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nymag.com - 8/22/2008

Can America’s Film Critics Make Anna Faris a Star? -- Vulture -- Entertainment & Culture Blog -- New York Magazine

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Every once in a while, America's community of film critics puts their heads together and decides to anoint a new star. It's usually a young actress, and she's usually working in a movie that in some way seems below her gifts — whether it's Amy Adams shining in the terrific but low-budget indie Junebug , or Rachel McAdams in the sappy The Notebook , or Emily Blunt being tart and awesome in the ...

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Can America’s Film Critics Make Anna Faris a Star?
Oh No They Didn't! — ... critics just desperate for someone to offer a fairly funny actress an actually funny movie? We quite like Anna Faris, but there's an element of frustration on the part of these critics in Faris's not-yet-great career that seems to manifest itself in slightly over-the-top praise. Hey, maybe she really is as good a comedienne as Lucille Freaking Ball. Or maybe, just maybe, Vulture buddy Anna Faris's dad sent everyone else fan letters defending his daughter, too.Source

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Gawker: defamer — ... , those that are still gainfully employed are doing their darndest to turn Anna Faris into the next "must watch" female movie star (following in the footsteps of Rachel McAdams and Amy Adams).[Vulture] ...