Ghostbusters
Bill Murray ’s calling is unco consistent . He ’s does n’t have a really terrible film to his name and has proven to be one of the most versatile and reliable actors in Hollywood . Most of his best work occur in comedies such asGhostbustersandGroundhog Day , but he has also taken lead roles in dramas such asLost in Translation .
In late year , Murray has earned a slur inWes Anderson’sRolodex of actors ; he ’s appear in every Anderson film since his starring good turn inThe biography Aquatic with Steve Zizzou . Murray is n’t drub 1.000 , however , and has made a few mediocre movies . Here are 10 humbled points in his otherwise leading life history .
Rock the Kasbah - 5.5
Murray starred in this 2015 film as a rock-and-roll coach on a USO tour of Afghanistan who finds a young missy and shepherds her through the Afghanistani equivalent of American Idol . It ’s directed by Barry Levinson ( Rain Man , Bugsy , Wag the Dog ) and co - asterisk Bruce Willis , Danny McBride , Kate Hudson and Zooey Deschanel . What could go amiss ?
A lot . The film was a historic boxwood business office fizzle . It currently holds the sixth - worst per - theater average ever , grossing only $ 731 per theater in its first weekend . This would be quite the dubious achievement if another film did n’t do even worsethat weekend : the ill - advisedJem and the Hologramsremake .
The Dead Don’t Die - 5.5
Jim Jarmusch ’s films are an assume taste . His wry , moody and contemplative directing style does n’t seem like a corking convulsion for a zombie film . However , the film director had large success with vampires inOnly Lovers Left Alive . Jarmusch ’s style ultimately did n’t interpret tozombies .
The Dead Do n’t Diewas criticized for a addled tone , a refusal to recognise the absurdity of its premise and an excessiveness of Jarmusch ’s stylemark deadpan humor . Murray ’s carrying into action along Adam Driver was praised for carrying the film through its rickety instant .
Charlie’s Angels (2000) - 5.5
Murray played Bosley in the 2000film adaptationof the hit 1970s TV series . Bosley serves as mysterious millionaire Charlie ’s liaison to his " Angels , " performed by Drew Barrymore , Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu .
Critics lambasted the film for its lack of originality . Its wirework was also criticized ; the absurdness of the action arguably killed the conducting wire - fu musical style in the United States . The picture show was McG ’s directorial debut and represent the director ’s action at law - dense and plot of land - Christ Within style . Murray did not appear in the 2003 sequelCharlie ’s Angels : Full Throttleand was replace by Bernie Mac .
Aloha - 5.4
Alohais a deep problematic and troubled motion picture . The late - earned run average Cameron Crowe film was announced in 2008 with Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon attach to star . It came out in 2015 with Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone in the lead roles .
Stone ’s character , an Air Force Pilot with one - tail Chinese and one - quarter Hawaiian line , motivate charge of whitewashing . Stone after say she regret being miscast . Bill Murray play the villain : Carson Welch , a billionaire who must negotiate with the Native Hawaiian population to unmortgaged land for a distance center .
Ghostbusters (2016) - 5.2
The third movie in theGhostbustersfranchise was directed by Paul Feig and asterisk Leslie Jones , Melissa McCarthy , Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig . Murray does not appear as Peter Venkman , hischaracterfrom the first two motion-picture show . Instead , he come along as supernatural debunker Martin Theiss .
Theiss is skeptical of the quaternity ’s specter - catch abilities after the catch a ghost at a concert . Wiig ’s Erin Gilbert issue the revenge . The ghost then shake off Theiss out of a windowpane . Murray is schedule to come out as Venkman in the upcomingGhostbusters : Afterlife , directed by Jason Reitman .
Garfield - 5.0
Bill Murray voicedGarfieldin both live - natural process film featuring the character . Murray ’s voice performance was one of the few aspects critics consider a positive in either film . Murray ’s deadpan drawl and general behavior are a perfect fit for the faineant and fat orange tabby cat .
Unfortunately , almost everyone else in the picture is miscast . This includes the use of genuine - lifespan dogs alongside a CGI Garfield . The film was a commercial achiever , gross $ 200 million worldwide and get a continuation in 2006 .
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties - 5.0
The sequel to 2004’sGarfieldended up doing no better with critic . In some respects , it did far regretful . InTwo Kitties , the " natural process " moves to England as Garfield get mistaken for Prince XII , another tabby who has been bequeathed a castle and hereditary pattern .
Another ( human ) heritor to estate wants to bulldoze it to a spa resort hotel , but there ’s a catch : he does n’t own the castle so as long as Prince is alive . Prince and Garfield have to mold together to both preserve the castle and encourage Garfield ’s proprietor Jon to aim to his girl .
Coming Attractions - 4.8
Coming Attractionsis one of Bill Murray ’s first feature of speech film credits . Well , it ’s not much of a feature film . Attractionsis a series of fake film laggard spoofing various pop tropes and genres . The moving-picture show is fantastically crass and vulgar , mood in which Murray can stand out .
However , the moving picture ’s skits are too long and lean a piffling too much on juvenile and gross - out liquid body substance to work on at any level . Attractions(also cognise asLoose Shoes ) is one of many sketch comedy movies that fare out in the late 1970s and it is among the most spendable in the genre .
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - 4.8
After starring Sofia Coppola ’s 2003 filmLost in Translation , Murray paired with another Coppola sibling in 2012 . Unlike his sister , Roman Coppola proved far less successful at directing Murray ( or anybody in general here ) .
Glimpsestars Charlie Sheen as a graphic designer and dame human beings in the 1970s who tolerate from psychological job after a breakup . Murray asterisk as his manager . The plastic film is illustrious for beingthe first releaseby photographic film distributorA24 .
Passion Play - 4.6
Passion Playis a 2010 film that star Murray alongside Mickey Rourke and Megan Fox . Rourke ’s character Nate is a jazz musician and diacetylmorphine junky who falls in love with Lily ( Fox ) , a sideshow performing artist with wings attached to her back .
Murray act Happy Shannon , a mobster who regulate Nate killed and then kidnaps Lily . Nate attempts to break Lily out and is successful . His success comes at the cost of his own life .
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