Imperioratorex Caprae said:
Being fair to the writers, and I'm giving them a lot of fairness, I don't think McCarthy has any range beyond the roles she's played previously.
I don't know. Having watched her prior to her movie "success," I'ma say she has range. It's hard to say how much, because all we normally get are cookie cutter movie appearances. And I'm not out to defend her as a brilliant actress, but I think she's been pretty heavily typecast.
Plus, almost nothing in the trailer looked good, so it's hard to not blame this either on writing or direction. Someone actually thought her making faces or "The power of pain" were strong decisions.
Oh, and ghost vomit.
If maybe just her presence fell flat, then I think we could blame her. But when everyone sucks, or close to it, it's time to look at the people in control.
I remember watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and thinking "you know, some of these actors are really skilled and have a long acting career. That tells me that someone told them to chew the scenery this badly, and thought it was a good decision."
I get a similar vibe out of this trailer. But that could be on whoever made the trailer, too.