To resolve the issue of her unhappiness, she decides the only correct course of action is to reunite her now-husband with his eccentric ex-wife (Julianne Moore). Several years later, Maggie has the daughter she’s always dreamt of, but feels trapped in her own torturous marriage with the still-tortured novelist. Instead, she meets a tortured novelist (Ethan Hawke) trapped in what he feels to be a torturous marriage, and the two start up an affair. The oddball darkish comedy follows Maggie, an idealistic and a little bit controlling quasi Quaker who has her heart set on having a baby via artificial insemination with a man who pickles pickles. Maggie’s Plan (2015)ĭespite once again being upsettingly underutilized, Maya Rudolph steals every scene she gets as Felicia in Maggie’s Plan. But I frequently found myself searching for more of her onscreen, or wishing, with no ill will toward the rest of the cast, that Wine Country was more focused on Poehler and Rudolph - oh, and Tina Fey, who is also there (of course). Naomi is totally necessary for moving the predictable yet still delightful plot along from punchline to punchline. Casting Rudolph as the closest thing to a straight man Wine Country has makes sense. Despite their best intentions, some drunken drama ensues. Wine Country follows a group of six best friends (Poehler, Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Paula Pell, Ana Gasteyer, and Emily Spivey) who head to Napa for the weekend to celebrate a birthday and drown themselves in wine. Don’t get me wrong, her performance as Naomi, mother to a seemingly countless amount of children and also to the movie’s central friend group, still manages to occasionally shine even in such a highly saturated cast, but it follows suit with Bridesmaids. Wine Country (2019)Īmy Poehler’s directorial debut features yet another ensemble cast of comedy legends that unfortunately Rudolph can get a tad lost in. Universal / Courtesy Everett Collection 9. Will I be disappointed every time Rudolph’s main joke starts and stops with her relieving herself in the middle of traffic? A little bit.I’ll still laugh though. But Rudolph is criminally underused throughout the film, relegated to playing the straight woman against other comedy giants like Wiig and a culotte-sporting Melissa McCarthy. ( Girl’s Night Out) movies, and for that, we should put some respect on its name. Bridesmaids follows an absolutely hilarious mess of a person and soon-to-be maid of honor, Annie (the wonderful Kristen Wiig), who struggles with some serious jealousy when her best friend Lillian (Rudolph) gets engaged and starts to grow closer with another bridesmaid. This isn’t Bridesmaids slander but more so a testament to Rudolph’s impressive roster of complex, cry-laugh inducing characters. Perhaps somewhat controversially, Rudolph’s solid and steady performance as a bride-to-be in Bridesmaids barely breaks the top 10 best roles of her career in my opinion. Photo-illustration: Alexa Fishman Everett Collection (Suzanne Hanover / Universal Pictures, Francois Duhamel / Focus Features, Colleen Hayes/ Apple TV+, Jon Pack / Sony Pictures Classics), Getty Images (Colleen Hayes / NBC / NBCU Photo Bank) 10.
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But while I wait not-so-patiently for that to happen, here’s my ranking of Maya Rudolph’s top 10 performances across both TV and film. My hope is that after seeing her shine as the star I personally have always known she was, Hollywood will start hitting Maya up with the leading roles she deserves. The role plays to all of Rudolph’s strengths, and despite the first season of Loot not quite sweeping me off my feet the way I really wanted it to, Rudolph makes sticking around for the already confirmed Season 2 well worth it. Molly is funny to the point of absurdity, absurd to the point of hilarity, and heartwarming when you least expect her to be. Rudolph is taking center stage as Molly Novak, a recently divorced, obscenely wealthy woman who is learning to give back…but not too much. After a string of scene-stealing side characters and a few short-lived lead roles (Amazon, this is my plea to bring back Forever, I promise society is finally ready for it), Ms. I’ve personally acknowledged Rudolph’s unabashed greatness since basically birth - thanks to my mother exclaiming, “Oh, I LOVE her!” whenever she appeared on TV throughout my life - but I feel like Hollywood as a whole has sort of slept on Rudolph’s massive talent for the majority of her career.Įnter: Loot (and the 49th vice president of the United States). Maya Rudolph: Saturday Night Live legend, comedy icon, an actor who never fails to bring me joy when she pops up on screen in the middle of anything and everything (my QUEEN of cameos).
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