Why Hillbilly Elegy Flopped at the Oscars

Hillbilly Elegy appeared to be one of the top Oscar contenders of 2020, but then everything went wrong. What happened? In this latest video in my series Oscar Fiasco, I explore why the Ron Howard drama starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close crashed and burned at the Academy Awards. #academyawards #oscars #hillbillyelegy #amyadams #glennclose #ronhoward #oscarfiasco #theawardscontender
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[@makcarolin]

I will not elaborate, but I believe Glenn Close deserved BOTH the Oscar nomination and the Razzie nomination for her performance.

[@theinternetaholic4172]

In my opinion, she was deserving of the Razzie, but for "Four Good Days".

[@Gemnist98]

Trust me, we agree with you.

[@Gemnist98]

@@theinternetaholic4172 You can actually receive a Razzie nomination for more than one movie (for example, Kristen Stewart received a single nomination for both the last Twilight movie and for Snow White and the Huntsman).

[@radioactivegaming7532]

No elaboration needed

[@isuriadireja91]

Should've won for Fatal Attraction. Cher gave a good performance, but it's nowhere near the level of Close's as Alex Forrest.

[@kcbh24]

Glenn Close has the misfortune of having a career at the same time as Meryl Streep.

[@marrmart7690]

Meerel streep was lucky becase she find the script. Sophe choice and the iron lady..so she win..but glen not find script yet

[@Starkardur]

Glenn Close and Meryl Streep have been nominated in the same category 3 times and only once did Meryl win (which was also the only time Streep was actually a competition)

[@Purplenpinkk]

She should have won for The Wife. I think it’s far more difficult to give a subtle and compelling performance like she did then Olivia Coleman’s one. They should give Glenn an honorary.

[@MsTriangle]

I don't want an honorary award for her. Too good for that.

[@Purplenpinkk]

@@MsTriangle I agree, but she’s running out of time. The Wife should have been her win. No offense to Olivia Coleman. She is great. I just didn’t really think her performance should have overshadowed the subtle, nuanced, but strong performance by Glenn that took a movie that could have been boring and made it so compelling. That’s hard.

[@criss8836]

Had the pleasure to see Amy Adams in Tennessee William's play "The glass menagerie" in London last year. Such a fine actress, movies, tv, theatre, she does it all with class. A shame to give her so many nods and no wins. Mrs Close is just an Icon. Nothing further to add.

[@marrmart7690]

Amy adams she good but she always in middle..dont go far..cold

[@pbohearn]

I also saw her in London in this play, my first attendance at the theater since Covid. She was so sweet because she signed our programs afterwards in the rain, and it was very lovely to meet her.

[@iwritechecksatthegrocerystore]

Oh damn. You know I’ve read a lot of comments saying “I had the pleasure of seeing ____ in _____…” and im always like yea so what. But I am genuinely jealous. I bet that was an amazing performance.

[@Stefarooh]

Glen Close should have won for Fatal Attraction. That is her most iconic role. Cher was good in Moonstruck but she was no Glen Close that year.

[@lonellfletcher]

I know we all feel some kind of way about Close's Oscar history, but her Dougie dance is iconic. Find some joy!!!!

[@kellie-nd1yp]

I loved it !

[@BrownsBacker]

I was raised in Ohio, and my mother was raised in southeast Ohio...the area shown in the film. When i watched it, i found it close to real life...and while watching Glenn Close, i said to myself, OMG that's my mom and grandma she's portraying in the way she spoke and acted. She had my mom and grandma's way of speaking and acting down pat. There is a certain way people from this area speak...for instance the word fish is pronounced feesh, wash is pronounced worsh, etc. Those from outside that area love to make fun of them for the way they think and speak, but it is the way they are and portraying them is also bound to provoke criticism and derision. I fault Howard, not the actors for the film's failures.

[@oscarlover100]

It’s in Southwest Ohio but obviously is pretty similar to the area you grew up. I thought Glenn was great too and would have been a worthy Oscar winner. Let’s be honest and say the film’s source material being written about Trump Country was probably a tough pill for some liberal voters to swallow. The film’s time jumps also did it no favors nor did J.D’s elitist attitudes towards his family in the film.

[@BrownsBacker]

@@oscarlover100 the hillbilly area of Ohio runs from the West Virginia to Kentucky border, so they are the same kind of people.

