Every time, despite the acclaim he has received throughout his career, reviewers somehow seem surprised at what he is capable of. – Is Tom Hanks the last great movie star?Įvery few years, though, he gives a performance that makes the world reconsider him yet again: his understated performance as an ex-criminal in Joe (2013), his depiction of petrifying, guttural grief in Mandy (2019) or, most recently, his heartbreaking turn as a man on a mission to recover his beloved truffle pig in Pig (2020). – The Northman review: "Not weird enough" And on the other, since the 2010s, his name has become synonymous with direct-to-streaming action films that are low on plot and high on explosives, while causing critics to scoff and fuelling an ironic online fandom propelled by YouTube clip compilations with titles such as " Nicolas Cage freak outs".
On the one hand, he has an Oscar, for 1995's Leaving Las Vegas and has worked with everyone Martin Scorsese to David Lynch and Werner Herzog. In an episode of the US sitcom Community, trying to find the answer to this cosmic-sized query almost drives Abed Nadir mad. Is Nicolas Cage a good or bad actor? This question might be a Schrödinger's cat of pop culture.
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