Best Jodie Foster Role

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

1. Of course, I'll watch any Jodie Foster roles because...

she's hott.

[brook]

19. Tsk, tsk...

no can do. She's a friend of Mel Gibson's. And someone said she's gay. :sarcasm:

Actually, in my book, she's a great dame. Even prettier IRL -has a good sense of humor.
Does not suffer fools gladly.

Disclaimer: I worked with both of them on the same movie.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

23. Well, gay works good for me.

Personally, she sets off my gaydar.

[brook]

25. I'm not gay

and I was struck by how great looking she is.

[LostinVA]

34. She is totally gay

She took her GFs to lots of film events for years (with them cropped out of photos, like Ricky Martin's BFs)... and, her brother officially outed her in his book. She quit talking to him. LIKE IT'S A SECRET, ALICIA!!! GET OVER IT!!!

She makes my gaydar explode.

I've had a crush on her since I saw "Freaky Friday" at the mnovies...

[ronnykmarshall]

42. I had a crush on her too.

It was my inner lesbian coming forward.

She has the SEXIEST voice.

[LostinVA]

56. I always knew you were a lesbian...

And, I kinda crush on Jude Law...

[LanternWaste]

41. I'm thinking....

I'm assuming she must be one of the most private individuals in the Hollywood set-- one never sees much of her in the tabloids- print or electronic. And that alone give her quite a bit more mystique than many other actors.

I saw her on "Inside the Actor's Studio" about a month ago and thought to myself, "Now there's a person I'd LOVE to take out to dinner and just talk with for a few hours". She seemed so incredibly insightful into the human condition and with a quircky sense of humor.

[brook]

49. You're right about private & funny.

I always admire those who keep a sense of 'balance' and maintain a real life. It takes smarts and the ability to see that being a 'movie star' isn't the be all and end all. The ones, like Jodie, that I've worked with spent more time looking 'outward'and are 'private' without being aloof. They are observant & involved with the world around them. They don't hang out at the 'in' places; don't go to the opening of 'door' - and don't have a burning need to be the center of attention 24/7.

Jody was friendly with everyone on set (while professional in getting the day's work done) - often the funniest one at the lunch table - and pretty much vanished when the day was over -off to her 'real' life. Impressive.

I wish you could have dinner with her too -to see how right you are. (:

[Orrex]

59. She's gay?

Then if I were a woman, I'd so hit on her.

And then I'd go after Ani Difranco, who isn't gay, but who would probably admire me for my taste in women.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

60. Ani is bisexual.

[Orrex]

61. She is? Hot damn-- I'm there!

Sexiest woman ever pummel a guitar into submission!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

2. Nell

I love that movie...

[New Earth]

7. me too

:)

[Katina]

51. I was going to say Nell too. She made that film

that's talent when you can out do Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson. A difficult role with not the best writing in the world and she sold it.

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. You left out 'Contact'

But I still voted for "Silence of the Lambs."

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

4. I thought "Contact" was pretty 'meh'.

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. It's not up there with some of her other films

But I thought her performance was pretty strong.

[Mutley]

6. Contact.

Love that movie.

[nytemare]

55. There are many who don't like this film, but I love it.

It relaxes me for some reason.

[SeattleGirl]

8. Clarice Starling is my favorite Jodi role.

She was good in Contact, too.

[bertha katzenengel]

9. Very hard to choose, but I have to say The Accused.

I wonder how many people who voted Silence of the Lambs have also seen The Accused. I don't see how anyone could be so vulnerable in a film. I don't mean the woman she portrayed -- I mean, she herself had to make herself so vulnerable in order to act that role well.

Oh, fuck it, I am too fatigued to explain what I mean. Just see the movie.





PS I also thought she was fabulous as Starling. But as Sarah Tobias - omg.

[SnohoDem]

15. I voted for it, too

because she was exactly like girls I had known as a teen/young man. She was flat out perfect.

SOTL is a great movie, but The Accused had a better part IMVHO.

[NV Whino]

17. Yep. Accused

But then I'd see Jodie Foster in anything.

[deucemagnet]

24. I agree with you, Bertha!

Her best role was in The Accused, even though I enjoyed The Silence of the Lambs more, mostly because I was a fan of Thomas Harris' novels until he wrote that POS Hannibal.

[XemaSab]

10. she PWN3D Silence of the Lambs

Her and Hopkins both... hard to imagine anyone else in either role in that film.

[bigwillq]

11. Julianne Moore did a good job

but it still wasn't the same. I agree. Can't see anyone else playing them.

[swag]

12. Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More

[swag]

13. Second best: The Courtship of Eddie's Father

[begin_within]

14. "Contact" by far.

[wildhorses]

16. had to go with The Accused

I also like her in that movie...shit...what was the name of it...about summer and baseball...shit I am at work and can't look it up...help me out!!!

[Nicole]

27. Stealing Home? n/t

[wildhorses]

37. yes, that's it! Thanks. I loved that movie...

did not make a big splash but, Jodie was again spot on!

