What was the last good Kevin Spacey movie? (IT'S A POLL)

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
American Beauty (1999) .... Lester Burnham	10
L.A. Confidential (1997) .... Det. Sgt. Jack Vincennes	8
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) .... James 'Jim' Williams	3
Hurlyburly (1998) .... Mickey	3
The Big Kahuna (1999) .... Larry Mann	3
A Bug's Life (1998) (voice) .... Hopper	2
Se7en (1995) .... John Doe	2
K-PAX (2001) .... Prot	2
Superman Returns (2006) .... Lex Luthor	2
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) .... John Williamson	1
The Life of David Gale (2003) .... David Gale	1
The Ref (1994) .... Lloyd Chasseur	1
The Usual Suspects (1995) .... Roger 'Verbal' Kint	0
Working Girl (1988) .... Bob Speck	0
Swimming with Sharks (1994) .... Buddy Ackerman	0
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) .... Kirgo	0
Dad (1989) .... Mario	0
Iron Will (1994) .... Harry Kingsley	0
A Show of Force (1990) .... Frank Curtin	0
Henry & June (1990) .... Richard Osborn	0
Consenting Adults (1992) .... Eddy Otis	0
Outbreak (1995) .... Maj. Casey Schuler	0
A Time to Kill (1996) .... D.A. Rufus Buckley	0
Fred Claus (2007) (post-production) .... Clyde	0
Edison (2005) .... Levon Wallace	0
Beyond the Sea (2004) .... Bobby Darin	0
The United States of Leland (2003) .... Albert T. Fitzgerald	0
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) .... Kevin Spacey as Dr. Evil in 'Austinpussy'	0
The Shipping News (2001) .... Quoyle	0
Pay It Forward (2000) .... Eugene Simonet	0
Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) .... Michael Lynch	0
The Negotiator (1998) .... Lt. Chris Sabian	0
21 (2008) (post-production) .... Mickey Rosa	0
Rocket Gibraltar (1988) .... Dwayne Hanson	0

― abanana, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:05 (nineteen years ago)

he's busy with the the8tre

― gabbneb, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:07 (nineteen years ago)

was beyond the sea any good? i voted for LA confidential.

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:09 (nineteen years ago)

It's very extremely painfully obvious it's LA Confidential.

― Drooone, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:12 (nineteen years ago)

discount fred claus at your peril

― tremendoid, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:37 (nineteen years ago)

Most of the movie names listed after LA Confidential are made up, right?

― Kerm, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:40 (nineteen years ago)

Pay It Forward FTW

― milo z, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:46 (nineteen years ago)

does he still show up to awards shows with his mom? that's classic old school hollywood style for closet cases, a la Clifton Webb.

― gershy, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:55 (nineteen years ago)

he's very cute in that pic. i think LA Conf was best of what i've seen. also good tho in The Shipping News.

― SusanD, Thursday, 17 May 2007 05:00 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.cineclub.de/images/2002/k-pax_18.jpg

― gershy, Thursday, 17 May 2007 05:02 (nineteen years ago)

Se7en

― Eric H., Thursday, 17 May 2007 05:04 (nineteen years ago)

the shipping news was gawdawful, sorry...

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 17 May 2007 05:08 (nineteen years ago)

parts of it/and some casting didn't work at all. still thought he was good

― SusanD, Thursday, 17 May 2007 05:26 (nineteen years ago)

No love for hammy Lex Luthor then?

― ailsa, Thursday, 17 May 2007 06:56 (nineteen years ago)

Since the poll isn't about his best movie, only the most recent good one, I went with David Gale. I think I'm the only person in the country who liked it, tho.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 May 2007 07:29 (nineteen years ago)

The Big Kahuna is really underrated.

― John Justen, Thursday, 17 May 2007 07:35 (nineteen years ago)

k-pax all the way. whaddamovie

― latebloomer, Thursday, 17 May 2007 09:05 (nineteen years ago)

Dr. Mark Powell: on the reproductive process of K-paxians: If it's such a pain procedure, then how do you reproduce?
Prot: As carefully as possible.

― latebloomer, Thursday, 17 May 2007 09:08 (nineteen years ago)

shame they didn't do a tie-in with tampax. that would've opened the film to a whole new demographic.

namely, vaginas.

― latebloomer, Thursday, 17 May 2007 09:14 (nineteen years ago)

i like 'the negotiator'.

