Overrated Actors/Actresses

[theboardref]

Tobey Maguire- although not sure he is rated enough to be considered over rated. Automatically knock two stars off a review any time he appears on screen. He is awful.

 

[theboardref]

Sylvester Stallone is all kinds of awful too.

 

[Rockinkuwait]

Keanu Reeves is the worst actor I've ever seen in my life. With the exception of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (!), he has ruined every movie he's been in due to his horrific acting skills.

Sandra Bullock is really bad too. She has improved over the years, I will give her that, but her early stuff was hard to watch.

I really really liked Keanu in John Wick. And always enjoyed Point Break back in the day. He's kinda like Nicholas Cage or Eddie Murphy for me, I either love it or hate it.


As for me, Kevin Costner. I really only liked him in 3000 miles to graceland and his Hatfields vs. McCoys was ok... I thought he was the worst of the cast from Robin Hood.

 

[Rockinkuwait]

funny, I really don't like Tom Cruise but enjoy a hell of a lot of movies that he starred in

I'm the same on him. Can't stand him as a person, but damn he can make a great movie. Can't wait for the new Jack Reacher.

 

[Gooch1034]

Actually, saying he has done very few good movies since the 2000s started might be a little more accurate.

Yeah 2000s would had been better. I was thinking Goodfellas was 1989 for some dumb ass reason.

 

[Chef99]

Yeah 2000s would had been better. I was thinking Goodfellas was 1989 for some dumb ass reason.

But I get yer point. He's been mailing it in for awhile now.

 

[Chef99]

As for me, Kevin Costner. I really only liked him in 3000 miles to graceland and his Hatfields vs. McCoys was ok... I thought he was the worst of the cast from Robin Hood.

Yep, I didn't even think of him but he's gotta be on the all-time list. I think Open Range was the last good thing he did, and it kinda helped to have Robert Duvall along for the ride.

Waterworld, The Postman...Yikes.

 

[Rockinkuwait]

Yep, I didn't even think of him but he's gotta be on the all-time list. I think Open Range was the last good thing he did, and it kinda helped to have Robert Duvall along for the ride.

Waterworld, The Postman...Yikes.

Tatanka.....

 

[jakedog56]

I have to disagree with some of the lists because the topic is "overrated", not "worst".

For example Keanu Reeves, Kristen Stewart, etc. etc. cannot be considered overrated actors/actresses because no on has ever said that they were any good to begin with. Everyone has always known that they were/are horrible.

I will go with Tom Cruise, because he is fucking horrible in the fact that he plays the same smarmy idiot in every movie. The fact that he as been nominated for 3 Oscars is pathetic.
He has acted really good in ONE role (Born on the Fourth of July), was decent in a handful of others (for example: Jerry Macguire, Valkyre, Magnolia), and has sucked the life out of most other roles (shit like Jack Reacher, any Mission Impossible piece of shit, War of the Worlds, Knight and Day, and, yes, even Top Gun).
Even then he would get a pass except for his trend of the last 12 years or so of trying to convince me that this grinning midget is some sort of action star.
On the plus side he has been in some other good movies (besides the ones already positively mentioned), but I always find myself thinking of the movies according to what I refer to as the "Keanu Reeves affect" in which I say "Gee, that movie was good despite the fact that it had Keanu Reeves (or in this case Tom Cruise) in it!" Minority Report, A Few Good Men, The Firm, Edge of Tomorrow, etc. are good examples of movies that were good but would have been better with another (ie: good) actor in Tom's place!

Again, Sly Stallone, Keanu Reeves, etc. cannot be "overrated" because they are already universally known to stink. Cruise is still revered by some as a good actor, and is therefore (IMO overrated).

 

[Gooch1034]

Tobey Maguire- although not sure he is rated enough to be considered over rated. Automatically knock two stars off a review any time he appears on screen. He is awful.

I don't care for Tobey McGuire either but he surprised me in the movie Pawn Sacrifice. He pulled off a great Bobby Fisher somehow.

 

[PatsFan2003]

Yep, I didn't even think of him but he's gotta be on the all-time list. I think Open Range was the last good thing he did, and it kinda helped to have Robert Duvall along for the ride.

Waterworld, The Postman...Yikes.

The Postman is one of my guilty pleasures. I just like the idea of a mailman saving America.

 

[Rockinkuwait]

The Postman is one of my guilty pleasures. I just like the idea of a mailman saving America.

lol.. I don't care for Costner, but Waterworld is one of mine. Cool stunts, kinda water version of Mad Max...

