Best & Worst Performances – by the Same Actors – of 2012

2012 offered no shortage of acting yin-and-yangs, with five actors in particular meriting notice for giving some of the year’s best — and worst — performances

ROBERT DE NIRO

Best: “Silver Linings Playbook”

After decades of this venerable legend phoning it in, it's a treat to get such a rich and hilarious performance as the shaky patriarch of a deeply dysfunctional Philadephia family. De Niro never smoothes out the rough edges or takes cheap shortcuts to audience likability.

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Alonso Duralde

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap’s film reviews editor, has written about film for Movieline, Salon, Village Voice and MSNBC.com. He also co-hosts the “Linoleum Knife,” “Maximum Film!” and “Breakfast All Day” podcasts. A member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics, Duralde has discussed cinema on TCM, CNN and ABC,…

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