Taylor Swift’s Best-Reviewed Movie On Rotten Tomatoes Is A Big Surprise

Let’s take a quick look at the highs and lows of Taylor Swift’s acting roles, starting back in 2010 with her appearance in the enormous ensemble comedy «Valentine’s Day.» Directed by Garry Marshall, «Valentine’s Day» was one of several attempts to recreate the wildly successful ensemble rom-com «He’s Just Not That Into You,» but it just couldn’t recapture the magic — which isn’t really Swift’s fault. She shows up as Felicia, the enthusiastic girlfriend of Taylor Lautner’s Willy, and the two share a couple of scenes together … likely because they were a real-life couple at the time.

Swift next appeared in the 2014 adaptation of Lois Lowry’s classic children’s book «The Giver» as Rosemary, the daughter of a previous Giver who walked away from her fate. This relatively unremarkable young-adult film fared poorly with critics, but Swift wouldn’t be deterred. She waited five years before agreeing to perform in Tom Hooper’s adaptation of «Cats» in 2019, and to say this film wasn’t well received by critics is … an understatement. Swift plays Bombalurina in the film, adorned in disturbing real-fur technology and huffing catnip like a fiend. Suffice to say, it’s weird.

In 2022, Swift joined David O. Russell’s movie «Amsterdam,» and the movie didn’t do very well — but Swift’s time on screen is mercifully brief, as she plays a woman who knows too much and is killed almost immediately. Swifties are still a little baffled by this role, though.