Anne Hathaway’s 5 Greatest Motion pictures, In accordance To Rotten Tomatoes

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That bizarre time frame instantly after her Oscar win the place the world determined everybody hated Anne Hathaway however, the actor has been a reasonably beloved performer for many years now. After getting her begin in teen fare like “The Princess Diaries” and “Ella Enchanted,” Hathaway moved into extra grownup fare like “Brokeback Mountain” and the massively profitable adaptation “The Satan Wears Prada” (which received a blockbuster sequel, additionally starring Hathaway, in 2026). After successful her first Academy Award (as of this writing) for her temporary however massively impactful look as Fantine in Tom Hooper’s in any other case underwhelming stage musical adaptation “Les Misérables,” Hathaway cemented herself as an A-lister … however that are her finest movies in keeping with Rotten Tomatoes?

Some housekeeping, to begin issues off. Technically, Hathaway’s fourth highest-rated movie on the overview aggregator is the Japanese animated film “The Cat Returns,” helmed by Hiroyuki Morita. As a result of Hathaway voices a task within the English dub, and as a result of it is a a lot smaller movie that got here extraordinarily early in her profession, we have elected to not embrace it on this listing and have her sixth highest-rated movie on the again finish as an alternative. Now that we have got that every one sorted, listed here are Hathaway’s 5 finest motion pictures in keeping with Rotten Tomatoes … and no, “Les Misérables” is just not on right here.

In case you’ve by no means seen Anne Hathaway’s unbelievable Oscar-nominated efficiency in Jonathan Demme’s 2008 drama “Rachel Getting Married,” run, do not stroll, to test it out. Written by Jenny Lumet, this intense household drama casts Hathaway not because the titular Rachel who’s getting married — that might be Rosemarie DeWitt — however her troubled sister Kym Buchman, who will get particular permission to go away a rehabilitation program to attend Rachel’s wedding ceremony to Sidney Williams (TV on the Radio frontman Tunde Adebimpe). 

To say that Kym has a tough relationship along with her sister Rachel and fogeys Paul and Abby (Invoice Irwin and Debra Winger) is an understatement, and after we be taught the tragedy that befell the Buchman household years prior, we perceive why. Nonetheless, Kym’s dependancy additionally usually turns her into an individual that her household finds extraordinarily exhausting to deal with, and the rift between Rachel and Kym threatens to derail all the wedding ceremony weekend — particularly early within the film, when Kym learns that Rachel’s finest good friend Emma (Anisa George), not Kym, will function Rachel’s maid of honor. In case you’ve ever liked somebody within the throes of dependancy, “Rachel Getting Married” is a tricky watch. Nonetheless, it is definitely worth the journey, and it options considered one of Hathaway’s finest (and rawest) performances, together with an 85% essential ranking on Rotten Tomatoes.

Each “Batman Begins” (launched in 2005) and “The Darkish Knight Rises,” which hit theaters in 2012, undergo once they’re in comparison with 2008’s “The Darkish Knight” … which is unfair, as a result of neither of those motion pictures are dangerous. It is simply that “The Darkish Knight” is principally the most effective motion pictures ever made. Nonetheless, the trilogy of Christopher Nolan’s Batman motion pictures concludes with “The Darkish Knight Rises,” and with 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, it is nonetheless considered one of Anne Hathaway’s finest movies in keeping with the overview aggregator.

After the occasions of “The Darkish Knight,” we meet up with Christian Bale’s Gotham-dwelling millionaire Bruce Wayne in “The Darkish Knight Rises” as he is grieving the lack of his nice love Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal). Regardless of attempting to desert the Batman masks and cape, Bruce known as again into motion when Gotham is attacked by the movie’s massive villain Bane (Tom Hardy). So, the place does Hathaway come into play? She takes on the position of Selina Kyle, a cat burglar who begins the movie working in opposition to Bruce however finally ends up changing into his ally (and, ultimately, his obvious lover when the 2 abscond to Europe). “The Darkish Knight Rises” is not an ideal movie, however Hathaway’s sneering, seductive efficiency as Selina is totally astounding … and I might put it within the Catwoman Corridor of Fame with Eartha Kitt, frankly. (Sorry, Halle Berry.)

