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===2002β2007: Career fluctuations=== In 2004, it was noted that since her Oscar win for ''Shakespeare in Love'', Paltrow's film career had been less noteworthy, and critical acclaim had waned.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3621488/Curse-of-the-Best-Actress-Oscar.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3621488/Curse-of-the-Best-Actress-Oscar.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Curse of the Best Actress Oscar|last=Gritten|first=David|date=July 30, 2004|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=July 30, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She said she was unequipped for the pressure, leading to several bad film choices,<ref>{{cite news |last=Zeidler |first=Sue |title=Is winning an Oscar a curse or a blessing? |url=http://www.film.com/news/story/entertainmentoscarscursedc/13303376 |publisher=Film.com |date=January 30, 2007 |access-date=October 4, 2007 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222429/http://www.film.com/news/story/entertainmentoscarscursedc/13303376 |url-status=live }}</ref> agreeing with peers who believe the win is, in some ways, a curse.<ref>{{cite news |last=Soden |first=Blair |title=Is Winning An Oscar a Blessing or a Curse? |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Oscars2007/Story?id=2902805&page=1 |work=ABC News |date=February 25, 2007 |access-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-date=September 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920123345/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Oscars2007/story?id=2902805&page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> During this time, Paltrow rarely appeared in films, having taken a hiatus to raise her two children.<ref name="EW" /> In ''[[The Guardian]]'', she said she divided her career into movies for love and films for money: ''The Royal Tenenbaums'', ''[[Proof (2005 film)|Proof]]'', and ''[[Sylvia (2003 film)|Sylvia]]'' fell into the former category, while she signed on to ''[[View from the Top]]'' and ''Shallow Hal'' for the latter.<ref name="heart" /> In 2002, Paltrow made small appearances in the documentary ''[[Searching for Debra Winger]]'' and the action satire comedy ''[[Austin Powers in Goldmember]]'', while she starred in the thriller-drama ''[[Possession (2002 film)|Possession]]'' with [[Aaron Eckhart]] as a couple of literary scholars who unearth the amorous secret of two [[Victorian era|Victorian]] poets as they find themselves falling under a deepening connection. The film made a lukewarm $14.8 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=possession.htm|title=Possession (2002) (2002) β Box Office Mojo|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624204437/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=possession.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In the following year, she headlined the romantic comedy ''[[View from the Top]]'', where she played the part of a woman from a small town who sets out to fulfill her dream of becoming a flight attendant. Budgeted at $30 million, the film only earned $7 million in its opening weekend; it eventually grossed $15.6 domestically and $19,526,014 worldwide.<ref>{{mojo title|viewfromthetop|View from the Top}}</ref> She later disparaged the film, calling it "terrible".<ref>xfinity.comcast.net [http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-moviemistakes/23/ "A-Lister Movie Mistakes"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924062524/http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-moviemistakes/23/ |date=September 24, 2012}}</ref> Paltrow starred as the titular role in ''[[Sylvia (2003 film)|Sylvia]]'' (2003), a British [[biographical film|biographical]] drama directed by [[Christine Jeffs]] and co-starring [[Daniel Craig]] chronicling the romance between prominent poets [[Sylvia Plath]] and [[Ted Hughes]]. Distributed for a limited release in most markets, ''Sylvia'' made $2.9 million internationally.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sylvia.htm|title=Sylvia (2003) β Box Office Mojo|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624232726/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sylvia.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'', in its review of the film, wrote that "her performance goes well beyond mimicry. She has a vivid, passionate presence, even when her lively features have gone slack with depression and her bright blue eyes have glazed over."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CE2DF143EF934A25753C1A9659C8B63|title=FILM REVIEW; A Poet's Death, A Death's Poetry|first=A. O.|last=Scott|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 17, 2003|access-date=August 29, 2017|archive-date=October 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015095242/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CE2DF143EF934A25753C1A9659C8B63|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, she starred with her ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' co-star Jude Law and [[Angelina Jolie]] in the science fiction film ''[[Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow]]''. Her role was Polly Perkins, the reporter for the fictional ''New York Chronicle''. Law became one of the film's producers and used his clout to get Paltrow involved. Once she had been suggested for the role, Law did not remember "any other name coming up. It just seems that she was perfect. She was as enthusiastic about the script and about the visual references that were sort of put to her, and jumped on board."