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Brendan Fraser isnt back he never left, baby.
Frasers career comes with plenty of peaks and valleys and a legitimately powerful offscreen arc.
Hes a nostalgic favorite for 90s kids but has every bit the talent to back up the hype.
His career is the sort that lends itself well to a cumulative review.
Lets get to it.
There are, unfortunately, a whole lot of contenders.
Ultimately, what sets 2004s Best Picture winner (??!!??
Its clumsy, offensive, and racist.
Is there, objectively, more of merit in its craft than, say,Gimme Shelter?
), Joe Pesci, and Moira Kelly should be more watchable than this.
23.The Scout(1994)
The bar for baseball movies ispretty high.
To sayThe Scoutdoesnt reach it is perhaps an understatement it misses it by a mile in the opposite direction.
A film featuring Fraser and Michael Keaton shouldnt be this forgettable.
Winterbourne(1996)
A drab, forgettable costume dramedy.
Its a perfectly solid watch, though nothing extraordinary, and Fraser is far from a standout.
16.The Whale(2022)
The Whalefeatures some of the best work of Frasers career.
That being said, the movie itself is a bit of a mess.
Id watchGeorge of the Junglea dozen times before putting this one back on.
Those two are a damn spark plug of charisma and chemistry.
Still, this one doesnt hold up particularly well.
14.School Ties(1992)
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This movie is the reason Ill never trust Matt Damon.
13.Journey to the Center of the Earth(2008)
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Journey to the Center of the Earthkind of whips?
Its also the last great leading-man performance Fraser gives for over a decade.
12.Bedazzled(2000)
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Bedazzledis low-tier Harold Ramis but high-tier Brendan Fraser.
11.Still Breathing(1997)
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10.Monkeybone(2001)
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Its got a stop-motion monkey voiced by John Turturro who serves as the personification of Frasers wiener.
9.Encino Man(1992)
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8.George of the Jungle(1997)
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Would you believe this one kinda sorta holds up?
Its silly and self-aware, sort of the precursor to the live-actionScooby Doofilms.
7.The Passion of Darkly Noon(1995)
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Phillip Ridleys deeply strange, idiosyncratic psychological thriller defies summation.
Its the sort of movie that feels like a creative team taking a big swing.
6.Gods and Monsters(1998)
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5.Airheads(1994)
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I dont know ifAirheadsisgood.
Chris Farley and Rob Zombie are in it.
Its a daytime-cable-TV classic, but, more important, its a damn Brendan Fraser classic.
4.The Quiet American(2002)
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Fraser made his name early in his career as a heartthrob with a real knack for physical comedy.
3.Looney Tunes: Back in Action(2003)
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2.No Sudden Move(2021)
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True, Frasers a bit further down on the call sheet in this one.
Still, his work as the charmless, straight-shooting mob recruiter Doug Jones is pretty chilling stuff.
1.The Mummy(1999)
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They were never the ones, and whoever they set up next wont be either.
The reality is that finding the next Harrison Ford is damn near impossible.
Except for Brendan Fraser inThe Mummy, a lantern-jawed powerhouse of charisma.
Frasers Rick OConnell is one of the greats.
Its an all-out thrill.
Most important, its Brendan Fraser at his absolute best.
