Can bad acting ever work for a movie?

I recently rewatched The Godfather. The actor who plays Luca Brasi is fine, but when he’s meeting Don Corleone to congratulate him, he’s clearly acting badly. However, within the context of how it’s framed in the movie (he’s nervous about the meeting and rehearses his speech) it ends up working for the movie.

So my question is are there other bad performances that actually work in the film’s favor? I don’t mean stuff like The Room either where it’s so bad it’s good.

Submitted February 27, 2022 at 12:01AM by AztecHoodlum https://ift.tt/RoXmai8