Actor
Meryl Streep
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ActorMeryl StreepWHAT WAS SAID
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Used as part of a joke about overcasting and star power.
About 88 minBill’s 50 Most Rewatchable Movies of the 21st Century
Bill says The Devil Wears Prada may be her best performance.
About 80 minCrazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
Used as a benchmark for awards greatness in a tangent about acting career trajectories.
About 16 minIt's Complicated (2009)
Celebrated for a very funny, unusually warm performance and for having an extraordinary career run.
About 24 minIt's Complicated (2009)
Praised as beautiful and funny, with specific note of how well the film photographs her face and performance.
About 40 minKramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Celebrated as the breakthrough force of the film and perhaps the greatest actor ever.
About 0 minKramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Described as astonishingly specific, fragile, and impossible to imagine replacing in the role.
About 56 minThe Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Praised as the film's key performance and possibly her best work; her Miranda is described as powerful, precise, and endlessly rewatchable.
About 0 minThe Shining (1980)
Suggested as a recasting idea for Wendy, with the hosts noting her quiet intensity in that era.
About 72 minWorking Girl (1988)
Mentioned as part of Nichols’ larger female-led filmography and as a useful comparison for strong, restrained performances.
About 40 minBasic Instinct (1992)
Mentioned only as a comparison point while imagining what kind of career Gene Triplehorn might have had.
About 88 minCreed (2015)
Mentioned only in casting speculation about Bianca.
About 72 minMinority Report (2002)
Mentioned as an offer for the Dr. Iris role.
About 72 minThe Firm (1993)
Discussed as a proposed gender-flip replacement for the Hackman role, which the hosts debate as a different movie.
About 40 minThe Holiday (2006)
Mentioned only as part of Nancy Meyers’s later cast escalation in another film.
About 0 minEVERY MATCH