20 Most WTF Movie Moments Of 2018 (So Far)

8. Mary-Louise Parker's Insane Performance - Red Sparrow

Red Sparrow Mary Louise Parker
Fox

If there was an award for the funniest performance in an otherwise totally serious movie, it would surely go to Mary-Louise Parker for her utterly baffling yet highly entertaining turn in the Jennifer Lawrence-starring thriller Red Sparrow.

Parker plays US Senator's Chief of Staff Stephanie Boucher, and spends almost every second of her screen time drunk off her a**, resulting in Parker giving a reality-derailing performance that couldn't be more tonally polarised from the rest of the film.

The actual plot and motivation behind the sequence are instantly forgettable, but Parker's scenery-munching - or rather, drinking? - turn is an absolute hoot. And just when the scene feels like it's starting to outstay its welcome, we get another dose of major tonal whiplash as Boucher is struck and killed by a van.

Just...what?

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