# Maggie Gyllenhaal - attractive, or am I missing something? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800 "2010-06-19T19:40:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/21 "2010-06-19T21:32:39Z")
I don’t think it was implied in the Dark Knight that she was supposed to be the sexiest woman in Gotham turning heads and stopping traffic. She was a credible love interest though. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/22 "2010-06-19T21:37:46Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > If you want to rate her on purely physical appearance, you’re missing the point (not to mention, it’s a piss-poor way of judging how attractive someone is). Yeah, yeah… I’ve already admitted I’m shallow. But thanks for the reminder. 😛 I’m not judging her personality here, and I don’t care if she’d be a great neighbor, or someone to talk to over a cup of coffee. I’m judging purely on looks. That’s as shallow as you can get. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/23 "2010-06-19T21:38:17Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > 😕 > > Discarding the critique of her performance in DK, I find that statement odd. It is not an actress’s job to be herself. I took it to mean that she wasn’t allowed to play to her strengths (character acting versus method acting, that sort of thing). Another hypothetical example would be casting Ellen Page as a dumb, stuck-up insecure cheerleader; her presence and natural affectations lend themselves much more to the “precocious, intelligent, more mature than she looks, woman-child.” ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/24 "2010-06-19T21:39:30Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > No Maggie is not attractive. She has a reallly weird face and that’s all it takes to ruin a woman’s attractiveness to me. Her ass and legs _could_ make up for it, if they were any good. As they are, she’s not attractive. Thank you! At least ONE person feels the way I do. I was starting to wonder if my personal taste in women and what I find attractive are completely off the beam. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/25 "2010-06-19T21:40:08Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Sorry. This is a good point, however I thought that most people would know what she looks like, and I just posted the OP because it was on my mind. I’ll dig out some pics that show her poor posture if I can. > > However, based on the replies, it seems that many people \*\*do \*\*find her attractive, so I may be in a huge minority on this one. No, I think you have a point. Many individuals finding her attractive, especially when it’s for a quirky cuteness or overall charm (which I can see), doesn’t mean that she’s the kind of conventional beauty she was supposed to be in the Dark Knight. She was miscast. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/26 "2010-06-19T21:42:55Z")
Color me in the hubba hubba hubba seats. See Secretary from the google page [![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Uaxrp_-Co5k/SYS7FV_Z3CI/AAAAAAAAA6c/XnDyNmOSaUU/s400/Maggie+Gyllenhaal.bmp) ](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Uaxrp_-Co5k/SYS7FV_Z3CI/AAAAAAAAA6c/XnDyNmOSaUU/s400/Maggie+Gyllenhaal.bmp) yes please but I will concede the whole quirky, maybe/maybe not, depends on context thing. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/27 "2010-06-19T21:45:21Z")
Yeah, I think she’s cute. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/28 "2010-06-19T21:59:47Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Here’s [one picture with her poor posture and rolled shoulders](http://shoeminx.com/images/2008/07/maggie-jake-gyllenhall-batman-oscar-buzz.jpg). > > Here’s [another one, with her bad posture and saggy breasts.](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thebadandugly.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/gylls.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thebadandugly.com/2008/01/11/the-bu-pitch-mister-sister/&usg=__Zu9MTQBeTnVK5Yaqg3Tpm03L9CY=&h=400&w=298&sz=40&hl=en&start=17&sig2=CQU_7l9yaHyNXMcmVYaTjQ&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Q3JcWipbMLwEzM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=92&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmaggie%2Bgyllenhaal%253B%253B%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4ADBR_enUS234US234%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=yCYdTJmlJISglAfH_9yKCg) I am going to say Hell Yes she’s attractive, and nothing in these pictures causes me to think otherwise. I think the smiling she’s doing in most of the pictures Google turned up has something to do with it. A cute, winsome smile kicks posture’s ass any day. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/29 "2010-06-19T22:16:41Z")
Not the greatest but still attractive. Much better than someone like Angelina Jolie who I am absolutley flumoxed why people think she’s attractive. The massive forehead, bugged out eyes, fish lips? She a freak. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/30 "2010-06-19T22:17:12Z")
