Happy Birthday to Amy Adams, who turns 41 today!
Yes, I needed a quick & easy Top Ten this week so I did my usual lazy thing of looking up celebrity birthdays. 😉 Adams was the only one worthwhile today – I really like her so was surprised to find that some people find her annoying. Look at her in that picture – she’s so adorable! Wish I looked like that. Anyway, I’ve liked her ever since her Oscar-nominated performance in Junebug.
So now, counting down from ten, these are My Top Ten Amy Adams Movies:
**List updated 20/08/17 to include Arrival, Nocturnal Animals & Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice
10. The Fighter
9. Night At The Museum 2 (I mention it in my review of the third film)
8. Enchanted
7. The Muppets
6. Junebug
5. Sunshine Cleaning
3. Her
2. Catch Me If You Can
1. Arrival
The remainder of her movies that I’ve seen:
American Hustle
Big Eyes
Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny (she was in this?! Lol. I should watch it again – I like The D)
Julie & Julia
Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
The Wedding Date
Leap Year
Man Of Freaking Steel
Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice (OMG! Even worse than Man Of Steel!)
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Cheers to Enchanted & The Muppets!
Yep – those two are a lot of fun! 🙂
Well done for having Catch Me if you Can top. She was super adorable in that role, even with such a small part. Leap Year was a dreadful film but she and Matthew Goode were great in that.
Thanks! I LOVE Catch Me If You Can. She was good in such a small role. And I barely remember Leap Year at all – just that it was bad but she was good. As usual. 🙂
I love Amy Adams. She shines in everything she does. Even her debut (Drop Dead Gorgeous) she was great.
She’s very good. 🙂 I DID see Drop Dead Gorgeous at the time but don’t remember it in the slightest now so couldn’t really include it. I should watch it again. 🙂
Great list! Love Amy Adams and how she can play just about any role.
Thanks! Agreed – I’ve liked her in every role she’s played. 🙂
My favorite of hers you’ve listed–Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. She was perfect.
I remember liking her but don’t remember the movie now at all. I should watch it again – I’m sure it was better than American Hustle. I wasn’t crazy about that. 🙂
I liked it enough. Miss Pettigrew I loved. The whole cast, the time period, the story–very, very charming.
I love Amy Adams and this is one cool list.
Thanks, Vinnie! I do too. She’s a great actress. And very cute. 🙂
Definitely an amazing actress and so attractive.
Amy Adams is 41?! I mean, I knew she was older than she seemed in Enchanted, and Enchanted is now a moderately long time ago… but goodness.
I’d put Enchanted top, incidentally, but I’ve only actually seen four of your ten(!) and I don’t even remember her in Catch Me If You Can.
41 isn’t old!!!!!!!!!! Lol. I do really like Enchanted but like the others a bit more. 🙂 I LOVE Catch Me If You Can so had to put it first even though she has a small role. She’s the one he marries? She’s adorable in it. You should watch it again. 🙂
She is? Oh dear, I really do need to re-watch it!
Amy Adams can Amy my Adams any day but American Hustle SUCKED.
Ditto!
Lol. Don’t encourage Eric! 😉
lol I don’t think I need to.
True. Very true. 😉
It did suck but I needed to make it ten. And I’m sure Amy would go nowhere NEAR your Adams. 😉
Fair enough and a gentleman never tells!!
You? A gentleman?!? HA! 😉
HMMMMMMMMMMMM
Must say (and credit) her turn in “Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day” for turning around my general “she’s cute” attitude into “she’s something” surprise. Really a wonderful performer and I love watching. Fine list.
Thanks! She’s a great actress. 🙂 I barely remember that movie now but remember liking her. I should watch it again!
I love Enchanted ha ha 🙂
Nothing wrong with that! It’s a fun film. My kid really likes it too! 🙂
Enchanted and Julie and Julia are tops for me. She was also good in Doubt, though all the performances were great in that. I even liked her in Man of Steel, much more than the film itself.
Lol – I definitely liked her more than Man of Steel itself. I should watch Julie & Julia again someday. Enchanted is loads of fun! 🙂 I do plan to check out Doubt at some point…
It is the Muppets for me. She just got the comedy so well. It all worked perfectly. American Hustle was also a high point. Hopefully, Man of Steel gets better, because she deserves a much better written Lois.
The Muppets was great! I was more excited about the Muppets than Adams but she was great as always. 😉 She does deserve a better Lois. Man of Steel was such a disappointment! 😦
So hideous.
You know you think she’s adorable. You should watch her with Emily Blunt in Sunshine Cleaning! They’re so pretty. I hate them.
Ugh, Emily Blunt, another dogface.
Is Enchanted any good for a 5 year old girl?
Oh god yes! Mine likes that one a lot! Just watched it with her again the other night. Depends on if she finds live action scarier. There’s a real-life “Maleficent” type dragon but it’s still pretty tame (especially compared to things like Maleficent).
Great picks all around! I loved Her and I have to admit she was good in American Hustle even though I didn’t like the movie. 😀
Thanks! Yeah, I didn’t really like Hustle either but she was good. Love Her, though. 🙂
I absolutely love Amy Adams (truly , it’s awful) but I have only seen four of these movies.
