By Zach Seemayer
5:25 PM PDT, April 14, 2014
Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody turns 41 today, and his rich career has been filled with a wide assortment of genres, from the CGI spectacles like King Kong to the sci-fi action thrillers like Predators and Splice, and of course Brody's work in biting emotional dramas.
In honor of Brody's birthday, here are the five highest-rated Adrien Brody films, based on their Rotten Tomatoes score…
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Birthday Boy Adrien Brody's 5 Highest-Rated Films
Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody turns 41 today, and his rich career has been filled with a wide assortment of genres, from the CGI spectacles like King Kong to the sci-fi action thrillers like Predators and Splice, and of course Brody's work in biting emotional dramas.
In honor of Brody's birthday, here are the five highest-rated Adrien Brody films, based on their Rotten Tomatoes score…
In honor of Brody's birthday, here are the five highest-rated Adrien Brody films, based on their Rotten Tomatoes score…
#5. 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'
Fox Searchlight
Year: 2014
RT Score: 92% (Based on 204 reviews)
Adrien Brody's most recent film is also one of his highest rated, and is considered by many to be Wes Anderson's masterpiece. In The Grand Budapest Hotel, Brody plays the evil, conniving heir to a massive fortune. When the film's hero, played by Ralph Fiennes, steals a valuable painting from Brody, he plots revenge. It's an interesting portray of an comical evil and emphasizes Brody's range and humor.
RT Score: 92% (Based on 204 reviews)
Adrien Brody's most recent film is also one of his highest rated, and is considered by many to be Wes Anderson's masterpiece. In The Grand Budapest Hotel, Brody plays the evil, conniving heir to a massive fortune. When the film's hero, played by Ralph Fiennes, steals a valuable painting from Brody, he plots revenge. It's an interesting portray of an comical evil and emphasizes Brody's range and humor.
#4. 'Fantastic Mr. Fox'
Twentieth Century Fox
Year: 2009
RT Score: 92% (Based on 225 reviews)
Wes Anderson's beautiful and splendidly imaginative stop-motion animated film starred a massive and eclectic ensemble cast, lead by George Clooney as the eponymous fox, with Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willen Dafoe, Owen Wilson and many others co-starring. Brody's role was minimal, as Rickity the Mouse, but his vocal talents contributed seamlessly into Anderson's quick-witted and creatively stilted dialog.
RT Score: 92% (Based on 225 reviews)
Wes Anderson's beautiful and splendidly imaginative stop-motion animated film starred a massive and eclectic ensemble cast, lead by George Clooney as the eponymous fox, with Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willen Dafoe, Owen Wilson and many others co-starring. Brody's role was minimal, as Rickity the Mouse, but his vocal talents contributed seamlessly into Anderson's quick-witted and creatively stilted dialog.
#3. 'Midnight In Paris'
Sony Pictures
Year: 2011
RT Score: 93%
Again working with a celebrated auteur with an intense personal style, Brody appeared in Woody Allen's charming Midnight In Paris where he plays the iconic surrealist artist Salvador Dali. The film focuses on Owen Wilson's character, an aspiring novelist who travels back in time each night while on vacation in paris, and hangs out with early 20th century luminaries. Brody is brilliant as Salvador Dali, and again shows off his talent at blending into a project and letting his character be the star on the screen.
RT Score: 93%
Again working with a celebrated auteur with an intense personal style, Brody appeared in Woody Allen's charming Midnight In Paris where he plays the iconic surrealist artist Salvador Dali. The film focuses on Owen Wilson's character, an aspiring novelist who travels back in time each night while on vacation in paris, and hangs out with early 20th century luminaries. Brody is brilliant as Salvador Dali, and again shows off his talent at blending into a project and letting his character be the star on the screen.
#2. 'The Pianist'
Focus Features
Year: 2002
RT Score: 96%
Easily Brody's most celebrated starring role, The Pianist is the film that made Brody a star, and even won him an Oscar. The film follows Brody as a Jewish piano player in Poland who struggles to survive the horrors of World War 2 and the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto by the terrifying force of the Nazi army. To prepare for the role, Brody gave up his apartment in New York, his car, his phone, and even broke up with his girlfriend to get into the mindset of a man who has lost everything he's loved, and then the 6'1" actor got down to 130 lbs. But all the prep payed off when the film catapulted him into the upper echelons of stardom.
RT Score: 96%
Easily Brody's most celebrated starring role, The Pianist is the film that made Brody a star, and even won him an Oscar. The film follows Brody as a Jewish piano player in Poland who struggles to survive the horrors of World War 2 and the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto by the terrifying force of the Nazi army. To prepare for the role, Brody gave up his apartment in New York, his car, his phone, and even broke up with his girlfriend to get into the mindset of a man who has lost everything he's loved, and then the 6'1" actor got down to 130 lbs. But all the prep payed off when the film catapulted him into the upper echelons of stardom.
#1. 'King Of The Hill'
Criterion Collection
Year: 1993
RT Score: 97%
King Of The Hill served as director Steven Soderbergh's third feature film and follows the life of a young boy trying to survive as a latchkey kid during the Great Depression whose mother is committed to a sanitarium and his father is a traveling salesman, forcing the young boy to essentially raise himself in a run-down hotel. Brody plays Lester, one of the hotel's unique residents. Coincidentally, the film was also Brody's third feature film.
RT Score: 97%
King Of The Hill served as director Steven Soderbergh's third feature film and follows the life of a young boy trying to survive as a latchkey kid during the Great Depression whose mother is committed to a sanitarium and his father is a traveling salesman, forcing the young boy to essentially raise himself in a run-down hotel. Brody plays Lester, one of the hotel's unique residents. Coincidentally, the film was also Brody's third feature film.