[@mitsukai7192]

Also with regards to Glenn: The tragedy isn't simply that she hasn't won an Oscar, but that there were so many nominations where she could have (and in some cases, arguably should have) won. Sadly they keep passing over her for someone else. 😕

[@MsTriangle]

Especially when you consider that Colman won because she has a lot of friends in the Academy 🤦‍♀️

[@js7dragon]

@@MsTriangle They all have a lot of friends in the Academy. lol

[@joelanthonylim6792]

Imagine how bad a movie is when Glenn Close and Amy Adams of all actors are undeserving of nominations for their performances damn. But I agree, with the amount of work they do they're bound to get those gold trophies someday. I don't think Glenn Close will be O'Toole'd.

[@alpe1987]

I think we need to be screenwriters and give both Glenn Close and Amy Adams a film that will get them that damn Oscar!!!

[@marrmart7690]

I agree...glen close and angella baset need screenplay and project

[@nannyg666]

I don't care what happened in the past, we shouldn't be giving awards for "lifetime" work unless it's a lifetime award. Also, JD Vance is a massive tool.

[@Nightsinwhitesatin645]

It was a mediocre film. I’d rather Close either win for a performance she deserves or not win one at all. I hate the sympathy Oscar. That cheats someone else who could be in Close’s situation in the future.

[@stevennieves3327]

I swear there are people in the Academy who hate Glenn. This woman is so talented she should have not one but multiple Oscars in her mantle. She should be a triple crown and EGOT (she's been nominated for Grammys before but hasn't won one of those yet either). They'll nominate her but refuse to give her the award. 😢

[@NeverLetMeGo777]

Amy Adams gave it her all. One of her best performances despite the movie being subpar.

[@lavedadavis818]

I am a fan of Glenn Close. Both Glenn and Michelle were luminous in Dangerous Liasons. I was surprised that she didn't win. I watched Hillbilly Elegy and enjoyed it immensely. She disappeared in that character. (Shoulder shrug)

[@oscarman42]

I know I'm in the minority...but I liked Glenn Close's performance.

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

I'm with you. She did not deserve that Razzie nomination.

[@marrmart7690]

Her performance and make up great..but the role empty

[@isaacmartinez6904]

I believe that Hillbilly Elegy didn’t do well due to the controversy since the movie depicted of the people who live in Appalachia region in a negative light. Politics was also a reason why it didn’t do well since the author is from the right and he is now a US Senate from Ohio. This is some of the reasons why in my opinion. I know they are other reasons.

[@KentuckyKid84]

It’s not just that. Vance is completely full of shit and wrote a poverty porn book, and his whole solution to the problem of poverty in Appalachia after being there very briefly was, “take away all support mechanisms,” essentially going with the good ol’ physics-defying pull yourself up by your own bootstraps canard. As somebody who grew up in the same region of Kentucky that Vance visited and has lived the past 14 1/2 years in Cincinnati and is now stuck with this idiot as a Senator, I cannot express how much disdain I have for Vance.

[@shauntiller6161]

It was trash

[@toritori5835]

It’s not just because JD Vance is GOP. It’s so much more.

[@WalkBesideMe]

13:59 "largely devoid of cinematic imagination" kinda sums up Ron Howard's movies for me with a few exceptions. Imagine how hard a movie TRIES to get those Oscars and still doesn't. I blame the writing and directing, not the actors, for why it failed

[@marrmart7690]

I agree..glen and adams make great performance but the auther soooo bad. If glean make same shape and performabce in anthor film and the story was great will win.but in film i dont watch story for her so she lose

[@MuhammadAhmad-oj6mf]

Whenever I hear Amy Irving was nominated for a razzie I scratch my head. That's a good performance.

[@vanceshepherd1618]

This movie was EXTREMELY authentic. I grew up with people just like Close's & Adams' characters. Seemed it was dismissed because it was the type of story Hollywood was no longer interested in propping up. The icy critical reception showed their lack of even TRYING to understand a lifestyle & people they just don't care about.

[@errantrazor]

That pull yourself up by the bootstraps fiction JD Vance was peddling to pave the way for a political career was the biggest problem before it got optioned for a movie, and the clownish performances kept it out of the running.

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

I'm in the 82% audience score who found the movie good to okay. Also Glenn Close did not deserve that Razzie nomination.

