Jennifer Aniston Ranked

Welcome to "Ranked", a weekly series where I rank a franchise or filmography from worst to best and hand out assorted superlatives. This week, I'm profiling the work of Jennifer Aniston-whose latest project "Murder Mystery 2" is now streaming on Netflix.

Jennifer Aniston's Filmography Ranked:

21.The Bounty Hunter (D)

20.The Break-Up (C-)

19.Rock Star (C-)

18.Storks (C)

17.Murder Mystery 2 (C)

16.The Switch (C)

15.The Good Girl (C)

14.She's Funny That Way (C)

13.Murder Mystery (C+)

12.Life of Crime (B-)

11.Cake (B-)

10.Office Christmas Party (B)

9.Wanderlust (B)

8.Horrible Bosses 2 (B)

7.Just Go with It (B)

6.Bruce Almighty (B)

5.Along Came Polly (B+)

4.The Iron Giant (B+)

3.Horrible Bosses (A-)

2.We're the Millers (A-)

1.Office Space (A-)

Top Dog: Office Space (1999)

Mike Judge's satirical takedown of the mundane, soul-crushing hell that is being a low-level cog in the corporate machine has aged exquisitely. Its portrayal of the mind-numbingly repetitive daily grind of the 9-5 workday in an office as well as how little the higher-ups value the lives of the people that ensure their pockets remain fat is perfect, and its use of running jokes should be used as a template for any comedy writer that is seeking to learn how to create a punchline that remains just as funny on the fifth go-round as it was on the first.

Bottom Feeder: The Bounty Hunter (2010)

With the 2008 film Fool's God, Andy Tennant unsuccessfully combined the romantic comedy and adventure genres. 2 years later, he added another horrible genre fusion to his resume with the romcom/action/crime movie hybrid The Bounty Hunter. While the story, action sequences and jokes are all lame, its Aniston and Gearard Butler's failure to convince as both vengeful exes and reawakened lovers that really makes this movie flop.    

Most Underrated: Along Came Polly (2004)

Has time been kind to Along Came Polly? Honestly, I have no clue. It's been about 15 years since I've seen it and it's not exactly high on my list of rewatch priorities. However, my memories of this film are very fond. It's goofy, gross-out sense of humor made it stand out in the sea of romantic comedies that were released during this era, Aniston is in top form as the charming free-spirit Polly and Philip Seymour Hoffman showed off a previously unknown side of his acting by delivering big laughs as a dopey, obnoxious former child star trying to mount an acting comeback as an adult. 

Most Overrated: The Good Girl (2002)

The Good Girl is one of those nondescript early 2000's indie dramas where people in a small rural town do shitty things to each other on account of being bored with their lives until the protagonist receives an unearned happy ending. If it wasn't for Aniston showing off her dramatic acting chops for the first time and Jake Gyllenhaal following up Donnie Darko with another early career standout performance, this movie would've been a complete waste of time.