Rachel Griffiths
I really like Rachel Griffiths, although primarily for her work on Six Feet Under, one of my favorite TV series ever (it’s worth slogging through all 6 seasons if only for the series end, which is one of very few in my memory that was not a tremendous disappointment.)
She established her reputation in Australian film, during which time she demonstrated an intense intelligence, along with a mischievous streak. After 5-6 Australian films, often appearing with Toni Collette, they both began to turn up in American productions, Griffiths most prominently in the Disney crowd-pleasing The Rookie. Then Six Feet Under happened, and she mostly disappeared from films for a while. She’s currently starring in the ABC weekly drama Brothers and Sisters, so she’s probably mostly out of film for the immediate future.
I participate in a mostly-weekly film group. There are four of us, and the choice of the weekly film rotates through the group alphabetically. One of Griffith’s best roles an interesting identity-switch film. One of the film group folks had read a great review of this film, and brought it to movie night.
Or so he thought. What we actually saw was a horrifyingly bad JoBeth Williams film of the same title. You can peek at it here
To this day we have never let the guy forget that we had to sit through this thing, which frequently collapsed into Ms Williams breaking into unbearable shrieking in her attempt to portray schizophrenia. And it’s a comedy. Starring George Segal. Which of course makes it one of our favorite nights in the history of movie night, since we get to hector the guy about it endlessly. He also brought Salmonberries. I can’t recommend it.
Ten best roles
10) Among Giants 9) Amy 8) Divorcing Jack 7) The Hard Word (she’s blonde!!! and hot!!!) 6) Jude 5) Hilary and Jackie 4) Muriel’s Wedding 3) The Rookie 2) Me Myself I 1) After the Deluge
Percentile rating
84.73