[@CionnFE]

To your last line….me too. How Amy Adams did not even get nominated for Arrival, is just bewildering

[@johnnzboy]

I was surprised that it wasn't until 16 minutes in that the dubious political stylings of JD Vance came up, kinda hard to talk about this book-cum-movie without mentioning the freshman sell-out senator(!?!)... I actually felt bad for Glenn Close for getting nominated when she clearly had no chance of winning, it seemed gratuitously unkind to raise her hopes when they would inevitably only be dashed once more (though I daresay she's pretty sanguine about the whole thing by now). Fingers crossed that there's at least one more critically acclaimed Oscar-worthy role for her so she can get that competitive Oscar that she has so long and richly deserved. Another superb video, Brian!

[@roycerowland2699]

I wouldn't call it an complete flop at the Oscars it did get nominated for two Oscars and Glenn Close has an slim chance at winning Best supporting actress at the Oscars. Razzies are so irrelevant nowadays. I think that Glenn Close will win an Oscar for an great performance in an good movie that Audiences and critics will both loved.

[@marrmart7690]

Right but glen colse old..so she must work in many great film to get chance to win and make dream true

[@BrianJosephMorgan]

Yes, I wish Miss Close had won for “Dangerous Liaisons” and/or “Reversal of Fortune.”

[@ikexbankai]

No one was awarding a movie about a Trump supporter

[@brettrobinson2901]

Nice....🙄

[@singstreetcar5881]

Amy adams needs a new agent Bad movie after bad movie. Dear evan Hanson was a disaster

[@marrmart7690]

Emmy adams still young so have time to win..must make her acting deeper..she still cold

[@LHSnLA]

I remember being very disappointed in this movie. The script was obvious and cliched and the direction was stilted. But Glenn was terrific (as always)!

[@heather8775]

I am from Southeast Tennesse, with family and genealogy spanning TN, GA, NC, AL...basically known a bunch of people from Ohio even though my people aren't really from there, however, def from the hillbilly land. Plenty of my family members (as I'm sure in other families) past and present have struggled with addiction, depression, anger, abuse, etc., and baby ain't nobody got money I mean not really. We were especially poor growing up. I was a very protected and sheltered child who grew up in a kind, loving family, much like the boy in this story. But I did see things and I have always sought better and wanted more. What I loved so much about this movie is recognizing moments, characters, scenarios...it was very real life. That lady wrote an article "not my Appalachia" ... well okay hon, it ain't for you. No film in recent history that's faced such negativity have I gotten so angry about. Yes, these areas are very conservative and problematic... tell my very liberal a** about it, I LIVE here and am related to a bunch. That wasn't what this story was about. I don't know much about the real J.D. Vance and the little I do makes me not care terribly about finding out more. Nor have I read his memoir or prob ever will. But a whole bunch of folks saying he made clichéd characters to serve the stories purpose of portraying mostly negative obstacles he faced in his life growing up where and how he did. But here I am, recognizing these people, witnessing some of these exact moments in my life. I don't know that man or the people whom he wrote directly about, but somehow, I know these characters in this film based on what he wrote. So I find it very hard to believe he just made them up or exaggerated them for the sake of his story. Seems to me he grew up with people very similar to some I grew up with. A movie isn't necessarily bad because it wasn't made or was unrelatable to you. That's what made me so mad about all the negative reviews. And screw the Razzies for that Glenn Close nom! I've been waiting on you to post this particular fiasco (it definitely was an Oscar fiasco) video since you mentioned it in another, but I'm so glad you weren't too harsh on it!

[@heather8775]

A movie isn't necessarily bad because it wasn't made or was unrelatable to *the person watching it* Just wanted to clarify that sentence did not mean you or this video!

[@maxfieldfulton]

Hillbilly Elegy was a solid 3.25 star movie. I found it far more entertaining than Nomadland.

[@ieatgremlins]

Thank you for recognizing Amy Adams deserved to be nominated for Arrival. The way the Academy ignores basically all sci-fi and horror film is so frustrating.

[@nickmann9549]

If only this film adaptation of the musical version of "Sunset Boulevard" would get made after being talked about for so long! Although Glenn Close at 76 might not be able to sing it as well as she once did (and there were many Broadway lovers who were not a fan of her singing voice...I thought she sounded great on the cast recording!).

[@susanaltman5134]

Note: Alfred Hitchcock never won an Oscar. The Oscars are best understood as a promotional gimmick created by the movie studios.

