My Avril Lavigne Movie Review

[caleb.]

I finally decided to watch all of the movies Avril had an appearance. I would like to share my views about it.

Let’s start with this indie type movie Fast Food Nation. I’m not really into this more-talking-less-action sorta movies where it’s hard to pin-point the climax but of course, the climax for me would be Avril’s appearances (the very reason I picked up this movie). Her participation here gives this film hope along another big name Bruce Willis, because honestly, I don’t know any of the cast except the two. Considering that this is her first movie stint, I see flaw on her performance. She is supposed to be a rebellious geek but she acts like a girl straight from “Mean Girls.” The eye roll and hand gestures can prove my point. She’s not all that bad; she had some decent moments in a scene where they are freeing the cows. It’s an energetic rebellious scene ala Sk8er Boi vid that’s why she effortlessly nailed it. Overall, her movie debut is okay for a low budget film that doesn’t really ask much for her character.

the eye roll and hand gestures

Her next movie project requires her to dub a cute possum named Heather in Over The Hedge. The movie is entertaining. Avril’s performance is awesome. She just didn’t have the spotlight on her because the other characters overshadowed her, especially her dad that always appears with her on every scene. Her performance is convincing. Her voice easily fits Heather’s sassy personality.

Lastly, we have this psycho/crime drama, The Flock. I expected so much of Avril’s appearance in this film because she said she auditioned for the role and her name is the one that appears first on the opening scene but my expectations disappointed me. Her only scene on the entire film is during the investigation of his boyfriend. Compared to Fast Food Nation, her performance on this film is, no doubt, better and promising. She delivered that flirty but sensitive role with class. Her shots on the film are brilliant. I thought she appeared on later scenes but I realized that it’s not her but another actress that looks a lot like her.

This is the actress that I mistaken for as Avril

This is her death scene in the movie

So far, Lavigne has worked on three films. The question is: “Has she delivered a commendable Mandy Moore’s A Walk To Remember or Eminem’s 8 Mile performance or a-long-way-to-go Mariah Carey’s Glitter (Okay! I haven’t seen Glitter but the reviews I’ve read about it is terrible) The answer is: not yet. She has yet to showcase her acting skills because she’s not yet given a role where she can prove herself. I’m disappointed that she hasn’t gotten at least 10-minute screentime on any film.

She is a promising actress that needs to breakthrough. We had a glimpse of a promising tear jerker actress in WYWH and Goodbye video and a comedian in Girlfriend and Complicated video. Her music videos are enough to have her booked for another motion picture stint.

I wish she can land a lead role in a romantic comedy someday. I see that she’ll have a breakthrough there.

[★Jululps★]

I agree. Though I don't think her performance in FFN was bad - it just didn't have much acting involved in it. She was never playing some geeky woman in it though, just a regular student.

She needs to return to film after this next era. Land something more noticeable.

I don't have anything new to add, but like I said, nice review bb.

[Ciara!]

Awesome review!
Next she should be in Catching Fire....

[Aven]

Awesome review
I'd like to see her in more movies *-*

[★ Starry.Bird]

Good review. I like her acting in all of the movies she's been so far but I think it's time for her to do a movie where there is more acting involved and where she would have the lead role

[April.Vineyard]

I just hope she stays away from musicals . I think a comedy role would suit her a lot.

[Sk8erboyy]

Nice! good job!

[HayLin ♫ xx]

I haven't actually watched any of these movies but great review!

[Zach]

I would definitely love to see her do more acting. I think in the 2 movies she was actually "acting" in, she did a decent job considering I don't think she's done any real training or anything. If she really committed to it and spent time working with some good acting coaches, she could definitely be very good.

[BogoGog24]

^ She said that she has actually been working with an acting coach probably for a couple of years now. Who knows if she's actually improved though. Her acting is okay, but nothing great. I don't think she is lead-role material yet. She should have a supporting role, not necessarily the lead character but a bigger part than what she has done so far. I can't see her doing serious roles- she doesn't have the right mannerisms towards it, like you said she acts like the girls from Mean Girls, her valley girl way of speaking and she sometimes acts like a teenager with her hands, eyes, facial expressions, etc., just naturally. She would fit better in a role that is more comedic and maybe a valley girl character like she has talked about- that's what suits her more than a "serious" role.

[Zach]

^ She said that she has actually been working with an acting coach probably for a couple of years now. Who knows if she's actually improved though. Her acting is okay, but nothing great. I don't think she is lead-role material yet. She should have a supporting role, not necessarily the lead character but a bigger part than what she has done so far. I can't see her doing serious roles- she doesn't have the right mannerisms towards it, like you said she acts like the girls from Mean Girls, her valley girl way of speaking and she sometimes acts like a teenager with her hands, eyes, facial expressions, etc., just naturally. She would fit better in a role that is more comedic and maybe a valley girl character like she has talked about- that's what suits her more than a "serious" role.

Yeah but I doubt it's anything serious since she hasn't taken any roles. If she seriously wants to get into it she ought to take some small roles, not necessarily in major productions and get some experience. I disagree that she should take bigger roles now; the best thing to do would be to take smaller parts and just get some experience and see what kind of parts she's most comfortable doing and what she's best at.

[BogoGog24]

But the small roles don't show us her true skills as an actor. We can't tell if she's a good actor or not when she only says like 3 lines. A supporting role would show us her skills without it being too big of a role for her and she wouldn't be pressured to lead the whole film.