5 Awesome Ed Norton Performances and 5 That Sucked
and 5 That Sucked
5. Pride and Glory (2008)
Nortons Character: Ray Tierney Why It Sucked: Pride and Glory is by no means a great movie, yet its not quite a terrible one either. Who knows, if it was made 20 years ago, maybe itd have had a different reception, but released in 2008, it was just an all too familiar story. Norton isnt exactly terrible here; he just doesnt seem to be pushing himself to deliver that killer performance, instead falling back on old cop cliché crutches. Maybe it was the direction, maybe it was the decidedly tepid script; either way, this cant be considered even anywhere close to Nortons finest hour. 4. Keeping the Faith (2000)
Nortons Character: Father Brian Finn Why It Sucked: Again, Im not filled with any sort of vengeful hatred for Keeping the Faith, Nortons directorial debut. On the other hand, Im not particularly enamoured with it either. As a movie examining a love triangle, its decidedly shallow in its definition of love and as a comedy its humour is surprisingly thin on the ground. As well as directing duties, Norton takes the role of one of the central characters. His performance as the hopelessly love-struck priest is good; it's Ed Norton were talking about, hes never fully terrible. But its not amazing. Its not even great; its just good. Im not sure I buy Norton in a clean cut comedy setting. Id much prefer to see him struggling to contain a violent alter-ego than struggling to make an audience laugh.