Anne Hathaway could have instructed a fib (perhaps a number of fibs) to Oscar-winning director Ang Lee to guide a pivotal supporting position in “Brokeback Mountain,” however frankly, I get why she did it … and I am glad that she did. After years of teenage motion pictures, Hathaway graduated to the massive leagues with “Brokeback Mountain,” Lee’s romantic drama based mostly on the brief story by Annie Proulx that stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as cowboys Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, who strike up a forbidden romance within the early Nineteen Sixties whereas working as shepherds and ranchers on the titular mountain in Wyoming. Regardless of being deeply in love, each Ennis and Jack marry ladies: Ennis lastly ties the knot together with his fiancée Alma Briggs (Michelle Williams), and Jack strikes up a romance with rodeo queen Lureen Newsome (Hathaway).

With out moving into spoilers simply in case you have not seen “Brokeback Mountain” (please go watch “Brokeback Mountain”), Hathaway’s Lureen delivers an astonishing, gut-wrenching monologue on the finish of Ennis and Jack’s tortured love story, resulting in a stunning revelation that adjustments all the pieces in regards to the pair’s secret bond. Hathaway might need instructed some lies to guide this position, however it’s good that she did, as a result of it is legitimately exhausting to think about anyone else performing this completely as Lureen … and in spite of everything these years, the film nonetheless has a ranking of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.

It is a disgrace that “Darkish Waters,” the 2019 authorized thriller helmed by Todd Haynes that is based mostly on Nathaniel Wealthy’s 2016 New York Journal article “The Lawyer Who Turned DuPont’s Worst Nightmare,” flew beneath the radar; frankly, it in all probability has one thing to do with the truth that the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the world mere months after its launch. So, what is the take care of this film, which is fairly good and undoubtedly value watching? Mark Ruffalo leads the solid as real-life lawyer Robert Bilott — the topic of Wealthy’s article — as he brings a case in opposition to the manufacturing firm DuPont, believing that chemical compounds it dumped within the small city of Parkersburg, West Virginia, are killing dairy cattle that exhibit weird signs earlier than they drop lifeless. Regardless of fast opposition from DuPont’s most important authorized counsel Phil Donnelly (Victor Garber), Robert forges forward … and he is aided by his spouse Sarah Barlage Bilott (Anne Hathaway), who additionally has a authorized diploma.

This film belongs largely to Ruffalo (and Invoice Camp, who portrays Robert’s good friend and consumer Wilbur Tennant, who develops most cancers from the dumped chemical compounds), however Hathaway can be incredible as Sarah, a girl whose alternative to remain residence whereas her husband works would not essentially appear to line up along with her appreciable mind. In the end, this film is the second most critically profitable entry in Hathaway’s profession; it nonetheless has 89% on Rotten Tomatoes.

“The Odyssey” is, as of this writing, the most recent film in Anne Hathaway’s oeuvre … however when you think about that this adaptation of the traditional Greek poem attributed to Homer is written and directed by Christopher Nolan, you begin to perceive how and why it achieved this feat. Nolan casts his earlier collaborator Matt Damon, who appeared in “Interstellar” and “Oppenheimer,” because the long-lost hero Odysseus, who wins the Trojan Conflict together with his well-known horse gambit earlier than promptly getting misplaced at sea for a few decade. Hathaway performs his spouse Penelope, a intelligent and artful lady who, pressured to entertain a bunch of loutish and drunken suitors in her Ithacan palace, tells the boys she’ll solely remarry when her loom mission is completed … a mission that she manually unpicks each evening so that it’ll by no means be accomplished.

Penelope, within the fingers of a lesser performer, could possibly be a reasonably uninteresting character. Fortunately, Hathaway was chosen to play her, and she or he’s excellent. From a scene the place she unleashes her fury upon her and Odysseus’ nearly-grown son Telemachus (Tom Holland) in a second of uncommon, uncooked emotion to the slight flip of her head upon listening to a bow string plucked throughout the movie’s explosive third act, Hathaway brings a full interiority to Penelope, even because the movie facilities her husband. The film, which earned an important overview from /Movie’s personal Chris Evangelista, has a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, making it the highest-rated movie of Hathaway’s profession in keeping with the overview aggregator.

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