18 Worst Moments In Every MCU Movie (So Far) - Ranked

5. Christine Palmer Does (Almost) Nothing - Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange Benedict Cumberbatch Rachel McAdams
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The Film

Doctor Strange may not be the best, smartest or funniest MCU movie, but it is a totally solid entry all the same, injecting a simple origin story formula with bewilderingly beautiful visuals, a fantastic cast and a clever spin on the usual supernatural superhero insanity.

The Moment

This isn't so much one single, isolated moment as it is the prolonged uselessness of Stephen Strange's (Benedict Cumberbatch) love interest Christine Palmer (Rachel McAdams) throughout the film.

The Oscar nominee's talents are completely squandered as the thankless doctor who appears largely just to convey to the audience how much of an arrogant douchebag Strange is in the early going, and also serve as an occasional medic.

She could be removed from the film entirely and it wouldn't make much of an impact. It's all the more frustrating as Palmer's superhero alter-ego, Night Nurse, is totally ignored.

Both character and actress deserved so much better, clearly.

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