Angelina Jolie's International success

Although extremely regarded for her acting talents, Jolie had seldom found films that appealed to a large audience, however Lara Croft: grave Raider (2001) created her a world whiz. AN adaptation of the favored grave Raider videogames, the film needed her to find out AN English accent and endure in depth martial arts coaching to play the archaeologist-adventurer Lara farm. though the film generated principally negative reviews, Jolie was usually praised for her physical performance; Newsday‍ '​s John Anderson commented, "Jolie makes the title character a virtual icon of feminine competency and coolth."[43] The film was a world hit, earning $274.7 million worldwide,[37] and launched her international name as a feminine action star.Jolie next asterisked opposite Antonio Banderas as his mail-order bride in sin (2001), the primary of a string of films that were poorly received by critics and audiences alike. The big apple Times critic back breaker Mitchell questioned Jolie's call to follow her Oscar-winning performance with "soft-core nonsense."[44] The romantic comedy Life or one thing am fond of it (2002), although equally unsuccessful, marked AN uncommon alternative for Jolie. Salon‍ '​s Allen Barra thought of her formidable announcer character a rare try at enjoying a standard women's role, noting that her performance "doesn't get off the bottom till a scene wherever she goes punk and leads a bunch of putting bus staff in singing 'Satisfaction.'"[45] Despite her lack of box workplace success, Jolie remained in demand as AN actress;[14] in 2002, she established herself among Hollywood's highest-paid actresses, earning $10–$15 million per film for subsequent 5 years.[46]

Jolie reprised her role as Lara farm in Lara farm grave Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003), that wasn't as remunerative because the original, earning $156.5 million at the international box workplace.[37] She conjointly asterisked within the music video for Korn's "Did My Time", that was accustomed promote the sequel. Her next film was on the far side Borders (2003), within which she delineated  a personage World Health Organization joins AN aid employee vie by Clive Owen. although unsuccessful with audiences, the film stands because the initial of many passion comes Jolie has created to bring attention to humanitarian causes.[47] on the far side Borders was a crucial failure; Kenneth Turan of the l.  a.   Times acknowledged Jolie's ability to "bring electricity and credibleness to roles," however wrote that "the limbo of a hybrid character, a badly written cardboard person in an exceedingly fly-infested, intense world, fully defeats her."[48]

The year 2004 saw the discharge of 4 films that includes Jolie. She initial asterisked within the heroic tale Taking Lives as AN law enforcement agency profiler summoned to assist metropolis enforcement seek out a murderer. The film received mixed reviews; The Hollywood newsperson critic church building Honeycutt all over, "Jolie plays a job that undoubtedly seems like one thing she has already done, however she will add AN clear dash of pleasure and glamour."[49] Jolie created a short look as a combat pilot in Sky Captain and also the World of Tomorrow, a fantasy journey shot entirely with actors ahead of a bluescreen, and voiced her initial family film, the DreamWorks animation Shark Tale. Her supporting role as Queen Olympias in jazz musician Stone's Alexander, concerning the lifetime of Alexander the nice, was met with mixed reception, notably regarding her Slavic accent.[45] Commercially, the film failing in North America, that Stone attributed to disapproval of the depiction of Alexander's bisexuality,[50] however it succeeded internationally, for a complete revenue of $167.3 million.[37]