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Overacting Anonymous: The Christian Bale and Natalie Portman Edition

With Christian Bale’s twitchy Fighter act and Natalie Portman’s loony Black Swan ballerina as near-sure Academy Award bets, Tricia Romano denounces both performances.

Tricia Romano

Published Feb. 20 2011 5:42PM EST

articles/2011/02/20/overacting-anonymous-the-christian-bale-and-natalie-portman-edition/romano-overacting_159494_mh3hny — From left: Natalie Portman in Black Swan. Christian Bale in The Fighter. (Photo: Courtesy of Fox Searchlight; Paramount Pictures)

Tricia Romano

Tricia Romano

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