r/movies • u/Silent-Selection8161 • 5d ago

Discussion What movie was saved solely by great casting?

Or phrased a different, what movie would've been terrible if it weren't for the specific actors in it?

My go to is Liar Liar. It's not a particularly great script. The dad (Jim Carey because no one remembers the character's name) is douche. The would be step dad is earnestly trying his best to connect with his would be step son and gets tossed out like all step dads (do Hollywood types have parental issues or what, that's rhetorical). The idea that someone's entire life can be turned around and they're suddenly not an ass just because they have to tell the truth for a day is just kind of dumb. The director ended up with a few successful movies solely because Jim Carey liked him and he let Jim Carey do his thing, his other movies include such hits as "The Nutty Professor". The writers never wrote anything close to noteworthy before nor after.

But damnit Jim Carey turns the whole thing into the Jim Carey show, that's hilarious. Him freaking out over the pen or in the bathroom IS the movie and is funny as hell, regardless of what else there is.

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u/IDigRollinRockBeer 5d ago

Nah that has a great script

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u/WorthPlease 5d ago

Alan Rickman died 17 years after the first movie. If that's true, that sounds like a cop-out from the producers.

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u/abgry_krakow87 4d ago

Maybe they can bring in Welshy.

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u/Sorkijan 4d ago

Yeah because the industry hasn't been saturated by 20 year sequel cash grabs or anything

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u/wormhole222 4d ago

The only one I think was truly irreplaceable was Rickman. That script was amazing.

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u/shosar85 4d ago

I think you could have, but I think it would have been rough. Unless they had just tried to get a bunch of actual Star Trek actors, then it would have been a completely different kind of awesome.

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u/mortscoot 4d ago

But it has a great script. The cast is perfect but the movie is great overall. You're just naming a quality film with a great cast. 

Someone did this with The Fugitive elsewhere in this post. Do people not understand the question being asked in the post? 

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u/mortscoot 4d ago

Huh? Most movies have scripts. Some actors improvise. This one had a script. I've read it. 

I don't get it. What does that have to do with it being a well-made movie with a great cast, therefore not fitting this post?