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Moulin Rouge, The Others, Dogville, Eyes Wide Shut... yes, Nicole Kidman has

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more range (and I've left out some other very good performances, too) and skill than any other actress working today.
Meryl Streep dominated her day in English language filmmaking and now Nicole has inherited the mantle.
I'd be curious if anyone here has a better candidate.
(I admire Paltrow but she hasn't the track record, yet, and she's currently preggers so she won't be galloping to the front anytime soon).

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Toni Collette nt - Analog Scott 07:26:06 02/23/06 (0)
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Her cans would look larger if she was shorter. * - mr grits 17:44:15 02/22/06 (0)
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You must have found the Bong! - Jim Campilongo 16:39:52 02/22/06 (0)
She is the weak link in almost all of those films.
Imagine Kate Winslet or Rachel Weisz in any of those Kidman roles ... Dogville especially! The result would be a more balanced films with a clearer character reading.
She was passable in "Dead Calm" and good in "To Die For". I'll grant you that.
You have GOT to be kidding??? - EdM 12:56:36 02/22/06 (26)
Kidman is one of the most overrated actresses today and always has been. She shows NO emotion or range whatsoever. Hell Angelina Jolie emotes about a thousand times better.
In the very films you sited she just shows up and collects a paycheck. Talk about cold as ice....
Music is Emotion
- There are some good actresses in Europe, too... (nt) - orejones 03:52:17 02/23/06 (1)
  - Tell us a few of your favorites. nt - tinear 04:43:13 02/23/06 (0)
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- Re: You have GOT to be kidding??? - TAFKA Steve 16:33:14 02/22/06 (0)
  She was also very good in "Flirting" opposite Thandie Newton. Both of them were very young and pretty at the time.
- Many roles in a Victorian dress, of her own choosing or mere role disallow range? nt. - yata 16:12:59 02/22/06 (0)
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- You, quite obviously, haven't seen Dogville. I strongly suspect you - tinear 16:11:26 02/22/06 (1)
  haven't seen The Others, either.
  Her performance in it, when as a mother she realizes her children are in mortal danger, is as "hot-blooded" as humanly can be portrayed. Well, you like Angelina, enough said.
  - Re: You, quite obviously, haven't seen Dogville. I strongly suspect you - EdM 06:09:27 02/23/06 (0)
    Yes, I did and to call Dogville anything other than dogshit is a complement is doesn't deserve.
    The Others was a joke.
    How about Birth? That was almost as much dogshit as dogville.
    Stepford Wives? Ha!
    Sorry, Kidman should be the laughing stock of the acting world.
    And I didn't say I love Jolie I was just using her for an example.
    Music is Emotion
- Your right. She is cold and sexless. - Victor Khomenko 14:39:18 02/22/06 (16)
  Her VERY early promise evaporated quickly. I would just as much enjoy looking at wallpaper.
  - Cold and sexless? You must mean Natalie Portman, the little - tinear 16:20:10 02/22/06 (15)
    girl-woman who is destined never to grow up (think Sandra Dee without the curves).
    See "Dead Calm" and see how red-blooded the redhead can be... and this was in '89! A major talent, already, at that age in a rather mundane thriller, though with two damn good other actors.
    Eyes Wide Shut: a crappy movie but... she had me quite interested, especially in those scenes where she walked around in her skivvies.
    But the fuckability index ain't what a female actress should be rated, talent-wise, on... is it?
    Where would Bette Davis be, then? Or Keaton, Streep, Davis (Judy and Geena), and many others?
    Kidman often plays strong women and, to some men, that's a "problem."
    Of course, there are plenty of Ang Jolies and other candy for those guys...
    - Dead Calm was the early promise Victor spoke of... - EdM 06:11:40 02/23/06 (3)
      her one and ONLY decent film.
      Music is Emotion
      - He-he... that is correct! The remake of Polanski's Knife in the Water - Victor Khomenko 06:31:15 02/23/06 (2)
        
        In Reply to: Dead Calm was the early promise Victor spoke of... posted by EdM on February 23, 2006 at 06:11:40:
        
        How did you know?
        
