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Johnny Depp has had a very interesting life history throughout the last few decades . He started as a heartthrob on television before rejecting that image and seeking out smaller , more unusual projects . He constitute superstardom withPirates of the Caribbeanand became one of the biggest stars in the world . However , the last decennium has not been as successful for Depp .
The2010s find out Depp ’s genius fadingwith some suggesting his roles all felt the same . The quality of his projects go down though there were a few memorable films to be found . Though they are not the respectable reviews of Depp ’s career , some of these flick were able-bodied to encounter some critical love . Here are Johnny Depp ’s good films of the decade , according to Metacritic .
Tusk (55/100)
Kevin Smith has for sure embracedhis weirder side in late years , producing some very odd employment . Tuskis possibly his strangest labor to escort as it focuses on a podcaster who is kidnapped by a madman and turned into a human walrus . Depp take on a French - Canadian detective who helps search for the missing valet de chambre and unravels the odd mystery .
The grotesque narration was understandably not for everyone and Depp ’s carrying out ( which either made or break the motion-picture show for some ) was sighted as particularly cartoonish . However , a fun performance from Michael Parks and some interesting dark liquid body substance won some people over .
Dark Shadows (56/100)
Obviously , the most pregnant cooperator in Depp ’s vocation has been manager Tim Burton . The two men rose to fame together , making several high - profile movies together . To date , Dark Shadowsmarks their last photographic film together . In this revival meeting of an old TV show from the LX , Depp play an imprisoned vampire who is set detached in the 70s by his descendants .
Critics acknowledged that this was far from the upright of Depp and Burton ’s collaboration . The unmatched mix of whole step did n’t sit well with all of them , but the visuals , costume , and look of the film did entertain some viewers .
The Rum Diary (56/100)
Depp splendidly helped add the work of Hunter S. Thompson to the full-grown screen inFear and Loathing in Las Vegas . Though that was one of Depp ’s more iconic moving-picture show , his other Thompson project was not as well - received .
The Rum Diarywas base on Thompson ’s novel about a diarist ( Depp ) who take a job at a newspaper publisher in Puerto Rico in the 60s . The pic was criticize for fail to reign in the rove nature of the seed material , but Depp received some praise for his colorful performance which advance over some critics .
Lucky Them (65/100)
Despite his high - visibility status in Hollywood , Depp occasionally pop up in small roles . favourable Themis one of his small part in a comparatively small moving picture . The drollery - dramatic event stars Toni Collette as a struggling journalist who is tasked with tracking down her missing rock music star X for a history . Depp bring the whodunit man .
Toni Collette received much of the praise for this flick . Its intriguing story offered some fine moments as well as some melodrama , but Collette ’s knock-down performance keep thing interesting .
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (66/100)
Though Depp does n’t pop up in many enfranchisement these days , he was receive to join the Harry Potter universe in this prequel series . grand Beasts And Where To Find Themis coif long before Harry and his friends arrive at Hogwarts and explores the adventures of a vernal wizard attempt to keep the enigma of his magic community from get out .
The prequel did not capture the same magic as the best of the previousHarry Potterfilms , however , most of the critic who reviewed it find out it to be a welcome restitution to the beloved wizarding world .
Black Mass (68/100)
Depp has played real - life character in the past , but perhaps none as evil as Whitey Bulger inBlack Mass. Bulger was an Irish mobster working in Boston in the seventies who worked as an FBI witnesser while killing , stealing and bribing his agency to the top of the underworld .
Depp ’s performance earned much of the kudos and critics called it one of his best roles in years . The fact - base story was also compelling for many critics even if it did palpate familiar to other good mob pic .
Into The Woods (69/100)
Depp ’s vocalizing voice has been on show in a identification number of moving picture , including a couple of adaptation of Broadway musical . Into the Woodsis the star - studded version of the popular musical which play with the well - known fairy tale history . Depp play the film ’s villain , the Big Bad Wolf .
Critics were not suck away by the enceinte - screen interlingual rendition though they pointed to some memorable Song dynasty and terrific performances as enough to commend it . However , the darker aspects of the moving-picture show seemed out of place .
21 Jump Street (69/100)
The idea of redo the cheesy and date 80s bull series,21 Jump Streetseemed like a jolly tough idea for many people . Luckily , they adopt the absurdness of the account and made a unfounded comedy starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as fuzz who go hugger-mugger as high-pitched school students . Depp recapitulate his role from the original series in a uproarious and shocking cameo .
The movie was called a uproarious action - drollery which cleverly lampooned the crony copper genre . Critics also enjoyed the clever comment on the new geological era of high school kids and how culture has changed since the LXXX .
Funny Or Die Presents: Donald Trump’s The Art Of The Deal: The Movie (75/100)
This might be the unknown labor Depp has done in recent years ( which is say something ) but it is also clearly one of the most well - take in . Along with Funny or Die , Depp made a secret movie in which he starred as Donald Trump in the fashioning of a movie based on his book , The Art of the Deal .
Though the movie was on purpose a cheap and messy undertaking , critics thought it was an effectively funny irony . Depp himself received most of the accolades for his amazingly dead - on public presentation as Trump .
Rango (75/100)
Depp partnered withhisPirates of the Caribbeandirector Gore Verbinski for this foreign and wild animated Western . Depp stars as Rango , an unquiet chameleon who stumbles onto an malefactor town and accidentally becomes the Hero of Alexandria to the freakish town .
critic praise the pic as a originative and often surreal adventure , not like the common Kyd movies . The animation was also pointed at as a highlight of the film while Depp ’s voice performance made for an entertaining and unparalleled character to rootle for .
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