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What's the deal with Ali McGraw

posted 21 years ago by SammyK
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Can some one tell me what is up with Ali McGraw?

Maybe it's because I'm from a younger generation, but what is the appeal (aside from maybe her ability to look pretty)? This woman couldn't act her way out of a paper bag. Her range of emotions: stone-face-pouty, stone-face happy, stone-face sad... Her delivery : monotone, lacking in inflection or emotion. What gives? She makes Andie MacDowell look like Meryl Streep!

Her performance nearly ruined this Sam Peckinpah classic for me!

[–] m-slovak79 16 years ago

well i think MacGraw was overall on the negative side (especially during certain scenes or when she says certain lines) in terms of acting... but at the end of the day she looks great ;)

and it's like people said... overall McQueen and MacGraw worked overall well together.

either way if you liked her or not... the movie as a whole was pretty good ;) ... i just got done watching it for the second time and my original vote for it was a 7/10... and now im debating between a 7-8/10 for it... so in other words i overall agree with it's current average rating of 7.5/10.

[–] lightfootsalive 16 years ago

It's generally a bad idea to act in movies with your girlfriend.
Just ask Clint Eastwood.

[–] WhatsInAUserID 15 years ago

I like the idea that it's hard for someone of the 'younger generation' to understand why she would have been cast in this film just because of her beauty. Why exactly do you think Megan Fox is getting cast in films these days?

[–] franzkabuki 15 years ago

As I understand it, had she not run off with McQueen, her then-hubby Evans would have cast her in Chinatown as Evelyn Mulwray so... thank god for McQueen. One can only imagine what horrorshow it woulda been to witness her try to wiggle her way out of what was an even more demanding role. She was awful enough here, in The Getaway.

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