Bradley Cooper: 5 Awesome Performances And 5 That Sucked

2. Doug - Case 39 (2009)

In perhaps his final role as 'that guy', Case 39 is definitely one of Cooper's paycheck movies that happened because he hadn't yet been noticed properly. Very much prior to his leading man status in Hollywood, in Case 39 he plays a child psychologist who has bees come out of his eyes. That's about as good as it gets. It's not actually a terrible film: there's a pleasing nastiness and darkness to proceedings that elevate about the usual genre dross, but Cooper isn't a substantial enough character to have warranted full rendering. Which is perhaps why he goes so fr over-the-top, in a vain attempt of grabbing some attention from the more famous Renee Zellweger. Or maybe that's just how he would genuinely react to barfing wasps out of every orifice? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEnmNkRRmHs