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9. Robert De Niro, Stanley & Iris
Technically, he´s channeling a functionally illiterate here, not a mental simpleton. Nonetheless, De Niro plays it typically broad, dipping deep into his Master Thespian handbook (the downcast gaze, the pursed-lip pout) and rendering his character thoroughly schizophrenic. Separately: Being taught how to read by Jane Fonda is the cinematic equivalent of being taught how to aerobicize by Ayn Rand.

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