[@frodofraggins]

I hate the idea of someone being owed or due an award because of all the past nominations. If they were never the best in a given year then they never deserved it. Each year should be determined based on that years performances only, otherwise more worthy people may lose.

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

😬

[@jesseseale2558]

Just like Meryl Streep “overdue” win over Viola Davis potential/historic win in 2012

[@marrmart7690]

I agree

[@alisdairmckenzie]

I believe the last performance nominated for an Oscar and a Razzie was Amy Irving for Yentl and lost both but that is something - it shows you how divisive a performance can be. As much as I love Cher and her win for Moonstruck which I love too - I feel Close should have won for Fatal Attraction

[@Rambam1776]

JD Vance? Forget it!

[@kellie-nd1yp]

If they had given it to Close for The World According to Garp like they should have we wouldn’t still be wondering about an Oscar for her .

[@55555gino]

Glenn deserves a BEST ACTRESS Oscar , nothing wrong with best supporting , but she’s just too good. Same feeling I have with Dame Judi Dench. She’ll probably never win it, but she also deserves a best actress Oscar

[@VTMCompany]

It was wild that Amy Adams received a SAG Best Actress nomination for her role.

[@pophector]

Excellent retrospective, Brian! I actually enjoyed both of Glenn and Amy's performances in the movie but I did not like anything else about the movie. This film was rightfully better best forgotten. By the way, kudos on using that Glenn clip perfectly during the Oscar to Razzie nomination section 😂 Glenn and Amy will hopefully finally get their Oscar wins with great performances and we will all cheer 🎉 And I adored Youn's win for Minari in 2021, the heart and soul of the movie other than Alan Kim ❤

[@robfuzz]

If nothing else, Glenn Close will most definitely get a career Oscar someday. No question. Not sure about Adams. I agree she should've been nominated and won for Arrival. Sometimes winning an Oscar can be a kiss of death to a career. Many actors win and then are rarely heard from again, or they rarely if ever get nominated again afterwards. It can be a "be careful for what you wish for" thing.

[@donna25871]

When the person who wrote the book is regarded as a J6 insurrectionist no wonder it tanked. Amy Adams will win an Oscar eventually but Glenn Close is going to be another Peter O’Toole - she’ll get a lifetime achievement one and that’s it.

[@jbrownil]

I went into it with an open mind and it thought it was mediocre and while it managed to somewhat sidestep much of the politics Vance represents, it just wasn't that good.

[@branagain]

I never watched it but I don’t know anybody who liked Hillbilly Elegy.

[@mitsukai7192]

Can we please get the film adaption of the Sunset Boulevard musical happening so that Glenn can finally get her Oscar?

[@knightterror2826]

I'm still bitter about Amy Adams and her no nomination for Arrival

[@MsTriangle]

Should have won for The wife. And her speech at the Globes...

[@BinArelcort]

Glenn Close is a magnificent actress and, honestly, she doesn't need an Oscar to state that. Her work as a whole will always be remembered. I mean, her Cruella DeVil, her Albert Nobbs, so brilliant!

[@iwritechecksatthegrocerystore]

I tell you what… if Glenn Close had leaned into the Razzie thing.. a little bit.. like acknowledged that she’s did this role purely to win an Oscar. Like if Glenn Close had accepted her Razzie award.. and been like “I am so proud to be one of the few nominated for both a Razzie AND and Oscar, imagine if I became the first person to ever win both a Razzie… AND an Oscar.. for the same role.” Been a good sport and laughed about it. 😂😂 Glenn would have her Oscar. And it would’ve been the most legendary Oscar campaign ever. (Couldn’t have been any worse then watching her dance after losing.)

[@mr29]

Close in Hillbilly Elegy WAS my grandmother - it was uncanny.

[@giancarlojacobs9982]

Please do a video on Angela Bassett!!

[@johndwightestur5670]

I thought my world stopped when Glenn Close lost for The Wife. For a moment, I was thinking maybe I was just dreaming and that the Oscar awards ceremony has yet to commence. I started hoping again when I heard about Hillbilly Elegy. Alas, yet again, her long-deserved Oscar glory wasn't going to happen. Almost everyday, I scour the net for updates on new projects for Glenn Close. It was quite disappointing to know that the planned remake of Sunset Boulevard isn't going to happen anytime soon. By the way, whatever happened to The Duchess, the supposed movie about Anna Anderson, the most famous impostor of Anastasia Romanov. This was an announced project for Glenn Close way back in 2014. But I agree, in time Glenn will have her Oscar moment. Maybe for The Summer Book?

