Dern

Dern is miscast, lacking the athleticism and jumbo-sized entitlement complex that made Tom blandly, casually evil.

70s Cinema: The Great Gatsby « Screaming Blue Reviews 2010

This was an early environmental “message” movie where Bruce Dern is serving in a fleet of spaceships containing the last remaining flora from a completely deforrested Earth.

KAMN Show #17: The Demolished Man : The Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas 2006

In Inland Empire, sequences from dreams and earlier versions of the film being shot by Jeremy Irons’ director character are interspersed with footage of the ‘reality’ in which Laura Dern is an actress making ‘High on Blue Tomorrows’.

Boing Boing 2007

"Dern," the old man said, clearly impressed by the information.

Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985

"Dern," the old man said, clearly impressed by the information.

Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985

Our first look at Amy the electrifying Laura Dern is not a pretty one.

Roush Review: Lifetime's Five, HBO's Enlightened 2011

The problem here is that we only know Amy at these extremes, from PMS rage to PMA positive mental attitude, and while Dern commits fully to the role, Amy still feels like an annoying, exasperating caricature who probably ought to be committed.

Roush Review: Lifetime's Five, HBO's Enlightened 2011

Oddly enough, Enlightened, which stars Laura Dern as a self-destructive executive who tries to piece her life back together after suffering a public meltdown at work had a smaller audience than all three of the canceled series.

HBO Renews Enlightened; Cancels Hung, How to Make it, Bored to Death 2011

And Bruce Dern is at his borderline psychotic best as a crooked cop.

A World of Film, A City of Screens Steve Dollar 2011

Enlightened is clearly a deeply felt show, and the cast is terrific, including Diane Ladd (Dern's real-life mother) as Amy's skeptical mom, Luke Wilson as her likable drugged-out ex who resists her self-help efforts, and Mike White (who co-created the show with Dern) as an admiring mouse of a co-worker in the basement where she's unhappily reassigned.

Roush Review: Lifetime's Five, HBO's Enlightened 2011