some of her line delivery was terrible. The scene where she is questioned by the cop for example.

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yfguitarist — 11 years ago(June 07, 2014 03:01 PM)

She was worse in Robocop, but yeah she was pretty bad here too.

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InherentlyYours — 11 years ago(January 25, 2015 03:15 AM)

Her biggest film ,and worst acting. Maybe too nervous due to it being a big film?

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rascal67 — 11 years ago(January 25, 2015 06:24 AM)

Her biggest film ,and worst acting.

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I would say her biggest film was De Palma's BLOW OUT-81', with Travolta. She gave an awful performance here and would rather watch her in DTK.

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InherentlyYours — 11 years ago(January 25, 2015 11:47 AM)

Maybe she was trying for a soft-spoken ditzy persona, but it didn't work. I didn't believe her.

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rascal67 — 11 years ago(January 25, 2015 02:28 PM)

Maybe she was trying for a soft-spoken ditzy persona, but it didn't work. I didn't believe her.

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Do you mean for DTK or BLOW OUT?

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InherentlyYours — 11 years ago(January 25, 2015 05:54 PM)

Her acting in DTK. I haven't seen Blow Out, but I believed her more as the angry student in Carrie

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rascal67 — 11 years ago(January 25, 2015 06:13 PM)

You should see her fake, forced, ditzy dumb hooker in BLOW OUT, if you thought she was bad in DTK. You will be on the floor.

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bangel144 — 9 years ago(August 13, 2016 09:46 AM)

I disagree. I thought she was delightful in this. My favorite role of hers. She's great.

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gobears87 — 9 years ago(August 20, 2016 03:38 AM)

I've never been impressed with Nancy Allen's acting in pretty much any of her movies.
Nevertheless, I think she's an appealing presence in films.

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ToastedCheese — 1 year ago(April 10, 2024 11:31 AM)

She isn't the best actress around, but I find the scenes with Allen and Franz are some of the best parts of the film. They are amusing and it balances out the heavy handed sleaze of the film's theme.
She does give a terrible and embarrassing performance in De Palma's
Blow Out
the following year. She almost ruins the film and I'd say part of the film's box office failure is due to Allen being cast.
Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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𝙽𝚈𝙲 [] — 1 year ago(April 10, 2024 11:40 AM)

but you can't help but assume her being married to DePalma helped her get these parts
That’s EXACTLY why.

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ToastedCheese — 1 year ago(April 10, 2024 11:46 AM)

Norman! What did you put in my tea?