10 Actors Whose Credibility Suffered The Most In 2015
5. Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman could have featured on every version of this list over the course of the past decade, because's here's an immensely talented actress who doesn't seem to be able to find her way into a good film. Remember that time when every film that Kidman put her name to was either a huge box office hit or a brilliant and unique indie flick? What happened? 2015 has not been kind to Nicole Kidman. Presumably she thought that teaming up with one of cinema's greatest auteurs would result in her having a masterpiece on her hands, but Werner Herzog's Queen of the Desert is a boring slog of a film - one of his worst. A shame, really, when Kidman gives a great performance as Gertrude Bell. Still, it was ravaged by the critics (with just 7% on Rotten Tomatoes) and does not look set to tear up the box office. As if that wasn't bad enough, though, Kidman also opted to star in the 2015 remake of Secret in Their Eyes, which was panned by the critics and subsequently flopped at the box office, and the questionable drama film Strangerland, which went straight-to-VOD. So, yes: another year, another parade of forgettable Kidman flops. Someone really, really needs to find this poor woman an agent - she's worthy of so very much more.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.