The film was savaged by viewers on social media, with one critic writing that Hardy “grunts, coughs and s***s his way through scenes that lack any form of direction, sympathy and/or purpose”. But these big choices don’t always pan out, leading to bizarre results in films such as last year’s strange Al Capone biopic. This is what makes him great it’s a big part of what imbued films like Bronson or Mad Max: Fury Road with such unique, specific energy. His role as the animal-fluent doctor in Dolittle must be the worst, however – a charmless and insipid spin on a classic children’s premise.Īs an actor, Tom Hardy makes big choices. It’s no small shame, therefore, that his acting career after the success of Iron Man has pretty much been confined to Marvel’s Tony Stark – since The Avengers in 2012, his only sizable non-MCU roles have been The Judge and Dolittle, both of which could be charitably described as letdowns. There have been few men as naturally charismatic as RDJ the camera loves him, and so do audiences.
