Worst movie in cinematic history.

Is it really that bad? I might have to watch

worst acting by anyone in history in the worst movie ever made

Compare his crying in this movie to when he cried in Goodfellas. You will notice this cry is far better than the cry in Goodfellas.
I'm going to open a cross dressing store and name it "Susan B. Anthony"

I think this film was his best work since probably Casino.
Hey, you created me. I didn't create some loser alter-ego to make myself feel better. - Fight Club

Me too, He's so brilliant he can "become" about any character he never really acts, he just becomes. Anyone who knows films knows that simple fact.

I gotta say, I really did enjoy that scene. When he began I figured that he would keep it together, but then he got really into it; emotional and I felt it. I felt his character and how he felt. I loved it. Sorry you couldn't enjoy it though.
RIP Daisy

funny after watcing that scene I thought the totally opposite. IMO this scene was one of his best late performances. If you watch that scene without watching the entire movie then yes it may feel a bit unbelievable maybe. However after sitting through the whole movie, his performance felt spot-on. It was the moment where the all-controlling, calculating emotionally detached guy broke down and I think it was brilliantly acted.

I agree, I couldnt help but laugh at that sequence.
Overall he was 'ok' throughout the rest of the film.

It was unbearable to you because de Niro is a method actor and he's not putting on the typical actors tearful face, instead going for something that is felt, and that is also hysterical, terrible, and intense, that's what desperation and fear feels like, and that's what's making you cringe, that you can't handle seeing an accurate depiction of them. They are not easy to watch for sure, but it's also not easy to read idiocies by people mistaking affected acting, with realistic one, and labelling the later bad acting.

Let's not forget one of his greatest performances The Deer Hunter.

Huh, you must have missed Goodfellas, Heat, Casino, The Score, Cape fear,Awakenings, This Boys Life, and many more "Poor Deniro?" You sound pretty silly.

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I have to say this is one of the better films I have seen of De Niro's made in the 21st century - mind you that does not say alot.

Man, i gotta tell you this:
I just saw this film right now, and the scene you mentioned is just 10 Minutes ago. Though De Niro might look weird while playing a crying man, it's all still totally believable. As Roby said, everyone does it differently. De Niro's acting was good. i don't know, how old you are.
And also this. While we all have seen hundreds and hundreds of films, i'm quite sure, there are those few special moments, we never ever forget again after we've seen 'em. The film as a whole might just have been average, but this one very scene
I had this with just 4 or 5 scenes and i can just remember one other right now, but "City by the Sea", a more than OK film, without being a milestone in cinematographic history, had one of those rare moments!
And guess what: It took about 5 seconds, and all we see is De Niro. Without saying a word, he made me rewind that very scene several times. That was acting at its finest.
De Niro's worst role? I don't think so.

Sorry, but there is no such thing as Deniro and worst acting.
"Fuggedabout Joe the Plumber, what about Don the Jeweler?".

I thought the scene was very moving and intense. There's something wrong with you if you think the acting was bad.

Mean Streets is AWESOME !!!

Thanks very much for your kind word, Jeanniemotherof3! You have excellent taste in movies as well.
I have not seen "Stone" yet, but I'll definitely seek it out. I have such a backlog of films that it often takes me a few years to get to recent releases.
"Awakenings" is beautiful and tremendously depressing. I'd love to see it again when I am up to it, but now is not the time. De Niro is brutally excellent in "This Boy's Life": "Shut your pie hole!" "Mean Streets" is excellent as well, a gathering of some of the finest actors of the '70s beyond very early in their careers.
I have "Once Upon a Time in America," but I haven't watched it yet it's an epic, and I save those for when I can give them maximum attention.
A few other great De Niro films are "Wag the Dog" (very comedic) "Cop Land," "Marvin's Room," "Cape Fear," "New York, New York," "Midnight Run" (another very comedic role) and "Frankenstein," where he's unrecognizable as the Creature.
The man is very prolific maybe too much so because he seems to hammer out a lot of films at random these days. Probably the film of his I was most disappointed in was "Godsend," but generally his name in the credits is enough to pull me in.

Oh thank you! I am going to have to watch Flawless this weekend. I am like you in that King of Comedy is only second to Taxi Driver. Did you happen to see Stone? If yes, what did you think? also Awakenings, This Boys Life? and Once Upon A Time In America? I have not seen it yet. Also I want to see Mean Streets, share what you think of these movies if you get a chance. I love Stalker movies also. WarpedRecord, I think you have great taste in movies!! Thank you for all your great input.

I absolutely love "King of Comedy"! That's probably second only to "Taxi Driver" as my favorite De Niro film. Now
that
is the kind of comedy he should be doing dark and weird. "The Fan" is very good also; I just bought that, in fact, after renting it years ago. I'm a big fan of stalker movies.
One interesting, excellent, overlooked one is "Flawless," with De Niro as a disabled ex-cop getting voice lessons from the transexual next door, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Really great to see those two pros together.

King of comedy and The Fan are both incredible movies! Just in case you have not seen them check them out.

Yes, comedy is not De Niro's forte unless it's an extremely dark comedy. I much prefer him in drama because he's so good at playing intense characters.
Did you see him hosting "Saturday Night Live" a few months ago? It just seems like he was snickering the whole time, and the writing didn't match his talent.