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We all have our own lists for this theme, and it makes sense because Hollywood frequently gives credit where credit isn’t due, whether it be through critical acclaim or box office success. For this list, we’ll concentrate on the latter, going over a few names that critics have hailed as outstanding performers but who fall short of our expectations. Some of them have received Oscar nominations and other honors.

It is important to clarify that including those actors on this list does not imply that we think they are wholly untalented; rather, it is more of a “you’re not that good” statement than a direct criticism of their performance. Here are our top ten most overrated actors of the present day, without further ado.

,Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway receives a lot of unjustified criticism. Her “goody two shoes” character occasionally irritates certain people, but we’re not here to address that because neither the personalities of male actors nor those of female performers should ever be discussed.

She starred brilliantly in Rachel Getting Married, a little independent film directed by Jonathan Demme, prior to her Academy Award-winning performance in Les Misérables. Fantine is a slobbering mess of an emotional part, but Hathaway is far more comfortable playing a more subdued one.

We believe she is overrated because of this. She was the only cast member who did not agree with Christopher Nolan’s overly sensitive storytelling in Interstellar, and she attempted to produce her best work in The Intern (2015), but Nancy Meyers’ script utterly ruined her character’s journey.

Not to mention Song One’s strange selections for an A-lister that reveal she’s not really all that, such as Don Peyote and her incredibly obnoxious White Queen in both Alice in Wonderland films.

Jared Leto

Hollywood adores stories about Method-acting, particularly when the actor disfigures his body to perform a character. Put Jared Leto’s portrayal of Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club in the same league as his performance because it is not only another instance of a cis actor playing a trans role, but it is also superficial. For the record, Matthew McConaughey’s much more subdued performance in the same movie deserves a greater emotional impact from the audience.

Leto has given excellent performances in a number of films over his very lengthy career, including Chapter 27, Panic Room, Requiem for a Dream, Fight Club, and Mr. Nobody. However, he is not the formidable force that people portray him as. Another example is his most recent portrayal of the Joker in Suicide Squad, which is a theatrical and effortlessly cool performance that lacks depth.

Eddie Redmayne

One of Eddie Redmayne’s first roles in 2007 was in the mediocre film Savage Grace, in which he excels. However, once he gained popularity in Les Misérables (with a remarkably unimpressive performance in comparison to his co-stars), he chose parts that prioritized gimmicks and technique over depth.

His Oscar-winning performance in The Theory of Everything was so intensely focused on its subject that it never allowed him to fully develop as a character on screen.

Redmayne’s outrageously extravagant portrayal of Jupiter Ascending’s antagonist, a sometimes shouty, sometimes whispery tyrant who is, at the very least, designed to be unsubtle, was probably the most enjoyable thing you’ve seen him do on screen recently. Combine that with his transgender role in a movie that aggressively misunderstands trans identity (The Danish Girl).

Rachel McAdams

Although Rachel McAdams is part of an amazing group, she isn’t particularly noteworthy. She was just nominated for an Oscar for her role in Spotlight. She is far superior in True Detective season 2, but most people were unable to see that because of the overall dissatisfaction with the season.

However, McAdams is not historically that excellent overall. She succeeded brilliantly in Mean Girls as a legitimate cultural icon Regina George, but her career deteriorated into slobbery rom-coms (The Notebook, The Time Traveler’s Wife, and The Vow) and some mediocre more “serious” productions.

She was the least interesting character in excellent films like Wes Craven’s Red Eye, Ira Sachs’ Married Life, Neil Burger’s The Lucky Ones, Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder, and Anton Corbijn’s Passion. She was also hardly present for Southpaw, which was Jake Gyllenhaal’s show anyhow, and she made terrible mistakes when she starred in Cameron Crowe’s Aloha and Wim Wender’s Every Thing Will Be Fine. It’s difficult to keep failing when you’ve collaborated with so many excellent filmmakers, but perhaps it’s simply a question of terrible components.

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman does have a great singing voice, to be sure. He sings throughout his role in Les Misérables, which is what makes it so tolerable. I promise that we have nothing personal against the movie; it’s just a bunch of strangely overrated performers in one production.

This previously Tony-winning actor’s Oscar-nominated performance was perhaps his last overtly serious performance; his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men film series shows that he is an entertainer and people-pleaser.

His outrageous act in the awful 2015 movie Pan shows that the man can occasionally be entertaining. He cannot, however, be a completely realized character; in the three other “prestige” films in his filmography—The Fountain by Darren Aronofsky, The Prestige by Christopher Nolan, and Prisoners by Denis Villeneuve—he fell short. Yes, he is captivating, and we all adore him, but let’s stop calling him the “great actor Hugh Jackman.”