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Every Blake Lively Movie Performance, Ranked by Liveliness
Paul Feig seems to specifically know how to harnesses her specific brand of vivacious, alluring, and just a little dangerous.
Written, directed, and narrated by no one in particular, Café Society tells the story of Bobby (Jesse Eisenberg) as he transitions from Hollywood assistant to New York club owner, all while being in love with Veronica (Kristen Stewart), who would rather marry his uncle (Steve Carell). Unable to deal with his daughter in the wake of his wife’s suicide (her umpteenth dead parent), Bridget’s (Lively) dad ships her off to an all-girls soccer camp, where she can’t get romantic attention from anyone appropriate, so she throws herself at a coach, only to find sex does not equal fulfillment. The stranded lead of a survival story has a handful of crucial tasks: look disheveled but still hot because this is a movie; make it not too weird that you’re talking to yourself; react viscerally to the elements around you despite the fact that you’re probably on a soundstage; find multiple engaging ways to yell.
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