[@SamBryans128]

Hillbilly Elegy was a terrible movie with no audience. It was about unsympathetic and unrelatable characters. Amy Adams and Glenn Glose needed new agents after this crap. Glenn Close is next in line for an honorary Oscar.

[@MJC_227]

I will say this, after watching Susan Lucci lose the daytime Emmy for 18 years before winning, I think the lesson is to not give up hope. Glenn or Amy could easily win an Oscar someday!

[@Starkardur]

It's an awful book made into a terrible movie and not just terrible from the story perspective but just a bloody awful movie. Oscars are not supposed to reward BAD MOVIES

[@edgaracajabon9522]

Win lose no matter. Talent means you good. Oscar just mean you lucky. I think that's how Mr. Miyagi would put it if he were alive today

[@javi__...]

I don't even remember when this movie came out

[@emillion4470]

This film just felt small to me. Despite being elevated by two film luminaries, a great director and an Oscar-bait premise, it should have ensured success but it came out inert and cliched. My least liked performance by Close -and that's saying a lot. I've never found her less than watchable in any of her screen work but here she was unconvincing, borderline campy and predictable.

[@kirkreid743]

I like Glenn Close. But her performance in Hillbilly Elegy was not good. And her makeup was horrendous. She looked like Robin Williams doing a hillbilly version of Mrs. Doubtfire.

[@marrmart7690]

I like make up

[@gabrielcastaneda9700]

Close won’t win till she does sunset boulevard Amy Adams will Win for a musical

[@marrmart7690]

She make great great performance in sunset bullivard theatre😍😍😍👏

[@hernar2]

Always been a big Glenn Close fan. So deserving for The World According to Garp, Fatal Attraction, and Dangerous Liaison. The time to give her the Oscar was for those performances. Hillbilly Eligy was a not a good movie and I’m kinda glad she didn’t get it for that. She deserves better

[@bossfan49]

How are people going to criticize the story when it's a true story?

[@2160michael]

It’s a white struggle film. The Oscar’s love black struggle films, but not white

[@Urizen61]

I watched the first half of Hillbilly Elegy. Ron Howard made comments to the effect that critics and the audience had a snobbish attitude towards the subject matter. But it just wasn't a good movie.

[@kolonarulez5222]

The younger me wanted Glenn to win for Cruella Devil in the live action 101 Dalmatians movies.

[@AngryMoor]

Ron Howard directed this? Oh, dear.

[@user-if4ux9io8q]

I really didn’t mind the movie or performances.

[@frances6940]

I enjoyed the movie and thought all performances, especially Glenn Close and Amy Adams’, were excellent and deserving of nominations and wins. I think you very cleverly alluded to the real reason for the failure of the film at the Academy Awards: politics. The critics killed it because they, and Hollywood powerful, don’t agree with J.D. Vance’s political beliefs. I doubt any of them come from such an impoverished, disfunctional family background so their sneering shows them for the biased frauds they are. Evidence: The disconnnect between critics rotten tomatoes scores and audience scores for many movies during the last year or so demonstrates many critics are just Hollywood shillls. They praise many movies because it pushes the approved agenda and the movie going public either stay away or, if they go, give it a poor score. Going to the movies is a costly outing nowadays and, quite frankly, this movie buff is unwilling to spend money unless I think the movie is going to be value for money. I no longer trust most main stream media critics and look for movies to go and see by watching critical commentary presented by independent commentators like you dear sir. Thank you. I hope your independent commentary is amply rewarded and you prosper in 2024. P.s. Hollywood seems to forget there are approximately 100 years of wonderful movies available on DVD or streaming so we movie lovers aren’t dependent on the latest offering at the local cinema.

[@Nik-pp3qs]

Glenn Close looked ridiculous as that character. It’s not a surprise that she got a Razzie nom. As a casual viewer, Close and Hillbilly Elegy as a whole came off as desperate for awards. Context is important too. There was no way a film like that would’ve won right after January 2021, given the political climate. As far as Close being “overdue”, I don’t like the idea of actors “deserving” Oscars. It should go to the “best” of the year (or the one who “plays the game” the best). Close, while obviously very talented in many, MANY films, just has never been the best of that year. Sadly, she has rotten Oscar luck.

