Top 5 Movies to See Starring Kristen Stewart
Posted on | October 20, 2009 | Comments Off
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Before starring in the Twilight Saga of films, Kristen Stewart was a relatively obscure teenage actress with a few movies under her belt, and one of those “I think I have seen her in something,” faces. Since undertaking the role of Bella Swan in the films Twilight, and the highly anticipated New Moon, Stewart’s fame and popularity have exploded into a sea of adoring fans, and a horde of stalkerazzi looking to photograph her eating breakfast, picking her nose, or cozying up to rumored boyfriend and Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson.
If you are wringing your hands at the impending release of The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and you have worn out your copy of Twilight, score a K-Stew fix by checking out these top 5 movies to see starring Kristen herself.
1. Speak (2004)
Stewart plays the role of Melinda Sordino, a pretty, popular teenager who becomes a selective mute after suffering a traumatic event during the summer before her freshman year of high school. While at a summer party, Stewart’s character calls the police, which leaves her friends angry that she ended their underage drinking fun. However, for much of the film, no one knows the true reason why Stewart’s character called the police. The character of Melinda Sordino is ostracized, finding solace in her new friend Dave Petrakis, and her free-thinking art teacher Mr. Freeman.
This heart-wrenching tale about finding your voice, overcoming personal demons, and the complications of teenage life is a must see. Speak is based on a novel of the same name by Laurie Halse Anderson.
2. Adventureland (2009)
This quirky comedy about maturity, love, and your first and worst job, is just as heart-warming as it is hysterically funny. Stewart plays the role of Emily (“Em”) Lewin, a carnie at Adventureland theme park and co-worker of main character James Brennan, played by Zombieland star Jesse Eisenberg.
Stewart and Eisenberg’s characters “find themselves” and one another, during a summer of working games at the local theme park. Despite rude customers and small paychecks, Em and James, and the rest of their friends, have an unforgettable summer.
3. Into the Wild (2007)
In this critically acclaimed movie, you get to hear Kristen Stewart sing. Stewart plays Tracy Tatro, a 16-year-old girl who is one of the people that main character Chris McCandless meets on his journey to Alaska. The film, based on the life of McCandless, recounts his adventures as McCandless gives up his possessions, donates his life savings, and travels to live in the wild of Alaska.
McCandless, played by Emile Hirsch, meets Stewart’s character at a park/hippie commune where her family lives. It has been said that the depiction of McCandless and Tatro’s encounter in the film is an exaggeration of the true life story of the main character. In Into the Wild, the two characters struggle with their romantic feelings because of Tatro’s young age.
4. Panic Room (2002)
This thriller starring Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto, and Dwight Yoakam, was Kristen Stewart’s second film. Stewart plays the role of Sarah Altman, the daughter of Jodie Foster’s character Meg Altman. After a recent divorce, Foster’s character purchases a home with a panic room – an interior safe room that locks from the inside, preventing outside entry.
Before unpacking their boxes, Meg and Sarah have to shut themselves away in the panic room when three burglars break into the Altman’s new home. Foster and Stewart’s characters believe that they are safe, but soon realize that what the criminals want is inside the panic room, and that one of the burglars is the man who constructed the room.
5. The Messengers (2007)
Stewart plays the role of Jess Soloman, a troubled teen who moves with her family from the city of Chicago, to the farm life of North Dakota. The Soloman family moves into a home, that was seemingly abandoned by its previous owners, in order to begin a new life together.
Jess and her younger brother Ben soon begin to witness paranormal activity in and around the house. While Stewart’s character’s parents do not believe her ghost tales, she quickly begins to question what happened to the property’s original owners, and in turn, what could be in store for her family.
If you need a little Kristen Stewart in your life before the November 20, 2009 release of New Moon, then any of these 5 titles will give you your fill of the 19-year-old, pint-sized superstar. For more K-Stew movie titles, check out her IMDb profile.
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