louobedlam:

Yes, Kate Hudson was excellent in Almost Famous.

And nothing else.

So what occupies my thoughts now is this:

is it that she’s not really a good actress, but ended up in a Ray Liotta in Goodfellas situation? That the role just suited her actual personality perfectly?

OR

is it that she’s a decent actress thrown into the gaping maw of Hollywood, that the only roles she’s gotten are the stock female leads in routine rom-coms? That her reward for doing a great job in Almost Famous is to have a career as just another pretty face in a series of films no one will remember?

And which is worse?

I think I would add Colin Farrell as the male corollary to the Kate Hudson Dilemma™ - with In Bruges subbing in for Almost Famous, and inane action movies standing in for sappy romantic-comedies…though the timeline is inverted. Imaginarium gives his career a more hopeful prognosis, though.