I don’t think she’s unattractive, but I don’t thinks she’s attractive either. I do think she’s a really good actress. A couple of my guy friends call her “Old Hound Dog” because that’s what they think she looks like. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/31 "2010-06-19T22:28:23Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > A couple of my guy friends call her “Old Hound Dog” because that’s what they think she looks like. “Old Hound Dog” cracked me up! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/32 "2010-06-19T22:32:34Z")
I agree wholeheartedly with the OP, and wondered if I were the only one. Who knew—before poor Maggie came slouching along—that posture would be something I’d even notice, let alone find an important element of a woman’s attractiveness? And yet, I look at her sometimes and want to scream “_SIT UP STRAIGHT_!” ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/33 "2010-06-19T22:32:57Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Here’s [one picture with her poor posture and rolled shoulders](http://shoeminx.com/images/2008/07/maggie-jake-gyllenhall-batman-oscar-buzz.jpg). > > Here’s [another one, with her bad posture and saggy breasts.](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thebadandugly.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/gylls.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thebadandugly.com/2008/01/11/the-bu-pitch-mister-sister/&usg=__Zu9MTQBeTnVK5Yaqg3Tpm03L9CY=&h=400&w=298&sz=40&hl=en&start=17&sig2=CQU_7l9yaHyNXMcmVYaTjQ&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Q3JcWipbMLwEzM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=92&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmaggie%2Bgyllenhaal%253B%253B%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4ADBR_enUS234US234%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=yCYdTJmlJISglAfH_9yKCg) > > These came from the first page of google photos that astro provided. > > I have to say that the first few photos on that google page showed her in a much different light than I’ve ever seen her before. So, I can see how some people could see her in lingerie and give her the benefit of the doubt. 😉 Dear lord! Much unlike **Thudlow** , neither of these pictures have done anything to make me think she’s attractive. Her face is prominently featured in both pictures and just… ugh. She doesn’t even have any damn breasts for me to ogle fer cryin out loud! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/34 "2010-06-19T22:40:24Z")
I wouldn’t call her “sexy”, per se, but she is cute. Both are perfectly valid forms of attractiveness. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/35 "2010-06-19T22:50:14Z")
I think she looks sweet. Cute and kissable. If she needs help with her posture, I’d volunteer to rub her shoulders and back until she can stand upright… and then do her until she can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Lunchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Lunchy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunchy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/36 "2010-06-19T22:51:48Z")
I don’t find her attractive. My friends don’t find her attractive either. That said, she would have been fine in Dark Knight if The Joker didn’t call her beautiful 3 times. It almost felt forced. To me she looked like a shaved rat. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/37 "2010-06-19T22:52:57Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > I’ve never personally found Maggie Gyllenhaal attractive, but that’s ok.. there are many women I do find attractive that others don’t. > > … > > So, what say you dopers? Is she attractive to you and am I just missing that something special that others see, or do you also question why so many find her attractive? I think Maggie Gyllenhaal is attractive but she’s more “real world attractive” as opposed to “Hollywood attractive.” A girl like her would seem pretty enough if you saw her working in your office or at a Starbucks. [QUOTE=KneadToKnow] She is more than the sum of her parts. She has a sexiness that is hard to put words to. She is, in short, attractive, yes. But I would not call her “beautiful,” to be fair. [/QUOTE] That’s pretty much how I feel about her. She’s cute but not beautiful. She’s basically a throwback to the 1960s and 70s when Hollywood was casting a lot of “unconventional looking” actors and actresses in leading roles. Also, on a purely superficial level, his face is quirky-looking but she does have a nice pair of legs. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/38 "2010-06-19T23:01:28Z")
> [@scifisam2009](#): > > No, I think you have a point. Many individuals finding her attractive, especially when it’s for a quirky cuteness or overall charm (which I can see), doesn’t mean that she’s the kind of conventional beauty she was supposed to be in the Dark Knight. She was miscast. Actually, I thought she was exactly the type of woman a couple of men like Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent would think of as their soulmate. Do you think those two would care about superficial beauty? She was perfectly cast. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/39 "2010-06-19T23:14:28Z")
I’d hit it. And twice on Sundays. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800/40 "2010-06-19T23:15:59Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > I’d hit it. And twice on Sundays. Well yeah, so would I. She’s just not attractive, which means she wouldn’t _attract_ me from across a room or anything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800.md?page=3)