Feel like this is going to be unpopular but I’d say the most overrated thing this year has been the Best Actress category. Not because the five nominated aren’t among the most deserving but because all season long I’ve heard the category called stuff like “the best it’s been in years”. But is it? Outside of the nominated 5, no one even came close. And within the nominated five, the reason I’d argue there has been no clear frontrunner is not because they’re all so good but because none of their performances actually feel like Oscar winners.
Like most of the critics and film twitter seem to have got behind Carey Mulligan now (myself included) but this isn’t because anyone thinks she gives a performance for the ages. It’s because we’ve all seen her doing incredible work for years and she’s in a really zeitgeisty movie that evokes a lot of passion. For me, it’s the weakest year since 2009, which is ironic given that’s the last time Mulligan was nominated.
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