The Holmes backlash has been in effect for quite awhile now, what with her marrying that crazy guy and bearing his creepily-perfect alien love baby. But give credit where credit is due, Holmes isn't the worst actress in Hollywood today. (Melanie Griffith still gets work.)

Although fans of the Dark Knight were relieved when Maggie Gyllenhaal took over to play Katie's role, Holmes has always been one of those young actresses whose performance can best be described with words like "decent," "acceptable," and "passing." She was very good in Thank You For Smoking, actually. Unfortunately, as Mrs. Cruise tries to take Xenu's gospel to the Great White Way, her acceptable mediocrity isn't bowling over the Broadway audiences:

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Cigarettes, Cigarettes, Cigarettes. As you see here, Melanie Griffith's 17-year-old daughter, Dakota, lights one up with the moms. The legal age to buy cigarettes in the US is 18, but you can smoke 'em at any age you want. Good thing Melanie's around to help her daughter out.

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