wow, interesting thread. Being a film critic has its disadvantages, I have seen too many movies.

Briefly: I hated John Malkovich in Dangerous Liaisons (he looked ridiculous in the period clothing, too bow-legged for those trousers), but loved Annette Bening in Valmont. Go figure. I liked her added vulnerability and thought she did mean just fine...

re: Jane Eyre, my favorite version is the one with Susannah York and George C. Scott; she does carry off the "plain Jane" thing pretty well. Nice music in this version, too.

I did not like the one with William Hurt and Charlotte Gainsbourg; she was fine but her French accent was really problematic. Hurt was very good if a bit too handsome.

Nic Cage just might be starring in the remake of The Wicker Man...generally speaking I think he is extremely overrated. I did like him in Birdy, Racing with the Moon, Wild at Heart, and Moonstruck, however.

Kevin Costner. Terrible actor.

re: Larry Clark's Kids, most of the "actors" in it were not really actors. Harmony Korine, who wrote the script, and is now a filmmaker in his own right, tends to do this, but does use some real actors from time to time, including Chloe Sevigny (his girlfriend) in Gummo and in julien donkey-boy with Ewan Bremner.

Angelica Huston seems miscast in almost everything except maybe Ever After. She is always GOOD (loved her in The Addams Family) but her looks and mannerisms are unusual and off-putting if she is not cast well.

And if I never have to see Harvey Keitel's naked ass again I will die a happy woman. Jane Campion must be stopped from casting him and allowing his naked ass to be shown in her films.