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- Ben Kingsley is also awarded the overacting category.
- His performance is considered too emphatic and insufficiently playful.
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- Ben Kingsley receives the actor-in-a-different-movie award.
- His tragic interpretation of Cosmo is contrasted with the other actors’ comic caper performances.
The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
The magical black box and Ben Kingsley’s performance divide the panel.
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- Selects the unexplained black box and questions how it could decrypt everything. — Kyle Brandt
- Ben Kingsley is selected as the weak link for seeming to perform in a different movie.
- Cosmo’s awkward short run is mocked as especially unconvincing beside Redford’s athleticism.
- Kingsley’s intensely serious account of Cosmo is contrasted with the rest of the cast’s lighthearted caper.
- The panel reads Cosmo’s plea for Marty to stay as possible romantic attachment.
- Doubts about Kingsley’s choices are tempered by praise for his Sopranos appearance.
- Finds it funny that a brief run is being treated as the film’s weak link. — Joanna Robinson
- Cosmo’s inconsistent accent is criticized.
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