5 Underappreciated Emma Watson Movies
Emma Watson is best known for playing the lovable and quick-witted Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series, but that isn't all the actress is capable of. In 2019 Watson starred as Meg March in Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Little Women that earned several Academy Award nominations. Two years before that she shined as Belle in Bill Condon's Beauty and the Beast, and five years before that she wowed audiences with her portrayal of Sam in Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
These roles pushed Watson into stardom, though her resume extends well beyond them. And whilst they might be her most popular roles, they aren't necessarily her best. From Ballet Shoes (2007) to Colonia (2015) These are some of Emma Watson's most underappreciated movies.
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At 17-years-old Watson starred in the British TV movie Ballet Shoes directed by Sandra Goldbacher. Based on the 1936 Noel Streatfeild novel of the same name, Ballet Shoes is set in 1930s London and follows three orphans raised as sisters by an eccentric explorer. These girls are Pauline (Watson), Petrova (Yasmin Paige) and Posy Fossil (Lucy Boynton). All ambitious, Pauline wishes to be an actress, Petrova, an aviator, and Posy, a ballerina. Their plan to "put their names in the history books," however, is made difficult when the family's money runs out.
Though the movie scored an impressive 100% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes — making it the highest-rated Emma Watson movie on the site — Ballet Shoes failed to gain mainstream attention and was largely overshadowed by Watson's fifth Harry Potter movie, The Order of the Phoenix, which was released the same year. Fans of the latter will enjoy
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