[jules1000]

I am watching her in the movie Australia and watched The Paperboy a while back and think she is a really good actress and perhaps somewhat underrated. What d you think DSers.

[NoFussNoFrills]

I like Nicole, she appears to be a nice person, does not push her family into the celeb circuit. I think Tom cruise was dumb to treat her so coldly. Her acting is great.

[degsyhufc]

I think the best thing you can say about her and actors like Anne Hathaway is that they can't be typecast.
They do drama, horror, comedy, historic, biopics, arty etc. and thown in a few sexy scenes here and there and you usually get a good performance out of them.


I always though Naomi Watts was going to be the new Kidman. Kidman is still going strong though.



I did wonder what the flip she had done to herself in The Paperboy.

[jules1000]

Originally Posted by NoFussNoFrills

I like Nicole, she appears to be a nice person, does not push her family into the celeb circuit. I think Tom cruise was dumb to treat her so coldly. Her acting is great.

Yes agree actually they have a lot of photographs of her in the Mail today in Cannes for the film festival she looks absolutely gorgeous, best I've seen her in a while, she was looking a bit pale and plasticy and thin. Not anymore. Good for her.

[FirstChibi]

I'm going against the grain and saying I don't think much of her. It's either her acting or just an unfortunate streak of films that blemish her talent, but either way, I've not liked a single film she's been in, and that's either down to having no impact on a film or having too much impact on the film.

[Mystical123]

I liked her in The Others and Cold Mountain - she's particularly good in the latter I think, but she's done some real duds as well - Bewitched springs to mind as being particularly awful.

I've heard she's good in The Paperboy, must watch that sometime. And I agree she looks great in the pictures from Cannes opening night, big improvement on the horror she wore to the Oscars this year!

[treefr0g]

I like her both as an actress and a person. She seems very down to earth. I remember while watching the Olympics, seeing her in the crowd. She just seemed like a normal person.

I loved her in 'Far and Away'

[Hound of Love]

She was good in To Die For.

But winning a Best Actress Oscar, for The Hours?!

[brangdon]

Originally Posted by degsyhufc

I think the best thing you can say about her and actors like Anne Hathaway is that they can't be typecast.

I like her, but her performances often come across as cold, even lacking affect.

[thats_racist]

I'm definitely a fan,

Malice was a good early role - and she carried off the switch from naive victim to scheming bitch with aplomb.
Dead Calm, Portrait of a Lady and To Die For are other interesting roles from that period.

Her career post Tom Cruise however is where she has given her best work.
Moulin Rouge, The Others, Dogville, Birth, Fur, Margot At The Wedding and Rabbit Hole are all fantastic.
Australia was interesting but the film veers so wildly in tone that its hard to judge her performance.

The Hours Oscar is baffling.
Cold Mountain suffers because she playing against Renne, who overacts so wildly it could be panto.

Glossy, big budget films don't suit her - Bewitched, Stepford Wives, Golden Compass, The Invasion etc.