The Natural

The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award

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  • Madsen is one host's first instinct: over the top, with no clear character, and kind of a dumbass.
  • A case can be made for literally everyone in the movie, but especially Kim Basinger as Memo, deliberately over the top since the character went to Hollywood to be a starlet and performs for whoever she is with, raising whether Gus, Roy or anyone sees her true self; Prosky as the judge, with the lamp going on, is also loved.
  • Basinger is agreed as a good one, with bad acting in the scene where she tries to shoot Roy, and both hosts land on her.