Hmm. Which ones?? You should check some more out if you’re a fan! 🙂
She does a lot of bad movies. She’s great in them but they’re not the best. My favorites… Enchanted, On The Road, Her and my number one favorite Amy Adams movie to beat all other Amy Adams movies (You shall have no Amy Adams movies before me) iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis … American freaking Hustle. I love that movie. I’ve seen it like 17 times. (I’ve seen Sunshine Cleaning. I don’t remember it. She was probably great in it though)
Aww – you should check her out in Junebug! Can see why she was nominated for an Oscar for that. And, although her role is really small, Catch Me If You Can is a GREAT film! So underrated. You may like The Fighter as well. 🙂 I really want to see On The Road!
Great list! I really enjoyed her in Enchanted and Leap Year – shitty movie, but she was cool!
Yeah – Enchanted is loads of fun! I no longer remember Leap Year but remember Adams being charming as always. 🙂
She’s 41??? She looks incredible. I loved Sunshine Cleaning.
Me too! Really enjoyed that movie – I should pick it up on DVD. It’s really depressing me how much people are freaking out about her age. Lol. She does look fantastic, though! 🙂
Not a bad list at all. Surprised only by your number one choice as it’s been ages since I’ve seen it. Also haven’t seen “The Muppets”, but I shall rectify that at some point! Okay, there’s a few others that I haven’t seen either, but I chose not to see them or haven’t gotten to them. Need to do a lot of watching of her films it seems.
Thanks! 🙂 Really?? Oh – I LOVED Catch Me If You Can. It’s definitely my favorite on this list. I do recommend The Muppets… Especially if you like the Muppets! 😉
I see some other peeps have noted the fact she is 41. That’s not old by any means but my god, her face is just so youthful. Would have pegged her early 30s max. Crazy.
Nice #1 pick by the way, I had temporarily forgotten she had a part in that. Great movie! Great list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like me except I look early 20s! 😉 Thanks, Tom – I love Catch Me If You Can even though she had a very small part!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????&&&&&&&&#########<<<<<<<<*********!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
I love how my !!!!’s just flowed off the side of the page. Lol WP couldn’t handle my excitement. . . .
#poopfarts
Lol! Poopfarts sound messy…. #fartpoops
Arrrgghhh! I’ve got such bad writer’s block right now Mutey. wtf is happening. 😦
Aww, Tom! But you’re one of the best writers on here! 😦 I can’t identify with the writer’s block thing since I’m the furthest thing from a writer. I’m just a rambling stream of consciousness. Lol. But sometimes I REALLY don’t feel like doing this thing so I take a break then get back to it when I’m ready. Hope you’re doing well now! Nice Fargo review! 🙂
I am doing well! 😀 I have this happen kind of often anyway, it’s no big deal. When you start writing a lot it pretty much is gonna happen. I call it word constipation. 😛
I like your style though, its much more conversation-y. I like more conversation-y.
Conversation-y! I like it. Yeah! That’s better than what I call it: “blathering like an idiot” 😉
Blathering. What a good word.
I’ve been saving this post of yours to look it up later and compare to my choices. I would probably put Enchanted first, I love her in that. Though then again, I basically love her in everything because she is my favourite actress. My second choice would probably be Catch Me If You Can even though I never want to see that film again (try doing a screenwriting course where you take a film and rip it to parts meaning you will watch every detail of those scenes to see what is written and what is not…). And then probably The Doubt or The Master, she was very good in both. Well, she always is.
Glad to see that there are so many other fans of Adams. 🙂 I do like Enchanted – she’s great in that. I suppose my list would be in a slightly different order if it was by favorite performance instead of movie. I know she had such a small part in Catch Me If You Can but I really loved the film. I do need to see Doubt & The Master! Still plenty of films of hers that I’ve not seen. 🙂
I am one of those few that find her annoying. In actual fact, I cannot stand her. Ugh. I know I am in the minority on this one though, and that is okay.
I didn’t mind her that much in Catch Me If You Can, I think that would also be my best from her. Maybe cause she didn’t have enough time to become an annoyance, and was perfect in the role of naive girl falling for an incredibly handsome “doctor”.
I did enjoy the picks though, very varied!
Ha! Yeah… I remembered you were one of the ones who found her annoying. I’m not surprised it’s the Leo film you liked her in okay. 😉 She’s just so damn cute – I can see how that can be somewhat annoying! Lol
Well, yeah… hahahahaha! Probably because he overshadowed everything she did xD
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Happy Birthday to Amy Adams, who turns 43 today. I’ve updated my Top Ten from two years ago since two of her newer films easily break into my Top Ten (including my new number one).
She’s my favourite actress of all time. ❤️
I think she may be mine as well now… 🙂
Hm, It seems Adams did lots of movies that I’ve watched years ago without remembering it was her.
Anyway. Arrival is just so superior to any other role she did. She is normally not that subtle.
She’s AMAZING in Arrival. Definitely subtle, but I’ve liked her in everything. 🙂
I think her work in “Arrival” is so superior to what she has been doing before. I just cannot understand the Academy’s thinking in not nominating her. I also think she showed a great potential as a great actress in “Catch Me If You Can”. A true actor is versatile, and she definitely is.
Agreed – I’m still annoyed she wasn’t nominated for Arrival! Her best role so far. But I’ve loved her in everything. 🙂
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