Pube-headed professional white boy Justin Timberlake has had his ‘acting’ debut universally panned by critics.
Timberlake – a man so lacking in personality he could work in Wetherspoons – took on the task of extending his acting talons in Edison, in which he slips not-so-expertly into the shoes of "a cub reporter exposing police corruption."
And – according to reports – Justin’s primary-school readthrough of a performance is nothing short of rubbish.
Variety magazine – kings of insider Hollywood gossip and bizarre slang-driven headlines – likened poor Justin Timberlake (CDs) to "a reporter from Seventeen magazine." The Hollywood Reporter was a little kinder, referring to this thespian non-endeavour as being "green but earnest".
It’s not as if Timberlake can hide his awfulness (Keanu Reeves-style) by surrounding himself with wonderful distractions. The whole cast of Edison have all been given the journalistic equivalent of a hooded-mob happy slapping – no mean feat when you realise that it consists of Oscar-guzzling luminaries like Kevin Spacey and Morgan Freeman.
Just to recap, then: Edison is "a star-studded dud of a B-picture" that reels out "a parade of cliches" with "enough posturing to start up a chiropractic clinic".
Still. Probably not as bad as Revolver.
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[story by C J Davies]
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Critics are known to give opinions basied on there own dislike for the actor. I’ll wait to see the movie myself before I listen to them.
You confess your bias against Justin in the first line. Do you expect anyone to take your obviously biased review seriously?
Also, one can’t be “universally panned” and yet get a positive review from The Hollywood Reporter and a fair-to-middling review from Vareity.
Try to do better next time.
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