What the hell is happening to Jennifer Garner?

Let me state up front that I love Jennifer Garner. I have since Alias. In that show, we saw that she was capable of doing just about anything. Then she added a great, sexy performance as a hooker in Catch Me If You Can, next came her star turn in 13 Going on 30. It looked like she was on her way to joining Julia, Cameron, and Sandra as a likable, bankable star.

And then...sheesh!

I won't get into Daredevil, which wasn't so bad before the TV show did it so much better, and I can even forgive her for the faltering Elektra since the idea of carrying a woman's superhero film had to sound appealing. Such a shame those involved didn't know how to carry it off in the other departments.

And then the most curious choices with scripts:

--Could Catch & Release have been even slightly better on paper? Kevin Smith used for pathos?
--Was the smarm missing from the script of Ghosts of Girlfriend's Past or did McConnaughey bring it?
--Arthur barely cut it the first time and coasted on the charm of Dudley Moore, so who was clamoring for a remake?
--Butter?!! Seriously! This was the first production from her own company?
--The Odd Life of Timothy Green, with a boy who has vines nauseatingly sprouting from his shins
--The abominable Men, Women, and Children?

Sprinkled throughout are good to great movies that include Juno, The Kingdom, The Invention of Lying, Dallas Buyer's Club, Draft Day, Alexander and...Day, and Danny Collins, all supporting roles, not one of which requiring an actress of Garner's talent and charisma to play her roles. Throw a dart at any TV Guide and any name you hit could have been in those roles and the films wouldn't have missed a beat.

Yes, I know, before anyone says (and I just know someone will STILL say it), she has been focusing on her family, to which I say the more power to her. It's clear she's been getting little help in that department.

But who in their right mind would have chosen this Miracles from Heaven schlock? It's like she's made a deal with her kids to make movies they can see as a mea culpa for Juno and Dallas Buyer's Club.

I can think of so many books and famous women Garner could be playing if she would do an ounce of homework. What the hell is her management doing? They seem to think she just needs to take work regardless of the project.

I hate seeing this great actress go to waste. She deserves better, but, also, she needs to do better.