She has sung in several blockbusters, and here is our ranking for her top seven movie musical performances.
Where is this wacky woman even from?
The world is turning turtle, she laments, as she faces upside down day every Wednesday.
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She also loses her way throughout the song, finding time to comment on Tolstoys gift of gab.
She performs the movies opening number, I See Me in character in character.
Like a dream within a dream, shes playing Madeline Ashton playing the lead in the Broadway musicalSongbird.
Streep escapes into this narcissistic performer with a knack for rudeness and an unwavering air of pretension.
Dee Dee is in need of a little social awareness.
She needs a little good PR.
She means well, but shes so out of the loop and hopelessly self-serving.
You cant even hate her for it, though, because her over-the-top personality wins you over.
Streep blows the roof off the house in this musical more than once.
If she didnt become an actor, she couldve easily had a career as a singer.
The film is about Fishers relationship with her mother, Debbie Reynolds.
Mann hints at her to remove her jacket while performing, and a side smirk crawls across Suzannes face.
She continues singing vocally commanding, yet emotionally dampened.
Nothing is ever good enough for her star of a mother.
She should sing more, but perform according to hermotherswishes.
Later in the film, she performs Im checking out, and its a more realized Suzanne.
Her mother looks on from up above with pride and wonder.
Her daughter has found her own voice.
Her daughter has cemented her stance, and shes here to perform.
Its a top-notch performance that is as vocally impressive as it is emotionally intense.
She is wise but wicked.
She is all-knowing and all-powerful.
Pessimistic and distrusting of humankind.
She carries an air of superiority during both The Witchs Rap and Last Midnight.
However, during the first number, she is still cursed, and her delivery is unrefined and wild.
She is condescending, yes, but fear-striking in her unpredictable and violent movements.
Her shoulders are back.
Her movements are almost ballet-like.
Not to mention, Sondheim songs are no easy feat.
Theyre often tongue-twisting vocal showdowns.
And, this is the musicals larger-than-life final number.
Mamma Mia | 2008
Meryl Streep performing The Winner Takes It All.
Need we say more?
Streeps performance inMamma Miagoes from lighthearted and fun to heartbreaking and introspective.
Did I really do that?
Am I still that person?
What if old heartbreakers come back to carry me away?
Will I be able to withstand the pain of pouring salt into old wounds?
In the way she bites her lip and walks tip-toed across the roof.
Yet, later, during The Winner Takes It All, her eyes are fixed.
Her hands are clutched around her heart, as she comes into a place of awareness.
She grapples with the pain.
She carries a heart and head in opposition with gravity and nuance.
She remembers the blissful old days, but cannot handle playing the game again.
Her voice cracks when it should, waivers when it should, and rises with intensity when it should.
Each vocal choice perfectly parallels the emotion at hand throughout the difficult number.
She holds love and loss simultaneously.
She carries desire and fear at once.
She holds dreams against danger.
Its a tear-jerking performance in a movie that often leaves you laughing, Yet Meryls Donna never feels inconsistent.
She is not who she once was.
Rather, she remains who she has always been (with a bit more wisdom at her disposal).
