▁role ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁break through ▁for ▁her ▁and ▁she ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁the ▁MTV ▁Movie ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Break through ▁Performance . ▁ ▁Z eta - J ones ' s ▁first ▁release ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁was ▁the ▁he ist ▁film ▁Ent rap ment , ▁in ▁which ▁she ▁star red ▁opposite ▁Se an ▁Con n ery ▁as ▁a ▁sed uct ive ▁ins urance ▁agent ▁on ▁the ▁look out ▁for ▁an ▁art ▁th ief . ▁Despite ▁a ▁negative ▁critical ▁reception , ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁a ▁commercial ▁success ; ▁Jan et ▁Mas lin ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁thought ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁provided ▁Z eta - J ones ▁a ▁platform ▁to ▁" show ▁off ▁her ▁sl ith ery ▁skills ", ▁and ▁D ess on ▁How e ▁of ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post ▁called ▁on ▁view ers ▁to ▁appreciate ▁the ▁sex ▁appeal ▁she ▁brought ▁to ▁the ▁role . ▁Later ▁that ▁year , ▁Z eta - J ones ▁appeared ▁alongside ▁Li am ▁Ne es on ▁and ▁L ili ▁Taylor ▁in ▁The ▁Ha un ting , ▁a ▁re make ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁film ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name ▁about ▁a ▁team ▁of ▁par an ormal ▁exper ts ▁who ▁look ▁into ▁strange ▁occurr ences ▁in ▁an ▁ill - f ated ▁m ansion . ▁The ▁horror ▁feature ▁received ▁generally ▁poor ▁reviews ▁but ▁found ▁a ▁significant ▁world wide ▁audience . ▁In ▁a ▁sc ath ing ▁review , ▁the ▁critic ▁M ick ▁La S alle ▁wrote ▁that ▁" Z eta - J ones ▁seems ▁less ▁an ▁actress