        Re: He-he... that is correct! The remake of Polanski's Knife in the Water - Pondfish 17:05:25 02/24/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: He-he... that is correct! The remake of Polanski's Knife in the Water posted by Victor Khomenko on February 23, 2006 at 06:31:15:
        
        I thought the woman in Knife in the Water was fetching....
        Larry
        
        Had to be- it's her only good one. NT - EdM 10:35:46 02/23/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: He-he... that is correct! The remake of Polanski's Knife in the Water posted by Victor Khomenko on February 23, 2006 at 06:31:15:
        
        NT
        Music is Emotion
    - Kidman: forehead like the dome of St. Pauls, eyes of a ferret. nt - dave c 16:23:16 02/22/06 (10)
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      - Well...If you don't see the beauty of this woman...your beyond help... - TWB 23:29:17 02/23/06 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Kidman: forehead like the dome of St. Pauls, eyes of a ferret. nt posted by dave c on February 22, 2006 at 16:23:16:
        
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        Is there a real person beneath all the computer "enhancements"? nt - dave c 13:09:48 02/24/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Well...If you don't see the beauty of this woman...your beyond help... posted by TWB on February 23, 2006 at 23:29:17:
        
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      - Re: LOL! Excellent!!! thanks for the laugh, dave (nt) - Jeff Starrs 01:43:30 02/23/06 (7)
        
        In Reply to: Kidman: forehead like the dome of St. Pauls, eyes of a ferret. nt posted by dave c on February 22, 2006 at 16:23:16:
        
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        Bizarrely, I have never seen a supposedly beautiful woman who... - dave c 06:00:28 02/23/06 (6)
        
        In Reply to: Re: LOL! Excellent!!! thanks for the laugh, dave (nt) posted by Jeff Starrs on February 23, 2006 at 01:43:30:
        
        ... has so many hiseous pictures...
        I guess the camera just doesn't like her!
        
        Re: Well, let's face it... - Jeff Starrs 09:48:42 02/23/06 (4)
        
        In Reply to: Bizarrely, I have never seen a supposedly beautiful woman who... posted by dave c on February 23, 2006 at 06:00:28:
        
        ..would YOU marry Tom Cruise?
        
        she had her reasons (and so did he)... - dave c 12:59:43 02/23/06 (3)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Well, let's face it... posted by Jeff Starrs on February 23, 2006 at 09:48:42:
        
        ... and presumably money and a contract was part of the agreement.
        I still find it hard to comprehend how in this day and age someone like Cruise has to put up a pretense of being heterosexual.
        
        Re: when he's dead... - Jeff Starrs 13:04:42 02/23/06 (2)
        
        In Reply to: she had her reasons (and so did he)... posted by dave c on February 23, 2006 at 12:59:43:
        
        ..everything will be ok, like Monty Clift & Tony Curtis.
        Only they were better actors, of course.
        
        Tony's rep is bisexual, with hetero being dominant. nt - tinear 17:03:31 02/23/06 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: when he's dead... posted by Jeff Starrs on February 23, 2006 at 13:04:42:
        
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        Re: Tony's rep is bisexual, with hetero being dominant. nt - Jeff Starrs 11:14:53 02/24/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Tony's rep is bisexual, with hetero being dominant. nt posted by tinear on February 23, 2006 at 17:03:31:
        
        You his PR man?
        ;0)
        
        Agreed. I said it before.... - grantv 09:46:31 02/23/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Bizarrely, I have never seen a supposedly beautiful woman who... posted by dave c on February 23, 2006 at 06:00:28:
        
        ... I'll say it again. I think her best suited role was Bewitched. To me she has a natural look for that role (witchy, not in a good way). As for her other movies:
        -Moulin Rouge. Both my wife and I couldn't watch more than 20 minutes. I VERY rarely don't watch any movie through. This one I could not.
        -The others. Enjoyed it, but somewhat forgetable.
        -Dogville. Never seen it.
        -Eyes Wide Shut. Also turned it off. Crap (to me).
        -Dead calm. Barely remember it, too long ago. Remember enjoying it somewhat.
        -The one she recently made with Sean Penn. A bit disjointed I thought (the movie).
        I don't remember her acting being anything memorable in anything I've seen.
- Agree w/Tin and TAFKA - To Die For - Road Warrior 13:59:16 02/22/06 (1)
  What a role. She nailed that part, as she did the tramp., and a very sexy tramp she was, in the movie with Anthony Hopkins (forget the name). She was broke, and you knew she just wouldn't get fixed. Angelie Jolie in that role? I don't think so. Laura Croft Tomb Raider? LOL.
  I'd put both her and Paltrow on the medal pedestal. Whichever one gets gold is fine by me. FWIW, fookin' Moulin Rouge was great!
  
  "E Burres Stigano"
  - To Die For - WinthorpeIII 16:11:18 02/22/06 (0)
    The movie was written for Meg Ryan. She basically did a Meg Ryan impersonation for the tone of her character.
- Re: You have GOT to be kidding??? - TAFKA Steve 13:02:23 02/22/06 (0)
  Her iciness worked very well in the film "To Die For."
Don't forget Bewitched and Stepford Wives.(ny) - Jack G 12:14:45 02/22/06 (2)
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- please let me try to forget them... please... nt - dave c 18:56:41 02/22/06 (1)
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  - LOL (nt) - Jack G 07:30:31 02/23/06 (0)
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