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* ToughActToFollow: ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' was considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadowed much of his later films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was [[CreatorBacklash a bit overpraised]] despite it winning awards). With that film gaining a rather contentious reputation in recent years, the critical and commercial successes of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'', and the positive re-evaluation of [[Film/RevolutionaryRoad his]] [[Film/RoadtoPerdition other]] [[Film/{{Jarhead}} films]], he seems to have broken out of this trope.

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* ToughActToFollow: ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' was considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadowed much of his later films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was [[CreatorBacklash a bit overpraised]] despite it winning awards). With that film gaining a rather contentious reputation in recent years, the critical and commercial successes of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'', and the positive re-evaluation of [[Film/RevolutionaryRoad his]] [[Film/RoadtoPerdition other]] [[Film/{{Jarhead}} films]], he Mendes seems to have broken out of this trope.
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* ToughActToFollow: ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' was considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadowed much of his later films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was [[CreatorBacklash a bit overpraised]] despite it winning awards). With that film gaining a CondemnedByHistory reputation in recent years, the critical and commercial successes of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'', and the positive re-evaluation of [[Film/RevolutionaryRoad his]] [[Film/RoadtoPerdition other]] [[Film/{{Jarhead}} films]], he seems to have broken out of this trope.

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* ToughActToFollow: ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' was considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadowed much of his later films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was [[CreatorBacklash a bit overpraised]] despite it winning awards). With that film gaining a CondemnedByHistory rather contentious reputation in recent years, the critical and commercial successes of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'', and the positive re-evaluation of [[Film/RevolutionaryRoad his]] [[Film/RoadtoPerdition other]] [[Film/{{Jarhead}} films]], he seems to have broken out of this trope.
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* ToughActToFollow: ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' was considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadowed much of his later films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was a bit overpraised despite it winning awards). With that film gaining a CondemnedByHistory reputation in recent years, and in light of the critical and commercial successes of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'', he seems to have broken out of this trope.

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* ToughActToFollow: ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' was considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadowed much of his later films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was [[CreatorBacklash a bit overpraised overpraised]] despite it winning awards). With that film gaining a CondemnedByHistory reputation in recent years, and in light of the critical and commercial successes of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'', and the positive re-evaluation of [[Film/RevolutionaryRoad his]] [[Film/RoadtoPerdition other]] [[Film/{{Jarhead}} films]], he seems to have broken out of this trope.
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* ToughActToFollow: ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' was considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadowed much of his later films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was a bit overpraised despite it winning awards). With that film gaining a CondemnedByHistory reputation in recent years, and in light of the critical and commercial successes of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen]]'', he seems to have broken out of this trope.

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* ToughActToFollow: ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' was considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadowed much of his later films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was a bit overpraised despite it winning awards). With that film gaining a CondemnedByHistory reputation in recent years, and in light of the critical and commercial successes of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen]]'', ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'', he seems to have broken out of this trope.
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* ToughActToFollow: ''[[Film/AmericanBeauty American Beauty]]'' was considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadowed much of his later films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was a bit overpraised despite it winning awards). With that film gaining a CondemnedByHistory reputation in recent years, and in light of the critical and commercial successes of ''{{Film/Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'', he seems to have broken out of this trope.

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* ToughActToFollow: ''[[Film/AmericanBeauty American Beauty]]'' ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' was considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadowed much of his later films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was a bit overpraised despite it winning awards). With that film gaining a CondemnedByHistory reputation in recent years, and in light of the critical and commercial successes of ''{{Film/Skyfall}}'' ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'', ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen]]'', he seems to have broken out of this trope.
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* ToughActToFollow: ''[[Film/AmericanBeauty American Beauty]]'' is considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadows his later films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was a bit overpraised despite it winning awards). With that film gaining a CondemnedByHistory reputation in recent years, and in light of the critical and commercial successes of ''{{Film/Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'', he seems to have broken out of this trope.

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* ToughActToFollow: ''[[Film/AmericanBeauty American Beauty]]'' is was considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadows overshadowed much of his later films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was a bit overpraised despite it winning awards). With that film gaining a CondemnedByHistory reputation in recent years, and in light of the critical and commercial successes of ''{{Film/Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'', he seems to have broken out of this trope.
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* ToughActToFollow: ''[[Film/AmericanBeauty American Beauty]]'' is considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadows his later films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was a bit overpraised despite it winning awards). With that film gaining a DeaderThanDisco reputation in recent years, and in light of the critical and commercial successes of ''{{Film/Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'', he seems to have broken out of this trope.

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* ToughActToFollow: ''[[Film/AmericanBeauty American Beauty]]'' is considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadows his later films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was a bit overpraised despite it winning awards). With that film gaining a DeaderThanDisco CondemnedByHistory reputation in recent years, and in light of the critical and commercial successes of ''{{Film/Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'', he seems to have broken out of this trope.
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* ToughActToFollow: ''[[Film/AmericanBeauty American Beauty]]'' is considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadows his other films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was a bit overpraised despite it being his directorial debut). That film's later reputation became DeaderThanDisco, and while he seems to have broken out of this trope with the critical and commercial successes of ''{{Film/Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'', only time will tell if he actually succeeds.

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* ToughActToFollow: ''[[Film/AmericanBeauty American Beauty]]'' is considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadows his other later films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was a bit overpraised despite it being his directorial debut). That film's later winning awards). With that film gaining a DeaderThanDisco reputation became DeaderThanDisco, in recent years, and while he seems to have broken out in light of this trope with the critical and commercial successes of ''{{Film/Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'', only time will tell if he actually succeeds.seems to have broken out of this trope.
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* ToughActToFollow: ''[[Film/AmericanBeauty American Beauty]]'' is considered this for a while, to the point where it overshadows his other films (in an interview, Mendes himself thought the film's critical reception was a bit overpraised despite it being his directorial debut). That film's later reputation became DeaderThanDisco, and while he seems to have broken out of this trope with the critical and commercial successes of ''{{Film/Skyfall}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'', only time will tell if he actually succeeds.

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