Wednesday, November 01, 2023

5 Off My Head: Toni My Queen


It's Toni Collette's 51st birthday today and you could knock me over with a feather upon the just-now-made realization that I have never done a list of my favorite Toni performances before. Not even for her 50th last year? What the hell was I thinking? Well there's no time like the present. I don't think this list will surprise anybody with my choices given what a vocal supporter of her I've been since I saw Muriel's Wedding way back in '96 and it became basically my number one favorite movie of all time...

... I think the only thing that will surprise is that I didn't up the number to ten or fifteen performances! Because I coulda! And I purposefully decided to leave T.V. performances off because that coulda doubled it again (but seriously, The United States of Tara forever). The fact that I got to hang out with her for a couple of drinks while she was doing press for Hereditary will probably always remain the greatest perk this gig has ever gifted me. That brag aside, here's my list!

My 5 Fave Toni Collette Movie Performances

Sandy, Japanese Story
"To say goodbye."

Annie, Hereditary
"I never wanted to be your mother."

Muriel, Muriel's Wedding
"Why can't it be me? Why can't I be the one?"

Lynn, The Sixth Sense
"Do I make her proud?"

Mandy, Velvet Goldmine
"It's funny how beautiful people look
 when they're walking out the door."

Runners-up: In Her Shoes, The Hours, Knives Out, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Velvet Buzzsaw, Krampus, Little Miss Sunshine, About a Boy, Clockwatchers, Emma... and all the rest!

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What are your favorite Toni Collette performances?

When?

11 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:20 PM

    The Sixth Sense, Muriel’s Wedding, In Her Shoes, Knives Out, and Velvet Goldmine.

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  2. MinDC12:30 PM

    She should have won the best supp actress Oscar for "the sixth sense."

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  3. Jason Adams12:33 PM

    Oh my GOD I forgot about IN HER SHOES -- adding to the runner-up pile immediately

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  4. Matty4:56 PM

    Hereditary, United States of Tara, Clockwatchers, Muriel's Wedding and Knives Out would be my top five.

    Also, her top three characters from Tara were Shoshana, Buck and Alice for me.

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  5. bdog5:54 PM

    Literally everything, I'm just gonna add Connie and Carla and Fright Night..

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  6. Ax from MN6:03 PM

    While a fan since Muriel, I didn't recognize her greatness until US of Tara.

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  7. joel659136:29 PM

    While I can't say I'm a completist in her filmography I am a big fan of her and her work. A very skillful actress.

    My top 5:

    The Sixth Sense-just flat out brilliant
    Emma-In anyone else's hands the flibbertigibbet Harriet would have been nigh intolerable but she makes her endearing.
    Connie and Carla
    Little Miss Sunshine
    Muriel's Wedding

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  8. Anonymous8:47 AM

    Hereditary
    Muriel's Wedding
    The Sixth Sense
    Little Miss Sunshine
    The Hours

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  9. Tim Rush10:27 AM

    'I could do anything'. 'Oh Laura, I don't think you can call yourself a woman until you're a mother'

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  10. Shawny1:21 PM

    Jason, if you haven't seen it, you HAVE to watch Unbelievable. It's top tier Toni (TTT!).

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  11. MrRipley764:20 PM

    Top 5

    1 Hereditary
    2 The Sixth Sense
    3 Muriels' Wedding
    4 In Her Shoes
    5 The Hours

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