― That one guy that quit, Thursday, 17 May 2007 09:17 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/bugs-life-DVD%20cover.jpg

― ghost rider, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:21 (nineteen years ago)

he's lucky he did Big Kahuna and that I've watched it otherwise I guess LA Confidential even though that movie is basically stupid overlong pulp

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:25 (nineteen years ago)

I liked "Superman Returns".

― HI DERE, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:26 (nineteen years ago)

That's because you're stupid.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:27 (nineteen years ago)

The best part of the Big Kahuna though is when Danny Devito has his dream sequence suicide, just kind of nonchalantly tipping himself out the hotel window during a party

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:28 (nineteen years ago)

That's because you're stupid.

No, that's because I have no standards; get it right.

― HI DERE, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:34 (nineteen years ago)

all thru Superman Returns i was thinking 'this is dumb...that doesn't really work' but i still cried a bit when he visits his sleeping son. Spacey is the best thing about it but he doesn't get to hit top gear in his role which is a shame.

i haven't seen many Spacey films but i voted K-Pax just to fuck wit y'all

― blueski, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:40 (nineteen years ago)

wait, i'm the only person who kind of likes midnight in the garden of good and evil, aren't i

― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 17 May 2007 14:08 (nineteen years ago)

VOTE FOR THE REF

― David R., Thursday, 17 May 2007 14:09 (nineteen years ago)

I kind of like MitGoGaG but I only saw half of it before falling asleep.

― HI DERE, Thursday, 17 May 2007 14:09 (nineteen years ago)

omigod he was in Goldmember?!

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 17 May 2007 14:10 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, he was the member.

― HI DERE, Thursday, 17 May 2007 14:11 (nineteen years ago)

PAY THAT SHIT FORWARD

― sanskrit, Thursday, 17 May 2007 14:11 (nineteen years ago)

I can't decide if "Pay It Forward" or "K-Pax" or "The Life of David Gale" is the most useless movie on that resume.

― HI DERE, Thursday, 17 May 2007 14:13 (nineteen years ago)

no wonder you can't decide with that glaring lack of standards

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 17 May 2007 14:19 (nineteen years ago)

K-Pax. God, I am still so angry.

― Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows, Thursday, 17 May 2007 14:22 (nineteen years ago)

No love for hammy Lex Luthor then?

Some from me, but only because he was basically doing homage to Gene Hackman.

Wow, Spacey has made some stinking films. His accent in Ordinary Decent Criminal is more of a fuck-you to the Irish people than any misery Brad Pitt ever inflicted on us. Though still, nothing beats Tom Cruise.

― accentmonkey, Thursday, 17 May 2007 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

Superman Returns was nice, but not notable. The big Kahuna nearly hit it's mark and Spacey was fun. Midnight in the Garden was good, if a little self indulgent, and not quite as clever as was intended. Never read the book. Spacey was more than competent and a pleasure to watch.

― Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows, Thursday, 17 May 2007 14:29 (nineteen years ago)

'94-'95: the killer trifecta of Swimming with Sharks, Usual Suspects, and Se7en

― Joe, Thursday, 17 May 2007 14:44 (nineteen years ago)

swimming with sharks is a weak movie tho.

― That one guy that quit, Thursday, 17 May 2007 14:46 (nineteen years ago)

swimming with sharks is a weak movie tho.

-- That one guy that quit, Thursday, May 17, 2007 9:46 AM (2 hours ago)

RONG.

― John Justen, Thursday, 17 May 2007 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

WRIGHT

― David R., Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

I voted for "Hurlyburly" -- not the world's finest movie, but it's interesting, and he's great in it.

― kenan, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

no, ally. i liked midnight in the garden of good and evil too

― remy bean, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

shipping news is the funniest movie of whatever year it came out in

― gff, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

Pay It Forward, although not as "WTF are you doing?" as K-PAX, still somehow manages to actually be a worse movie.

― John Justen, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:30 (nineteen years ago)

Edison (2005) .... Levon Wallace

neva hoid of it

― gff, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

I think I watched about four minutes of "Pay It Forward" before going "This is the cinematic equivalent of a nutsack" and cancelling HBO.

― HI DERE, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

That's like cancelling The Movie Channel for showing Alone in the Dark!

― David R., Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

The only movie showing on my flight back from Ireland?

Pay It Forward

(To make it better, the only option on the way over was that fucking Cuba Gooding Jr./De Niro navy divers movie.)

― John Justen, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

I liked Big Kahuna but I'm hesitant to vote for it, for fear that my vote might be seen as an implication that I thought American Beauty was good.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

Psh, like I'd ever order The Movie Channel.

