Worst To Best: Johnny Depp

The deep and the depressing

By Josh WinningMay 8th 2012
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The Tourist (2011)

The Film: The English-language debut of director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives Of Others).

Sadly, The Tourist fails to replicate the German filmmaker’s previous success. Depp stars as a maths teacher who falls for Angelina Jolie in Venice, and gets drawn into a convoluted plot that’s basically an uninspired reheating of 2005 French flick Anthony Zimmer.

Depp Dynamite: True, Depp looks somewhat bored in some of the less dramatic scenes, but he strikes up a decent rapport with Jolie, and goes at the action scenes with typical gumption. Shame the film wasn’t better.

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    • Bandit1

      May 8th 2012, 10:03

      I found "The Tourist" actually pretty entertaining. The same goes for "Pirates IV"...way better than the third at least! And again...like the list with Downey....why not more than 15 entries??? What about "Sweeney Todd", "Ninth Gate", "Secret Window" and especially "From Hell"...well, the list is endless....

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    • MoodyMonkey

      May 8th 2012, 14:32

      Agreed, this list is too short but thoroughly agree with the number 1 spot. Really wish Burton would make a film like that again rather than stuff like Alice in Wonderland. Stop it with the 're-imaginings'!

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    • FBAFox

      May 8th 2012, 17:28

      This list is confirming to me that Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are working together to stagnate each other's careers. Some of their collaborations from the 90s were the best work either had done, but too often lately they have been falling back on manic and eccentric.

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    • Hadouken76

      May 8th 2012, 17:52

      Arizona Dream and the deliriously off-kilter Rango should be up there as well.

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    • ScottFree

      May 10th 2012, 15:11

      I miss Blow and Once Upon a time in Mexico on the list

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    • FBLWashington

      May 11th 2012, 7:25

      Ninth Gate and Secret Window are glaring omissions...

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    • unopeneddoor

      May 11th 2012, 12:58

      No Finding Neverland? The best movie he ever did by far.

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    • Sabrewulfe

      May 11th 2012, 16:45

      No Cry-Baby or The Libertine?...both should be on that list....

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    • MrScary

      May 11th 2012, 17:12

      No Blow??? Great flick. And if you're doing a "Worst to First" you have to include Private Resort. Horrible 80's teen exploitation flick.

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    • FBJArden

      May 14th 2012, 14:38

      No Donnie Brasco or Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man....this list is terrible.

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    • cc1129

      Jun 24th 2012, 2:13

      "Chaplain"? Really?

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    • cc1129

      Jun 24th 2012, 2:21

      FBJArden, Donnie Brasco was #3.

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