<ref name=SkyCaptain /> She said in an interview, "I thought that this is the time to do a movie like this where it's kind of breaking into new territory and it's not your basic formulaic action-adventure movie."<ref name=SkyCaptain>{{cite news |last=Douglas |first=Edward |title=The Making of ''Sky Captain'' β Part 3! |work=ComingSoon.net |date=September 14, 2004 |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=6284 |access-date=December 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605022651/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=6384 |archive-date=June 5, 2008}}</ref> While critical response was positive, with a budget of $70 million, ''Sky Captain'' only grossed $58 million at the international box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=skycaptain.htm|title=Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) β Box Office Mojo|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728085028/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=skycaptain.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 2004, she was recognized as an outstanding woman in entertainment by [[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards|Women in Film Los Angeles]] with the [[Crystal Award]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M.|author-link=Stephen M. Silverman|title=Hollywood Women Honor Gwyneth and Mom|url=https://people.com/celebrity/hollywood-women-honor-gwyneth-and-mom/|work=People|access-date=March 10, 2019|date=June 21, 2004|archive-date=September 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910173734/http://people.com/celebrity/hollywood-women-honor-gwyneth-and-mom/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the drama ''[[Proof (2005 film)|Proof]]'' (2005), she starred as the depressed daughter of a brilliant, eccentric mathematician (played by [[Anthony Hopkins]]). The film was based on the [[Proof (play)|play of the same name]], in which Paltrow also played the same character at London's [[Donmar Warehouse]] between May and June 2002. On her portrayal in the film version, ''Eye for Film'' remarked: "As she has already shown in ''Sylvia'', ''The Royal Tenenbaums'' and even ''Sliding Doors'', Paltrow has an uncanny talent for playing women who are coming apart at the seams and her [character] veers from lovably eccentric to more disturbingly unhinged and back again with fluent ease. The scenes, which she and Hopkins share, as two difficult people bound together by affection, dependency, and mutual respect, are entirely believable and all the more touching for it."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/proof-film-review-by-anton-bitel|title=Proof (2005) Movie Review from Eye for Film|website=www.eyeforfilm.co.uk|access-date=June 20, 2017|archive-date=September 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907214605/http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/proof-film-review-by-anton-bitel|url-status=live}}</ref> For her performance, Paltrow received her second Golden Globe nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture β Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture β Drama]]. Paltrow filmed small roles for the 2006 films ''[[Love and Other Disasters]]'', ''[[Running with Scissors (film)|Running with Scissors]]'' and ''[[Infamous (2006 film)|Infamous]]'', where she sang [[Cole Porter]]'s "[[What Is This Thing Called Love?]]" Her brother [[Jake Paltrow]] directed her in his feature debut, the romantic comedy ''[[The Good Night]]'' (2007), in which she starred opposite [[PenΓ©lope Cruz]], [[Martin Freeman]], [[Danny DeVito]] and [[Simon Pegg]] as the wife of a former keyboard player (Freeman). The film received a two-theater run in North America and garnered mixed reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=goodnight.htm|title=The Good Night (2007) β Box Office Mojo|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=May 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100519185846/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=goodnight.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> ''View London'' believed the actress was "clearly only playing her part as a courtesy to her director brother and it just makes you wish she'd go back to playing lead roles again."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/the-good-night-film-review-22309.html|title=The Good Night|website=ViewLondon|access-date=June 20, 2017|archive-date=September 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915003247/https://www.view.co.uk/films/the-good-night-film-review-22309.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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