Lindsay Lohan does not read reviews of her performances, according to TMZ, which is a smart move when it comes to her much-publicized turn as Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime movie, Liz & Dick.�The picture, which chronicles Taylor's tempestuous love affair with Richard Burton, doesn't air until Nov. 25, and already critics are carving into Lohan like she's a Thanksgiving turkey.
The reviews aren't uniformly poisonous, and Grant Bowler, who plays Burton, is actually drawing good notices, but Lohan has not been so fortunate. Even the most charitable critics tend to damn her with faint praise, such as Variety's Brian Lowry, who calls her performance "adequate." �But that review sounds downright positive when you compare it to the Napalming Lohan got courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter. �Below are distillations of five reviews from most to least positive. That's right. I saved the worst for last, and followed it with a trailer from the biopic.
5. Lohan certainly is adequate, barring a few awkward moments, thanks largely to the fabulous frocks and makeup (courtesy of Salvador Perez and Eryn Krueger Mekash, respectively) she gets to model." ? Brian Lowry, Variety
4. "Lohan, in character as Taylor, is often so believable you might think you?re seeing the real thing, but then every once in a while she?ll backslide and deliver lines that sound DOA." ? Linda Stasi, New York Post
3. "Elizabeth Taylor�loved diamonds. This new movie about her life feels more like rhinestones....It's tempting to say the movie's big problem is that Lohan is no Liz Taylor. And she isn't ? though that's not entirely her fault. There aren't all that many actresses, or women, who can stop a room simply by walking
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