Pink is also her signature colorWe haven't done a Reese episode of Posterized yet?
I OBJECT!
America's one time sweetheart (we go through them rapidly) is currently courting hearts again, albeit in much thornier and more adult settings. She's uptight and deskbound, if not quite straight-laced, as Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball in Inherent Vice and wandering and raggedy as the grieving Cheryl Strayed on the Pacific Crest Trail in Wild. The latter is expected to bring her Nomination #2 for Best Actress (more on that category tomorrow) and the former reunites her with Joaquin Phoenix, who helped her to Oscar win #1 in Walk the Line.
Since her Oscar win, Reese has been doing her own sort of wandering... away from the A list. Not really -- you can't really rub that off you when you're as charismatic as she! But a wandering away from something. The films weren't grabbing people and Reese didn't seem as dazzingly invested. Apparently she'll be discussing her career's most quiet period tomorrow night on 60 Minutes claiming that post-Phillipe-divorce (2008)...
I spent a few years just trying to feel better ... you can't really be creative when you feel like your brain is scrambled eggs,
Hence this year's "Reeseurgence" which had a wee preamble with the indies Mud and The Devil's Knot last year. Wild went wide this weekend adding over 900 screens (I love it and hope you'll go see it) and it seems like a great time to glance back as Reese makes such a memory-filled trek onscreen...
HOW MANY HAVE YOU SEEN?
Reese's filmography in chronological poster form after the jump
The Child Star Years (1991-1993)
Man in the Moon (more dazzling debuts are difficult to find), A Far Off Place and Jack the Bear
Teen Stardom (1994-1998)
Friskier roles with a few classy supporting gigs (aka chances to work with major older actors like Susan Sarandon and Gene Hackman)
Emergent Superstar (1999-2001)
From the Madame Tourvel Jr. role in Cruel Intentions through the shoulda-been-Oscar-nominated comic brilliance of Election through to her superstar success as Elle Woods, Reese was on fire.
Reese On Top (2002-2006)
With A list careers it's sometimes one slow heavily applauded, money showered walk to your coronation (Walk the Line) and the ocassional flops disappear quickly in the consciousness
Diminishing Returns (2006-2012)
Penelope, Rendition, Four Christmases, How Do You Know, Water for Elephants, This Means War... Four Christmases made big bank but was anyone happy with this string of releases (including Reese herself?)
The Reeseurgence (2013-2014)
Are you enjoying it?
How many have you seen and which that you missed would you love to catch up with?