Anne Hathaway 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 Anne Hathaway-whose latest project "The Idea of You" debuts on Prime Video on Thursday.

Anne Hathaway's Filmography Ranked:

20.One Day (D)

19.Havoc (D+)

18.Interstellar (D+)

17.She Came to Me (C-)

16.Colossal (C)

15.Locked Down (C+)

14.The Hustle (C+)

13.Rio (B-)

12.Serenity (B-)

11.Don Jon (B-)

10.Love & Other Drugs (B-)

9.The Devil Wears Prada (B-)

8.Get Smart (B)

7.Dark Waters (B)

6.Ocean's 8 (B)

5.The Intern (B)

4.Armageddon Time (B)

3.Eileen (B)

2.Rachel Getting Married (B)

1.The Dark Knight Rises (A-)

Top Dog: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Living in the imposing shadow of The Dark Knight has damaged the reputation of The Dark Knight Rises and I don't think that's fair. While TDKR has fewer stunning highs and a messier story than TDK, there's still enough really great stuff in there (the super tense action setpieces, Tom Hardy's performance as Bane, the beautiful Bruce/Alfred scene at the end) to solidify its status as a terrific conclusion to Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy.  

Bottom Feeder: One Day (2011)

The Netflix series version of One Day that came out earlier this year turned me on to how much people like this movie. Until this occurred, I had effectively forgotten it existed. About the only thing I remember about One Day is that it takes place over multiple decades, the protagonists are played by Hathaway and Jim Sturgess and it's one of the most boring, juiceless romantic stories I've ever seen put on screen.  

Most Underrated: Rachel Getting Married (2008)

Hathaway earned her first Oscar nomination for Rachel Getting Married and honestly, it's a shame she didn't win. Her painfully raw, vulnerable performance as a recovering addict who reunites with her estranged family a few days before her sister's wedding is the North Star that helps this film narrowly avoid the melodramatic narrative traps it regularly sets for itself and become a really powerful statement on just how difficult it is to battle addiction and confront the deep pain that it inflicts on everyone in the addict's orbit. 

Most Overrated: Interstellar (2014)

I'm the rare sacrilegious asshole that believes Christopher Nolan is overrated, but this is the only one of his films that I feel is not only overrated but legitimately terrible. A famously stoic director deciding to make a movie with this deeply personal emotional crux was a horrendous musculation as the film's emotional backbone is not only flimsy and unconvincing, but breathtakingly corny. That pivotal scene with the bookshelf at the end felt like something like Richard Curtis would write in a first draft before scrapping it for being too schmaltzy and every other attempt to bring on the water works before that is only slightly less embarrassing. The more spectacle-driven space action moments also manage to underwhelm in a big way save for the hilarious Matt Damon cameo scene, which is kind of remarkable for somebody like Nolan who typically delivers the goods in that area. Sitting through this again would require heavy compensation and even then, I'd be pretty hesitant to spend another 3 hours of my life watching something so obnoxiously sappy and consistently boring.        

Most Absurd: Serenity (2019)

Nothing could prepare you for the plot twist in Serenity. You could be given 1,000 guesses as to what it is after watching an hour of the movie and there's a 0% chance you would get the answer correct. It's such a wacky, unexpected creative decision that I will never say a bad word about this movie and just remain thankful that some producers actually allowed Steven Knight to make it.