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Has he ever portrayed a character of low or average intelligence?

posted 4 years ago by WrepDrep (380)
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It seems he always has to be the wisest, or at least above average in intelligence.

Bruce Almighty: God himself.
Batman: Genius inventor.
Shawshank: As wise as a prisoner can be.
Se7en: Extremely competent detective.
Driving Ms Daisy: As wise as a chauffeur can be.
Unforgiven: Overshadowed by Clint, but he was wise as well.
Under Suspicion: Wise.
Lucky Number Slevin: The Boss.
Million Dollar Baby: Wise.
Invictus: Nelson Mandela.
Now You See Me: Wise. The negative traits from the first movie were written off in the sequel.

I haven't watched all of his movies. Is there a movie where he isn't intellectually stimulating?

[–] rudeboymurray (3278) 4 years ago

In Street Smart - brilliant performance in a mediocre movie - he isn’t exactly stupid but is outwitted by an idiotic wooden journalist. Great breakthrough work by Freeman as a truly despicable character.

[–] ATG6 (3000) 3 years ago

In Olympus Has Fallen he plays a President so dimwitted he has to be rescued by Gerard Butler.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 3 years ago

I think Aaron Eckhart played the President . Morgan Freeman was the president in Deep Impact

[–] HelpMeRhonda (1158) 3 years ago

He was Vice President in Olympus.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 3 years ago

Right but that’s not the President and he didn’t need to be rescued by Gerard Butler, that was Aaron Eckhart

[–] HelpMeRhonda (1158) 3 years ago

Very good.

[–] sut6432 (2908) 3 years ago

In “Hard Rain” he’s pretty much just a standard criminal if I remember correctly.

[–] LookMaAFag (145) 3 years ago

Brubaker he plays an insane inmate in solitary

[–] Ace_Spade (9552) 3 years ago

You missed Robin Hood where he invents the telescope long before it was invented.

It's just his vibe. It'd be hard to buy him as low-intelligence - especially now that audiences know him as wise.