We have all actors we love and hate.

But it’s a great surprise when your least favorite actor wins you over with a single performance. In this case, the actress, Gwenyth Paltrow, has created not one, but four memorable roles that will make you laugh, cry and think.

So, this month, enjoy our Paltrow Picks!

Sliding Doors (1998) Paltrow reassumes her famous English accent in this flick about a woman who is about to live the same few days of her life in two parallel storylines, all because of a single event. Paltrow is wonderful as Helen Quilley, a PR executive whose decisions are about to be life-changing. Will she find love? Will she be happy? Ah, you’ll just have to find out. It’s a wonderfully written and abundantly humorous movie. Of course, it doesn’t hurt to have John Hannah starring as Paltrow’s love interest. How can you resist the Scottish accent? Rated R for some sexuality and language.

View From the Top (2003) Paltrow is probably not known for her comedic talents, but she shines in this film about a girl looking to fulfill her dreams. She plays Donna Jensen, a retail employee who’s looking for more of a life than what she’s living. She and a friend, played by Christina Applegate, enroll in flight attendant school, and from there it’s all hot towels and headsets. The supporting cast is peppered with well known actors, like Mike Myers, who plays head instructor, and Candice Bergen, who plays the epitome of style and class, as former flight attendant, Sally Weston. You’ll enjoy the humor of this film. Don’t forget to watch the outtakes at the end of the show. Outtakes can be as funny, or even funnier, than the movie itself. Rated PG-13 for language and sexual references.

Proof (2005) Paltrow plays the beleaguered daughter of an insane, but brilliant mathematician, played by Anthony Hopkins. Upon hearing of her father’s death, Paltrow’s character, Catherine, travels home to see to her father’s business. She does not expect to find her father’s old student, Jake Gyllenhaal, waiting to search through her father’s things, looking for that one last piece of information to make her father’s theories true. All the while, Catherine is trying to deal with her own feelings about her father and his illness. This film is based on David Auburn’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning play of the same title. Paltrow is less glamorous in this flick, and that is what makes her endearing to the audience. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and drug references.

A Perfect Murder, (1998) Starring as an oblivious socialite with a fortune separate from that of her husband’s and a sexy young lover, Paltrow works her magic in this remake of the Hitchcock classic Dial M for Murder. Her husband, played by Michael Douglas, is set to have her murdered by her lover, Viggo Mortensen. But nothing turns out “perfect” for Douglas’ plan. A curious detective, played by David Suchet, seeks to find answers to these mysterious crimes that surround Paltrow’s character, Emily. This film has a little bit of everything, from romance to drama to action. Rated R for violence, sexuality, and language.

---

Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites