By The Numbers: John Cusack

Last week Ally Suggested I do review of John Cusack. Sounded like a good idea to me, thus I now present you with Mr. Cusack.

First the standard bit about how this all works. I take the all the films said actor has been in and break them down into three categories, 'Good' 'Bad' and 'Ok.' I do not count TV appearances or Made for TV movies. Afterwards a quick analysis will show whether or not he's a good actor by the numbers. Invariably there is a 2-3 +/- point bias on a person to person basis.



Roll that beautiful chart footage:

I expected this one to be a lot closer than it was. When I actually started going over the movies I found that he made an unusual amount of good choices early on in his career. While he has had quite a few bad films, his good outnumber them without even adding in the ok movies. When all is said and done, since I count ok movies in the positive column, it works out to an outstandingly high 65% good over 35% bad. Considering the percentile the others have fallen into, just barely scraping into the good category or else falling squarely into the bad category, I officially rate him an "Excellent Actor." Very surprising indeed. I've always liked John Cusack, I just wouldn't have put him into that category.

While no one yet has landed into the 70% category, after today I think it might be possible.

Who to review next week? I'm always up for suggestions.