Jennifer Lawrence is getting really harsh reviews for Dark Phoenix
Dark Phoenix bombed. Reviews are mostly negative. Jennifer Lawrence in particular has been singled out for her performance. (Sophie Turner is the film’s female lead.) There seems to be a feeling that Lawrence has really checked out of this franchise and might have checked out at least one film earlier. A review on Polygon said that saying Lawrence phoned in her performance implies a level of energy that she never reaches. (I might have gotten the quote wrong but that is the meaning,) That is harsh. Other critics might not have been that direct but similar sentiments have been expressed. I don’t watch celebrity interviews or talk shows like the Tonight Show and haven’t for a while. I don’t know what Jennifer Lawrence has said about her role as Mystique. However I am not sure I need to, I can decide by watching the films. She made X-men First Class before the Hunger Games hit and in each X-men movie after First Class, she seems to spend less time in the Mystique makeup an...