Summary

• Connelly starred in Noah as Naameh, reuniting with Aronofsky after Requiem For a Dream.
• Noah broke Connelly's 11-movie Rotten Tomatoes streak, achieving a 75% critics score.
• Connelly's filmography includes various genres, with some high and low-rated movies.

Jennifer Connelly starred in the Goblin King. Connelly became widely known after her roles in Requiem For a Dream and A Beautiful Mind, for which she received critical praise.

Since then, Connelly has expanded her career to other genres, such as the world of superheroes with roles in Ang Lee’s Hulk and Jon Watts’ Spider-Man: Homecoming, rom-coms with He’s Just Not That Into You, action with Alita: Battle Angel and Top Gun: Maverick, and more. In 2014, Connelly was cast in Darren Aronofsky’s epic biblical drama Noah, based on the biblical story of Noah’s Ark from the Book of Genesis and the Book of Enoch. Noah is not only one of Connelly’s biggest and most successful projects, but it’s also a long-awaited reunion with Aronofsky.

Noah Was Jennifer Connelly's First Movie With Darren Aronofsky Since Requiem For A Dream

Requiem For A Dream continues to be one of Connelly’s best and most heartbreaking performances, but her reunion with Aronofsky was less intense.

Jennifer Connelly has worked with Darren Aronofsky in two movies: Requiem For A Dream and Noah. Released in 2000, Requiem for a Dream is based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Hubert Selby Jr., and follows three characters affected by substance use disorder: Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn), her son Harry Goldfarb (Jared Leto), his girlfriend Marion (Connelly), and Harry’s friend Tyrone (Marlon Mayans). Requiem For A Dream was a critical success (though not a commercial one), with critics praising the performances of the main cast, its themes, and its emotional depth.

Requiem For A Dream continues to be one of Connelly’s best and most heartbreaking performances, but her reunion with Aronofsky was less intense. Noah follows the title character who is chosen by God to take the mission of rescuing various animal species from a massive flood. Noah and his family, with the help of the Watchers, build an ark to protect life on Earth, but he soon comes across old enemies and other obstacles. Noah brought Connelly and Aronofsky back, but they haven’t worked together again since then.

Jennifer Connelly's Noah Casting Broke A Disappointing 11-Movie Rotten Tomatoes Streak

Noah arrived to break a disappointing 11-movie Rotten Tomatoes streak in Connelly’s career by achieving a 75% critics score.

Jennifer Connelly has had many ups and downs in her acting career, with many of her movies ranking high on Rotten Tomatoes and many, many others with disappointing critics scores. Noah arrived to break a disappointing 11-movie Rotten Tomatoes streak in Connelly’s career by achieving a 75% critics score, giving it a “fresh” label. All 11 movies that came before Noah in Connelly’s filmography were below a 60% score, thus being labeled “rotten”, and among them are The Day the Earth Stood Still, He’s Just Not That Into You, 9, and Winter’s Tale.

The movie with the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score in Jennifer Connelly’s career is Virginia, with 11%, and her highest-ranking movie is Top Gun: Maverick, with 96%.

Both movies Connelly has worked on with Aronofsky have “fresh” scores on Rotten Tomatoes, even if they’re not among the highest in her career, with Requiem For A Dream holding a 78% critics' score. Unfortunately, Connelly went through another bad Rotten Tomatoes streak after Noah with three “rotten” movies, but this streak was broken by Spider-Man: Homecoming’s 92% score. Since then, Jennifer Connelly has maintained “fresh” Rotten Tomatoes scores, and it’s to be seen how her projects will perform with critics and general audiences.