Monday, Mar. 26, 2001

Over & Under

By Kathleen Adams, Val Castronovo, Randy Hartwell, Joel Stein, Ellin Martens, Joseph Pierro, Sora Song and Josh Tyrangiel

OVEREXPOSED Robert De Niro He's lauded as the master of edgy intensity, but it's turning into a mannerism; it may be time to try something new. Also, the box-office failure of 15 Minutes, Men of Honor, Flawless and The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle suggests a new agent might not be a bad idea either.

UNDEREXPOSED Luis Guzman Other directors should join Steven Soderbergh and Paul Thomas Anderson, who try to put him in every movie they make. He turns small roles into memorable characters, as evidenced in Traffic by his doomed cop Ray Castro.