Can January Jones act? Not judging by her performance in THIS movie.

Rating: 6/10 (12 June 2011)

The movie was good fun and obviously aimed at X-Men fans. BUT. January Jones is absolutely dreadful. It isn't a difficult role. Any BAYWATCH actress could have done a better job. Yes, she is THAT bad. Dull, flat, without any nuance or charm. Really distractingly awful. Is she any good on Mad Men?
Kevin Bacon is wonderful as always and James McAvoy steals every scene he is in. He is the real deal. But I guess there wasn't enough money in the budget for the CGI and to hire good actors for the supporting roles, because most of the rest of the cast was not quite Gossip Girl quality. Compared to Halle Berry, Ellen Page, Danny Huston and others from the previous installments, the cast was very low caliber and it showed.
One other complaint. If you want to make multiple movies with one mythology/story, be consistent with your events. Things happen in this movie that belie events in the other X-Men movies. Again, distracting.
But what do you want. It's X-Men, not ACTUAL rocket science.