 

[PatsFan2003]

lol.. I don't care for Costner, but Waterworld is one of mine. Cool stunts, kinda water version of Mad Max...

Which was the point.. LOL. Costner is like Cruise in that he still managed to be part of some excellent movies.

Forget The Postman for a second

Bull Durham
Field of Dreams
Open Range
Dances with Wolves
The Untouchables.

 

[Melman]

I have always though Robert De Niro was a bit overrated because people actually believe he is some kind of mobster badass. Also, he has done very few good movies since the 1980s.

Julia Roberts is way overrated. I have never watched a movie with her in it that I liked other than Oceans 11 and I hated her in it.

Drew Barrymore is another. I don't find her attractive and cant stand how she talks. She sounds so.....slow.

+1 for Julia Roberts.

I just don't get why she's so appealing. Has she actually made anything worth watching recently?

 

[Rockinkuwait]

Which was the point.. LOL. Costner is like Cruise in that he still managed to be part of some excellent movies.

Forget The Postman for a second

Bull Durham
Field of Dreams
Open Range
Dances with Wolves
The Untouchables.

Haha, You are right, Costner has been in some great movies...

I kinda like Cruise's stunt work, and he can pull off humor at times... Like Tropic Thunder and a lot of his earlier stuff, I thought Cruise was great at getting a laugh. Same with that 80's rock movie where while he's not the best singer, I thought he was the best part of that one.

But I know if I go to a Cruise movie, it's going to probably be good, and for me at least, I don't mind his acting at all. I liked Bull Durham, Dances With Wolves, No way Out even was pretty cool (at the time, kinda dated now). But every one outside of 3000 miles to Graceland I wished they picked someone else instead of him.



Now I don't think Cruise is an Oscar winning level guy, but more of a Mel Gibson type who was able to keep the action roles coming and somehow pass for middle age for 20 years.

 

[Voltaire26]

Sylvester Stallone (with the exception of the first Rocky) and Leonardo DiCaprio

I can't think of any females I actively avoid.

 

[Chef99]

Which was the point.. LOL. Costner is like Cruise in that he still managed to be part of some excellent movies.

Forget The Postman for a second

Bull Durham
Field of Dreams
Open Range
Dances with Wolves
The Untouchables.

All great movies. Silverado was another one, maybe not quite on par with those.

 

[outofyourmind]

Anyone brought up Harrison Ford yet.

 

[PatsFan2003]

Haha, You are right, Costner has been in some great movies...

I kinda like Cruise's stunt work, and he can pull off humor at times... Like Tropic Thunder and a lot of his earlier stuff, I thought Cruise was great at getting a laugh. Same with that 80's rock movie where while he's not the best singer, I thought he was the best part of that one.

But I know if I go to a Cruise movie, it's going to probably be good, and for me at least, I don't mind his acting at all. I liked Bull Durham, Dances With Wolves, No way Out even was pretty cool (at the time, kinda dated now). But every one outside of 3000 miles to Graceland I wished they picked someone else instead of him.



Now I don't think Cruise is an Oscar winning level guy, but more of a Mel Gibson type who was able to keep the action roles coming and somehow pass for middle age for 20 years.

I remember No Way Out.. So you're not alone. Not a bad film at all.

I think Cruise had some bad years but made a comeback sort of with Jerry Maguire and Mission Impossible.

And now he's been in a lot of solid stuff.

Edge of Darkness
Minority Report
A Few Good Men.
I even liked War of the Worlds and Oblivion.

Gibson and Costner struck lightning with Braveheart and Dances with Wolves in terms of directors oscars (both deserved imo) Cruise will likely never get one of those.

 

[theboardref]

I remember No Way Out.. So you're not alone. Not a bad film at all.

I think Cruise had some bad years but made a comeback sort of with Jerry Maguire and Mission Impossible.

And now he's been in a lot of solid stuff.

Edge of Darkness
Minority Report
A Few Good Men.
I even liked War of the Worlds and Oblivion.

Gibson and Costner struck lightning with Braveheart and Dances with Wolves in terms of directors oscars (both deserved imo) Cruise will likely never get one of those.

Jerry Maguire is not a movie that ages well. I saw it for the first time last year and thought it was bland and hokey. Mission Impossible was great even two, until Hollywood said, lets run this shit into the ground and give Fast and the Furious ideas on how to make unnecessary sequels.