go as far as an Oscar. Everybody would of agreed if this film was mass marketed and more people had seen it. He would of been in line for one. Ledger still would of taken it but Kingsley definetly would of recieved a nomination.
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I saw this movie a while ago. Came by here to check if there was a thread about a (sort of) related subject. Did you know he was nominated for a Razzie award for WORST supporting actor? I was pretty surprised to see that.
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Am I the only one who thinks he deserved the Razzie? He was REALLY flaky in this movie, and I wasn't sure if he was doing a good job playing a flake, or if he was trying hard to play a wayward, lost, hippie-leftover-type character and his actual flakiness accidentally came through. It seemed to be more of the latter.
The first time I saw or heard of Kingsley (or Gandhi, for that matter ) was 1982 when he portrayed Gandhi. I was only 14 at the time so the movie really didn't resonate much with me, but he certainly was worthy of an oscar for THAT role. Since then he certainly has had an illustrious career, with a plethora of oscar-worthy roles, but lately he's done a variety of questionable roles...real cheesy ones. Sometimes it's beneficial to take on even the more questionable parts ~ seems to work for Christopher Walken, at least ~
but the "flaky factor" seems to not be confined to just one role, leading me to think that maybe it's an actual facet to his real personality.
I don't wanna be TOO down on the guy; he IS a good actor. I just didn't think he was all that great in this role as the desperate, suicidal psychologist who's supposed to be curing other people of their desperation and suicidal depression.
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Kingley's performance was great. I really have no idea who he go nominated for a Razzie here at all. I think that The Love Guru was so bad, the Razzies just took every film he came out with that year in 2008 and made a joint-nomination thru the association of The Love Guru. That is the only logical reason I can come up with, because he was FAR from disappointing in The Wackness; I loved it.
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