Forget Armond White ; when it comes to curmudgeonly New York film critics, no one can top Rex Reed. He’s the O.G. of vitriol, snark and just plain nastiness. “After a string of flops, the lovely, accomplished and underappreciated Natalie Portman achieved something of a career breakthrough in the pretentious horror flick Black Swan ,” Reed writes in his review of No Strings Attached . “Now, before the impact has worn off, and on the verge of an Oscar nomination, she crumbles like a mildewed crumpet. Short of breaking into the editing lab and destroying the negative, she should have done everything legally possible to stop the ill-timed release of a vulgar, stupid pile of junk called No Strings Attached . This movie could destroy everything.” Looks like someone didn’t hear that the Norbit thing was over . [ NYO ]
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Rex Reed Believes in Natalie Portman’s Norbit
