Why did Annette Bening's career go straight down the shitter?

It wasn't from a lack of Oscar nominations or being offered iconic roles that she foolishly turned down!

She would have made a terrible Catwoman.

Hilary Swank stole both of her Oscars.

Looks like Elizabeth Warren!

The "straight down the shitter" troll goes straight down the shitter!

Die, OP, right down the shitter.

She had 4 kids with WB (and I think after 40)--maybe she was too busy.

Speaking of Warren, is Warren B. still tapping that ass?

She was shrill and obnoxious in "American Beauty," R2. So no, nobody stole any Oscar from her.

I loved her in [italic] The Grifters [/italic].

Michelle Pfeiffer owned that role, R1. It's hard to imagine anybody else doing a better job.

She’s extremely good. She was supposed to be annoying in AB, naturally.

I imagine her to be like that character in real life for some reason, R11.

By all accounts, she's down to earth in real life, R12.

I sent her and Warren a lovely fondue set when they got married and I've yet to get a fucking thank you note.

Trashy person from trash Kansas origins. Her mother was a church singer. That's all you need to know about her. She's trash.

There's only room in Hollywood for ONE old woman actress.

She is usually good, although she tends to overact.

She was great in The Grifters (although Warren has scolded her for showing her hairy pussy), but overacted her tits off in American Beauty.

Can Muriel please redtag the whiny idiot who is desperate for attention. He is far more annoying than any of these threads!

I will lmao if R19/et al. ends up redtagged instead.

Moving on, she's mostly decent in everything she is in.

One year at the Oscars, she said she and Warren stopped to eat at a pizza joint on their way there. The thought of them eating pizza in their formal attire pleases me for some reason.

I hope the AMPAS takes pity on her and one day charitably awards her a pity Oscar.

The poor dear. She must suffer so.

So down to earth, r29.....

One of her children is "trans" so she's probably been kept quite busy dealing with that kind of crazy.

She was always rather untalented.

I think she’ll make a good Dianne Feinstein in The Torture Report.

I liked her a lot in The Kids are Alright. I've always liked her. She seems balanced and intelligent in the few interviews I've seen/read, and seems completely devoted to her kids.

She looks 10 years older than the age she claims

Her scene in "The Grifters" in the jewelry store, where, on her way to exit the store, she suddenly stops to walk back to the jeweler to 'negotiate'; but he calls her bluff. Annette is Sexy, yet hilarious!

If she was hotter she wouldn't have got turned down by the jeweler ;)