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Tea Leoni is a horrible actress

posted 15 years ago by ralph_knight2002
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tea leone is just a horrible actress. she cannot act for anyone's sake. no wonder i recently read that review that she seems so wooden. it wouldnt hurt her if she added a little emotion to her acting, would make it seem more authentic. but then again, she's a bad actress in the first place. i still remember her stupid role in jurassic park 3, she just can't act and only people with serious lack of knowledge about acting would say "ooohh she's a great actor" - which she simply isn't.

[–] Papa_76 11 years ago

The only movie I liked her in was Bad Boys.

[–] mjd_subs2 11 years ago

I have avoided this movie and all others with her because I don't like her acting style. I'm not going to debate if she is a good actress or not, but I do not care for her at all and it's enough to make me not watch movies with her in them. I finally watched "Spanglish" today and I still don't like her acting. It has nothing to do with her character which is written to be unlikeable. I just think there are many more talented people that deserve a chance in Hollywood. Like Aniston, I just don't get the appeal at all. Anybody can have a cute hairstyle.

"Get busy living, or get busy dying." Andy (The Shawshank Redemption)

[–] WCinLV 10 years ago

Well all of you haters can hate on, while she continues to have a great career and life and all you continue to have is anger and a keyboard to sustain you. LOL

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[–] rbwild 9 years ago

I think you miss the point of the character and her portrayal of her. Tea Leoni nailed this character. More than any actress probably could. Deborah is a horrible human being who needs to be run over by a cement mixer and that is exactly how Tea Leoni played her. I think the reason you didn't like her portrayal is because you didn't like the character, and that is the mark of a good actress.

[–] DagNastyEvil 9 years ago

I think she played her character in Spanglish to perfection: shallow fitness freak that you just want to punch.

[–] clupo154 8 years ago

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks this. She's unbearable in everything she's in.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (6437) 4 years ago

She's quite a good actress and she was brave to take on the role of such an unappealing character. Amazing yoga abilities too!