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Emma Roberts Can't Act


Okay, I can see her playing her usual 'mean girl' type character but she probably wasn't the greatest casting decision in this film imo. She can't pull of the 'awkward, nerdy, quiet girl'. she may look the part at times but her acting just comes across as forced and quite comical at times as well.
this film was entertaining but a lil annoying at the last quarter.

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I usually think she's okay, but found her to be a tad annoying in this film.

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I on the other hand found it was Dave Franco who can't act. He was bad as usual.

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Am I missing something here? Have I been watching an Emma Roberts twin all these years?
Emma is an EXCELLENT actress. I don't understand how people can say she's bad.

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Sometimes I find her too brittle for appeal, but this wasn't an exemplar. I thought it was great and refined work, especially since they kept shoving the camera up in the actors' faces for suspense.

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Yeah, I think she's really good too. I haven't seen this yet (going in a few minutes), but I thought she was really good in "Adult World", and that wasn't a Mean Girls-type character at all.

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She sure cant play schoolgirls anymore. She is 25 FFS.

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She can probably still get away with playing a college girl a bit longer.

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I honestly liked her in Adult World (2013), but really didn't care for the movie itself. In Nerve I felt she was just right for the role. What did you think of Nerve?

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Yes I agree. Have never seen her in anything before, that I can recall, but about half hour into the movie I started thinking how much better it wouldn't have played with a better actress.

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I mean "would have" played. Not wouldn't!!

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She's way better as the snobby chick in Scream Queens

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She was great... you are too focused on who is in it rather than the movie itselt.

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Well, it is not uncommon to see all movies with specific actors if you are a fan of them.
I myself will avoid anything with Emma Roberts like the plague, can't stand her or her acting.


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I am not picky on who is in a movie, especially a teen or action flick. Besides, she damn cute.

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Thought she was fine. I think Franco is awfully limited.

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I didn't think she was bad in this movie, she's got this squeaky voice which hurts her in the preachier scenes, but I bought her as a repressed teenager.

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I thought she was actually good in this outside of one scene near the end of the film.

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I thought she pulled off her role perfectly fine. I'll agree that her seems forced and a bit contrived at times but for the most part I really don't mind her. I think she's cute.

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