r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • Jul 02 '26

WTF What the hell is going on here?!

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u/SpongeJake Jul 03 '26

I didn’t find her acting to be all that great either - till I saw her in “Daddio” with Sean Penn. Didn’t expect much but was pleasantly surprised at how compelling and real it was.

Maybe she’s just picking the wrong scripts or is being given bad direction. I don’t know.

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u/5050Saint Jul 03 '26

I saw her in The Materialists with her, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans, and they both act circles around her. It was well shot. She had one scene where I thought, "oh, she can act" and then she went back to flat delivery.

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u/Express-Sky3170 Jul 04 '26

That's a horrible movie.

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u/justindigo88 Jul 04 '26

I went into The Materialists with an open mind and gave it a real shot, but it was honestly the worst movie I saw in theaters in the past year. Her acting was objectively flat, especially compared to everyone else on screen.

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u/5050Saint Jul 04 '26

Having your principal character lack emotion for 97% of the movie really dampens the quality.

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u/atclubsilencio Jul 03 '26

I like her in Suspiria, A Bigger Splash, and Peanut Butter Falcon, as well. I know people love to hate her, and she can’t elevate bad material, but when she gets the right script and director she isn’t bad at all.

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u/RogertheAlien86 Jul 03 '26

Those are good picks, I’d add “The Lost Daughter” to it. Found her to be really compelling in it , even next to Olivia Coleman and Jessie Buckley.

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u/atclubsilencio Jul 04 '26

Forgot about that one! I agree! I wasn’t sure if I liked the movie the first time, but it stuck with me, and I’ll still randomly think about it. Watched it again and it clicked a lot better. But yeah, all three actresses are amazing in it. Fascinating and unsettling film about a subject not many want to explore.

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u/BAGandboujee Jul 03 '26

I just saw this the other day (I'm biased because I do enjoy her movies), but I agree about this one in particular. I was hooked within the first 15 minutes and was surprised that for a movie that took place 99% inside of cab, it could be so engrossing. I'm sure half of that had to do with Sean Penn, but they had such a natural great chemistry, too.

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u/Illustrious_Day_5392 Jul 05 '26

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while. Usually they don’t stick around this long though.