Emily Blunt Ranked

Welcome to "Ranked", a weekly series where I rank a franchise or filmography from worst to best and hand out assorted related superlatives. This week, I'm profiling the work of Emily Blunt-whose latest project "Disclosure Day" releases in theaters today.

Emily Blunt's Filmography Ranked:

21.Gnomeo & Juliet (D)

20.The Wolfman (D)

19.Sunshine Cleaning (C-)

18.Pain Hustlers (C+)

17.The Smashing Machine (B-)

16.Dan in Real Life (B-)

15.Jungle Cruise (B-)

14.The Five-Year Engagement (B-)

13.The Devil Wears Prada 2 (B-)

12.The Devil Wears Prada (B-)

11.Oppenheimer (B)

10.Charlie Wilson's War (B)

9.The Adjustment Bureau (B) 

8.Looper (B)

7.IF (B+)

6.The Girl on the Train (B+)

5.Edge of Tomorrow (B+)

4.A Quiet Place (B+)

3.A Quiet Place: Part II (B+)

2.Sicario (A-)

1.The Fall Guy (A)

Top Dog: The Fall Guy (2024)

Yes, you are reading that correctly: My favorite movie that widely respected thespian Blunt has ever been in is David Leitch's The Fall Guy. Leitch's heartfelt ode to the stunt community he came up in is one of those rare blockbusters that rides the charisma of its stars and the electricity of its spectacle to glory. The wonderous popcorn entertainment magic that The Fall Guy conjures up is the high that I'm chasing every time I step into theater to watch a big summer movie, and I hope that something over the next few months will be able to rise to the level of this wonderful movie.

Bottom Feeder: Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)

As much as an animated retelling of Romeo & Juliet featuring lawn gnomes and the music of Elton John sounds fake, it's very a real movie. It even made enough money to spawn a sequel eight years later! Despite respecting the sheer absurdity of its existence, I found Gnomeo & Juliet to be an obnoxious movie that was a chore to sit through and it's easily one of the worst animated movies I've ever watched.  

Most Underrated: IF (2024)

IF hive rise up! John Krasinski's foray into the world of family films really charmed me with its messages of not letting the cruelty of the world we live in rob you of your creativity and the importance of letting light into your life whenever possible. It also gets major bonus points for Michael Giacchino casually dropping an absolute banger of a score that is probably my favorite thing he's ever done outside of The Batman.

Most Overrated: Oppenheimer (2023)

Christopher Nolan's streak of making movies that I wasn't overly impressed by and/or find to be very overrated extended to 4 with the project that finally got him a boatload of Oscars. While Oppenheimer has stunning moments and a terrific lead performance from Cillain Murphy,  some clumsy creative choices (the MCU-esque deployment of the names of famous politicians and the "I am Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds, raging alcoholic Kitty Oppenheimer delivering a scathing monologue to the government-appointed legal team investigating her husband in 1959 where she perfectly recalls details from events that occurred over a decade earlier) and pacing woes brought on by its overly cute nonlinear structure prevent it from being the haunting epic character study it aspires to be.