# A.O. Scott on Colin Farrell's Hit List! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 28, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-o-scott-on-colin-farrells-hit-list/366393 "2006-07-28T13:55:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-o-scott-on-colin-farrells-hit-list/366393/1 "2006-07-28T13:55:17Z")
Yow–did you see the _Times_’ review of _Miami Vice_? A.O. Scott didn’t eviscerate the film so much, but listen to him on Colin Farrell: > [@](#): > > . . . Mr. Farrell, however, is a movie star only in the sense that Richard Gephardt is president of the United States. He’s always looked good on paper, and he’s picked up some endorsements along the way — from Oliver Stone, Joel Schumacher and Terrence Malick, among others — but somehow it has never quite happened. Here he squints and twitches to suggest emotion and slackens his lower lip to suggest lust, concern or deep contemplation, but despite his good looks he lacks that mysterious quality we call presence. Mr. Mann’s script has its share of silly, overwrought lines, but they only really sound that way in Mr. Farrell’s mouth. (Did he really say, “I’m a fiend for mojitos”? ¡Dios mío!) When he’s not on screen, you don’t miss him, and when he is, you find yourself, before long, looking at someone or something else. Gong Li. A boat. A lightning bolt illuminating the humid summer sky. Ouch. Only a matter of time till Colin gets Russell Crowe to hold A.O. down and beat the bejabbers out of him. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-o-scott-on-colin-farrells-hit-list/366393/2 "2006-07-28T14:40:37Z")
Somehow, Mr. Scott has been able to look into my mind and put to paper the opinion I myself hold of Mr. Colin Farrell! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-o-scott-on-colin-farrells-hit-list/366393/3 "2006-07-28T15:33:20Z")
Opinion around the office is that Colin Farrell once said “no” to A.O. Scott. Which is, of course, ridiculous–Colin Farrell has never said “no” to _anyone_. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-o-scott-on-colin-farrells-hit-list/366393/4 "2006-07-28T18:29:09Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Opinion around the office is that Colin Farrell once said “no” to A.O. Scott. Which is, of course, ridiculous–Colin Farrell has never said “no” to _anyone_. _Oooooooooh._ take my hat off to you, if I wore one, and if I wore it indoors. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-o-scott-on-colin-farrells-hit-list/366393/5 "2006-07-28T18:31:57Z")
_I’m_ a fiend for mojitos. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-o-scott-on-colin-farrells-hit-list/366393/6 "2006-07-28T19:27:54Z")
As with many man-candy actors, Colin Farrell just has to look beautiful; he doesn’t have to act well. But Gong Li is in this too? The screen might ignite with all the beauty it is trying to contain.