Best & Worst Performances – by the Same Actors – of 2012

2012 offered no shortage of acting yin-and-yangs, with five actors in particular meriting notice for giving some of the year’s best — and worst — performances

ELIZABETH BANKS

Worst: “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”

Stuck with a hacky script and aimless direction, Banks feels particularly adrift here, unable to make her businesswoman-turned-pregnant-hormonal-wreck feel anything but grotesque and caricatured. If anything, it’s an object example of why actresses like Banks become producers: to avoid getting stuck in crap projects like this one.

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