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Did ANYONE think Cameron did good in this movie???

No I'm not saying she is the greatest Actress, because she's not to high on my list. But for an Actress whose movie credits doesn't contain the most highly thought of roles, I think she deserves some credit for this movie. She had to have a lot of pressure, I mean who wouldn't being in a Scorsese film. Anyway any thoughts or do you agree???

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she probably felt pressure for the fact that she was brought in by the studio in order for him to secure that 85 million dollar budget or whatever it was. She wasn't Scorsese's first choice, and therefore I can only imagine he wrung her absolutely dry trying to get the best possible performance out of her. So, yeah, she did all right considering. I think her presence alongside DiCaprio causes many to turn up their nose at its 'commercial' aura, but considering how good both leads were Scorsese could have done a lot worse.

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I love the film, but the 1 thing that prevents it from being a masterpiece is the clear mistcasting of Diaz.

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To me there were a lot of out-of-place actors in this movie, including DiCaprio; but even though I felt the same about Diaz, she was the least out-of-place of them all. I'll give her that.

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Diaz and DiCaprio are both miscast in this movie. I wanted to like it. Daniel Day Lewis was great. But, these other two missed the target in their performances.

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DiCaprio miscast in this film? Now that's just silly.

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DiCaprio miscast in this film? Now that's just silly.
No, it isn't. DiCaprio's an absolutely wonderful actor. But you needed a less megastar actor in this role. You see too much DiCaprio than you do the character.

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I thought Cameron Diaz was an odd choice for the role she was given. But in the end, she was adequate. She doesn't ruin the film as others have maintained, but rather her presence functions as a harmless element.

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She did great.

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I thought she was good

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For the time, Diaz was a bad choice, an excellent opp for her, she did ok.

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I just read that Sarah Polley was originally to be cast after Sarah Michelle Gellar dropped out (not unhappy about that), but Polley would have been so good in this role.

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I liked her. It's annoying hearing again and again that Diaz was miscast or that they should have cut her out.

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agreed.. she was good enough

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I thought Cameron was great considering it was a very different kind of role than what she usually does (romantic comedies).

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Cameron did good for being so out of her element. She was really sexy too (her sexiest role besides the Mask.)

She wasn't the best choice for the role but she made it work.

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I thought she did fine. It's probably one of my favorite roles for her, second to "Vanilla Sky" (didn't like the movie but I thought she was excellent in it). Personally, I liked all three leads (although Lewis is obviously the star of this film).

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She actually surprised me. At first I rolled my eyes but she did okay. They could've got someone better but they could've done much worse.

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Thought she did a great job. Never understood the hate.

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I thought she was amazing. She can be quite under-rated, SOMETIMES. She can also suck, but I thought she was amazing in this.

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No she was terrible!

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I don't think she was Oscar worthy or anything, but I think she's solid in the part and that it's her best performance. I probably would have cast an actual Irish actress, but she wasn't terrible and she certainly didn't "ruin the movie".

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Cameron Diaz was neither hot, nor cold. And so, since she was lukewarm, I spit her out! To use a quote from the film.

"The heat has a taste. It tastes like a flame. You drink up the flame as it burns your flesh away."

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I typically don't like her at all, so i had lowered expectations. But I gotta say she did very well.
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