Worst big-name actor working

With virtually no real competition.

 

Actors: Owen Wilson, Shia Lebeouf, Martin Lawrence, Eddie Murphy

Actresses: Drew Barrymoore, Cameron Diaz, Jessica Alba, Katie Holmes

 

DeNiro is one of the best ever, but he's in more bad movies than just about any great actor ever.

I'm guessing the big paydays are a little harder to come by when you're pushing 70.

 

I was really hoping Ferrell would continue on his "Stranger than Fiction" track - he can be as deadpan and funny as Charles Grodin - don't know why he went with five or six straight "man-child/spaz" type roles. Maybe he figures he better make the sports movies now while he still can.

And the recent movie with Pacino and DeNiro was Righteous Kill, a movie as forgettable as its title.

 

For big name actors I would go with Cruise.

As far as worst actor overall, no one can touch Channing Tatum.

 

Jack Black

 

Ferrell is going to stick to the Adam Sandler model as much as he can... Give them what they want and then branch out once every five years or so...

I haven't seen Funny People yet, but I loved Sandler in Spanglish and Punch Drunk. I also liked Ferrell in Stranger than Fiction, but he hasn't even come close to doing another part like that one.

 

Jack Black would be up there. I don't think I've ever liked a movie where he was the lead. I don't know if King Kong counts, which he was OK in...

 

Sandler is the only one who could challenge Ferrell when it comes to awful.

 

for the Will Ferrell haters, go see Stranger Than Fiction.

 

I thought School Of Rock was decent.