Mischa BartonOnce Mischa Barton became of age and got her role in The O.C, she was all the rage. To us, however,
Mischa has been all the rage ever since we saw her first feature film Lawn Dogs, which to this
day is also her best role by a large margin. No amount of hype for that
movie is enough; there's a reason we scored it at 5 stars. Mischa's next
movie, two years later, was the mediocre B-movie Pups.
The same year Mischa had a small part in the widely distributed movie Notting Hill. While under a minute in duration,
the little scene is fun and shows Mischa in a manner not quite seen
elsewhere. Worth taking a look at. Not a bad romantic comedy overall,
either.
Mischa's entire role in Notting
Hill The Sixth Sense is the film Mischa was the
best known about until The O.C. Why, I'm not sure. Mischa plays a child
ghost who barfs on herself. Some role to have, that one. But Mischa is a
good fit for the job: painted pale and ghostly, she's very eerie and
otherworldly. The clip below shows her another, slightly longer, and more
pleasant scene.
Sixth Sense Paranoid, where
Mischa is 13, is one of those waste-of-time movies in which all actors end
up now and then. Even Dakota Fanning had one.
However, the next one, called Skipped Parts and released the same
year, is much better. It also features another one of my favorite
actresses, Jennifer Jason Leigh, who is
perfect in her role as the immature though kind and well-meaning mother.
Frankie & Hazel is a pretty boring
movie with a Disney-like glossy feeling. Mischa's character is a meek girl
trying to choose between ballet and Baseball.
Frankie
& Hazel By Lost and
Delirious, Mischa has grown into a teenager. She's however much more
likeable than in the previous movie, or any following ones. We love this
movie.
Of Mischa's later movies we have seen Tart,
A Ring of Endless Light, Octane and the television series The O.C, but none of those are match to Mischa's
earlier movies, and outside of the scope of this site anyway.
Reviewed Movies
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Mischa's Pictures
From Lawn Dogs
From Skipped Parts
From Lost and Delirious
From Pups
From Paranoid
Mischa's Sites |
Frankie
& Hazel