[dback]

47. "Wave!"

Not a great film, but a spot-on turn by Foster, with one of the all-time great one-liner scene cappers.

Also put in a plug for her nimble comedic turn in "Freaky Friday." Watch it again, as she encounters her husband/father's sexy secretary, and intimidates the woman so completely just with a dead-eyed Clint Eastwood stare, the secretary winds up covering herself with a long coat. (Lindsay Lohan, God bless her, couldn't even begin to live up to Foster's level in the remake.)

Foster was also terrific in "Foxes," which I just saw for the first time recently. Also love her in "Silence" "The Accused" "Contact" "Panic Room" and her icy, ever-smiling performance in this spring's "Inside Man."

[Liberal Veteran]

18. I'll go with contact.

I much prefer the book (which was much greater in depth and intimate with a more complex storyline), but Jodie Foster did a wonderful job with the material.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

20. I didn't think you'd have "Little Girl..." when I clicked on the link.

But that's my choice.

[Jamastiene]

21. Other: Panic Room

My opinion may be biased though, because I'm sorta paranoid anyhow and I've always wanted a panic room or other hidden room. I just loved the suspense in that movie and the cool punk rock daughter with the Sid Vicious shirt on. I'd love to have a shirt like that. Okay, my opinion is VERY biased.

Edited to add a second favorite: Foxes, again my opion is biased there too. A Runaway was in it. :P

[radwriter0555]

22. I liked the sterile, viscious bitch she played in "Inside Man"...

excellent movie too. Worth watching more than once.

Although the WHY of the movie isn't the best payoff in movie history, it's a very engaging story and a brilliant caper.

[Homer Wells]

26. Stealing Home nt

or perhaps Little Man Tate

[LostinVA]

35. I thought the movie was meh, but she was really good in it

[Nicole]

28. Nell n/t

[devilgrrl]

29. Audrey from 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'

[swag]

31. "Wanna get high on ripple?"

"So long, suckers!"

[devilgrrl]

38. Weird!

Weird!

[Common Sense Party]

30. Sommersby.

Most hate it. My wife and I like it, even though Richard Gere's acting annoys me.

[wildhorses]

48. I liked it,,,, had forgotten about it. Thanks

:hi:....The Richard Gere role could have been better played by another actor however I think Jodie helped him give one of his best performances...

[BlueIris]

32. I liked her best in "Panic Room."

"Put him on the phone, bitch."

[Bella Pisces]

33. "Say f***."

"F***!"

Yeah, I dig her in Panic Room, too.

[LynneSin]

36. She won an oscar for "The Accused" where the hell is that?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

40. Um.. it's the 4th choice down, and was when you posted this. Still mad?

[LostinVA]

57. The cowbells are getttin' to my sissy...

[ChickMagic]

39. Contact. Hands down for me anyway.

I've got issues with the movie, but it's still one of my
all time favorites.

[terrya]

43. "Contact"

My favorite and I think her best role. Imo.

[noonwitch]

44. What about "Freaky Friday"?

I liked that and "Candleshoe" when I was a kid. I also liked it when she was Danny Partridge's girlfriend on tv.

FF is funny to watch now-they would never show a kid smoking a cigarette in a Disney movie these days. It's just fun to watch old kids movies and see how sensitive we've become.

[WI_DEM]

45. "Freaky Friday" she was much better than Lindsay Lohan

and then "Candlestick"

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

46. Jodie rocked in "The Accused"

She really made you feel the character's vulnerability, as well as toughness. That's one of my favorite movies.

[devilgrrl]

50. I can't believe nobody chose Tallulah from 'Bugsy Malone'

[Scout]

52. I won't choose

I've liked all of her work from coppertone commercial, to eddie's father, and all her films (except I didn't see Inside Man yet).

i do favor contact, the accused, taxi driver, silence of the lambs.


Thanks for the poll even though I won't vote :hi:

[CTyankee]

54. She's great in Inside Man, but not the lead

so it's not the love fest we have with her othermovies like Contact and Nell (which I loved). Let's face it, she has to bow to the corporate god too, which delivers money.

Too bad, she is a great talent!

[CTyankee]

53. I loved "Nell" because I think she took chances

but I voted for "Silence of the Lambs." Prolly shouldn't have...

[DainBramaged]

58. Foxes, if you don't remember it you're not a true fan

Jodie Foster .... Jeanie
Cherie Currie .... Annie
Marilyn Kagan .... Madge
Kandice Stroh .... Deirdre

Scott Baio .... Brad
Sally Kellerman .... Mary

Randy Quaid .... Jay

Lois Smith .... Mrs. Axman
Adam Faith .... Bryan
Sloan Roberts .... Loser (as Jon Sloan)
Jill Barrie Bogart .... Sissie
Wayne Storm .... Frank
Mary Margaret Lewis .... Gladys
Grant Wilson .... Greg
Fredric Lehne .... Bobby