John, I'd watch that navy movie a million times if only for the dismemberment.

― HI DERE, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:37 (nineteen years ago)

(If choosing between that and "Pay It Forward", I mean.)

― HI DERE, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

Psh, like I'd ever order The Movie Channel.

Psh, like you have standards!

― David R., Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

I also voted for Hurlyburly as Meg Ryan got pushed out of a moving car.

― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:40 (nineteen years ago)

he's so horrible.

LA Confidential hands down

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

Psh, like you have standards!

When it comes to me paying every month for some crap, I do!

― HI DERE, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:46 (nineteen years ago)

Saw him do O'Neill twice onstage, credibly; he's a good actor who was sorta destroyed by becoming a movie star.

― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

I also voted for Hurlyburly as Meg Ryan got pushed out of a moving car.

And Gary Shandling as Evil Incarnate! Who knew?

― kenan, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:48 (nineteen years ago)

I thought Midnight... was pretty good, but I may have only seen half of it in a hotel room.

― Jordan, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:48 (nineteen years ago)

that fucking Cuba Gooding Jr./De Niro navy divers movie

what a wierd movie! was the world crying out for a very serious film about dudes in old timey brass helmets??

― gff, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:48 (nineteen years ago)

Carl Brashear, born in 1931 to sharecroppers, joins the Navy and, after watching the heroics of Billy Sunday, the White son of a sharecropper, determines to become the Navy's first African-American diver. At the Bayonne, N.J., divers' training camp, Sunday is his instructor, and Brasher must endure hazing verging on the murderous. With Sunday and the camp's commander dead set against Brashear's graduating, his physical skills and steely determination, which he got from his father, see him through. Carl and Billy's paths cross again when each needs rehabilitation one from an injury, the other from bitterness. Their wives look on with awe and frustration.

― gff, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:49 (nineteen years ago)

lurkers love american beauty

― abanana, Sunday, 20 May 2007 01:09 (nineteen years ago)

I like Kevin Spacey in L.A. Confidential, but don't think the movie's all that.

― Eric H., Sunday, 20 May 2007 04:54 (nineteen years ago)

omg MERKIN BEATTY is a pile o steaming shite

― gershy, Sunday, 20 May 2007 05:27 (nineteen years ago)

I like Kevin Spacey in L.A. Confidential, but don't think the movie's all that.

Really? I love it! I own it, actually, and I have watched it a dozen times, prolly.

― kenan, Sunday, 20 May 2007 11:51 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

omg MERKIN BEATTY is a pile o steaming shite
― gershy, Saturday, May 19, 2007 10:27 PM (3 years ago)

otm, ilx film taste is pretty suspect... one of the worst films i've seen in the theater.

speaking of, is there any thread for the usual suspects?

― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 22:26 (sixteen years ago)

at least i didnt have to see him in Moon

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 01:12 (sixteen years ago)

At least you didn't have to hear him in Moon.

― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 01:12 (sixteen years ago)

I did!

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 01:29 (sixteen years ago)

i see what u did there

― NUDE. MAYNE. (s1ocki), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 05:24 (sixteen years ago)

five years pass...

Tom Brand (Kevin Spacey) is a daredevil billionaire at the top of his game. His company is nearing completion on the tallest skyscraper in the northern hemisphere. But Tom•s workaholic lifestyle has disconnected him from his family, particularly his wife Lara (Jennifer Garner) and daughter Rebecca (Malina Weissman). Rebecca's 11th birthday is here, and she wants a cat. Tom hates cats but needs a gift. He finds a mystical pet store where the owner, Felix Perkins (Christopher Walken), presents him with a tomcat named Mr. Fuzzypants. En route to his daughter's party, Tom has a terrible accident. When he wakes he discovers he is trapped in the body of the cat. Adopted by his own family, he begins to experience his life through a new perspective. In order to return to his family as the husband and father they deserve, Tom will have to learn why he has been placed in this peculiar situation.

― nomar, Thursday, 28 January 2016 21:56 (ten years ago)

It's a pretty floof cat, tbf

― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:55 (ten years ago)

Is Margin Call any good?

― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Thursday, 28 January 2016 23:18 (ten years ago)

Yes. Not great but pretty satisfying. Chandor knows what he's doing and it's a strong cast.

― impossible raver (Re-Make/Re-Model), Friday, 29 January 2016 14:15 (ten years ago)

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