Angelina Jolie critic Peter Stack wrote, "Jolie, working through an overwritten part, is a sensation as the desperate club crawler learning truths about what she's willing to gamble." She won the Breakthrough Performance Award from the National Board of Review. In 1999, Jolie starred in the comedy-drama "Pushing Tin", alongside John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett. The film met with mixed reception from critics, and Jolie's character—Thornton's seductive wife—was particularly criticized; writing for "The Washington Post", Desson Howe dismissed her as "a completely ludicrous writer's creation of a free-spirited woman who weeps over hibiscus plants that die, wears lots of
Angelina Jolie filmography Jolie lent her voice to the animated feature "Shark Tale", followed by the role of an assassin in the commercially successful action comedy "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (2005), opposite Brad Pitt. She then portrayed Mariane Pearl in the drama "A Mighty Heart" (2007), and lent her voice to the computer-animated film "Kung Fu Panda" (2008). The 2008 action thriller "Wanted", which saw her in a supporting role, proved to be a commercial success. Her next appearance was as Christine Collins in the drama "Changeling" (2008), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination. This was followed by lead