Among the actors in "Watchmen," she was the least impressive. Her
character has an ambivalent quality, doing what others expect of her,
so that may explain some of it. But, next to Patrick Wilson, Billy
Crudup, Jackie Haley and - ta-da! - the magnificent Carla G., she
paled.

On Mar 6, 11:49 am, "Mark J." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I asked this question on my Facebook page and so far have no response,
> so I'll pose it to those of you who've seen "Watchmen":
>
> The Chicago Tribune's Michael Phillips, in his one-and-one-half star
> review of the film (Ebert gave it four stars), calls Malin Akerman
> (Silk Spectre II) "the worst actress in Hollywood."  Since I've only
> seen her play what seemed to be a heightened version of herself as the
> character Juma on "The Comeback" (with any bad acting in the show-
> within-a-show "Room and Bored" seemingly on purpose) and thought she
> was believable--is she really as bad as Phillips says she is?  (Ebert
> doesn't say one way or the other.)
>
> As if and when I see the movie, I'm going to be paying any attention
> to Akerman when Carla Gugino's in the picture.
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