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I would change that to "arguably".

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In Reply to: There is one at the pinnacle, inarguably. Nicole Kidman. nt posted by tinear on April 22, 2004 at 12:32:33:

I, for one, would argue with you.
While she's excellent in Dogville, she was not believable in Cold Mountain.
An uneven performer, IMO, especially given the criteria. Despite her charms, there are other female thesps I find overall more compelling.

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So, who else could have done "Dogville?" No one. - tinear 04:23:59 04/23/04 (1)
And go see "The Others." An amazing, nuanced performance which gets better upon the second viewing.
- Maybe, maybe not. - Harmonia 13:43:04 04/23/04 (0)
  She's great in DV but I'm sure another actress *could* have done it and done it well.
  Yes, I've seen The Others - twice when it came out in theaters, once on cable - plus I own the DVD. One of her best performances, and a great ghost movie. I've watched Kidman for years, in fact I've seen a some of her Aussie stuff before she was famous - and not just Dead Calm.
  Good though she may be Kidman is not the most versatile actress working today. I find NK uneven in her roles, sometimes frustratingly annoying e.g. her simpering upper-class miss in Far And Away, her dimensionless Ada in Cold Mountain. I loathe MR so I can't evaluate her in that film. She was excellent in The Hours and Dogville, I'll grant you that. She's lovely to look at, although a bit gaunt these days. NK tries hard, and I don't like seeing that on the screen.
  I don't dispute she's talented.
  But untouchable talent? Nope. IMO, of course.
Re: Thank You! - Buckeye 00:24:06 04/23/04 (0)
"Nicky" is overated in the extreme, imo...both as an actress and as a "beauty."
In the "inquiring minds want to known" catagory...I'd still like to know what happened with her and Tommy C.
In all fairness, I haven't seen her Oscar performance...and probably won't.
Regards,
Gary

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