[@oscarpinillacastro5893]

She was the best three times: Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons and The Wife. They just didn't give it to her

[@residentevil4life]

honestly, considering how problematic JD Vance is I am glad this movie lost since any win would have aged poorly with what we know years later

[@berenicececilia]

This level of Oscar bait is always a brutal flop. A well deserved flop. Not against any of the parts.

[@Thesunshines247]

you should do The Devil All the Time!

[@oscarpinillacastro5893]

It was just punishment for the author's political views.

[@markhelfgott2619]

Mixed feelings about it. Yes, it was very manipulative. But I’m okay with that. I didn’t realize that it was Glenn Close as the grandmother. She did a good job. I like simplistic tear jerkers. (“The Hill” is another example of a manipulative tear jerker.) But I know what I’m getting into. Also, I rate a movie’s excellence based on whether I can eat a meal while watching it on NETFLIX, etc. The test is that if a can eat and look at my plate and away from the screen and not miss anything in the film that means it’s not a complicated movie that demands my full attention. So, how good can it be? So, I give “Hillbilly Elegy” a two fork rating meaning I had to pay attention. But I could occasionally look at my meatloaf and potatoes and

[@DJarvis1987]

Let's be honest 2024 Honary Oscar is well overdue for both Glen Close and Amy Adams needs to happen.

[@singstreetcar5881]

Honorary oscar means ur on ur way out. Its over for you

[@marrmart7690]

Emmy adams still young Glen glose maybe win if she make films for oscar and dont stop and dont wait bacase she older

[@sherrybowen4432]

​@singstreetcar5881 they just gave one to Angela Bassett. Must be they've given up on her since she's so old😂.

[@rabrab3]

Such a tragedy!! All I can say is June bug and Dangerous Liasons

[@Clouden3]

That 82% audience score is proof that Rotten Tomatoes needs to go away.

[@Starkardur]

What do women like Glenn Close, Amy Adams and Annette Bening have in common? They have all portrayed a version of Marquise Isabelle De Merteuil and many think they are all overdue an oscar. Is this role cursed?

[@marikamarika7205]

They don’t deserve her! Everybody knows she should have won for Fatal Attraction!

[@reflectsonlife]

It was indeed absorbing, but in a Brechtian fashion, esp watching Glenn Close caricature-ish performance in disbelief. Amy Adams was good though, playing against type.

[@MrCarlosandres94]

Glenn Close has to be one of the best actresses of all time. The fact she didn’t win for fatal attraction still baffles me. Then for Albert Nobbs and The Wife. She stole the show in Hillbilly Elegy and for me it was an effective film up until I learned what it was based on.

[@KentuckyKid84]

That’s what bugs me about people trying to separate her performance from the source: You can’t. They are one in the same. They are in service of a fraud perpetrated by a guy looking to push far right politics and gut support systems for vulnerable people based on long-debunked bullshit.

[@marrmart7690]

Fatal attraction she must win The academy give cheer the oscar so strange

[@fenian123]

F the Oscars! Winning one would be a step down for Close. Hitchcock never won, not winning should be seen as a badge of honor for any accomplished artist

[@toritori5835]

Yes, they are deserving as actors, but not for Hillbilly Elegy. I can’t help but say that I lost a good bit of respect for Close, Adams and Ron Howard for their involvement in a movie about JD Vance. It is extremely sad how a person can live the life Vance has lived and miss the mark so badly on what drives and further exacerbates conditions like poverty, addiction, mental illness, etc. His arrogance and superiority complex makes him unlikable. Even the full title of his book makes me wince.

[@huguihugh9803]

Itsnt a good movie. However the main reason was a,backlash like received this year Sound Of Freedom.

[@Ziggy-hy4fn]

I feel like she'll be getting her honorary Oscar or a Cecil B. DeMille Award within the next 3 years.

[@stadbab]

vanessa taylor. now i know who was responsible for that nauseating script.

[@marrmart7690]

😂😂😂 realy bad script

[@MerylCheap]

I can’t say it’s good, but I loved Hillbilly Elegy in a camp way

[@chrichtonsworld1]

When are people going to realize that Oscars are not about the performances but more about politics. If it were for example Samuel L. Jackson should have won several by now. It's why I don't care about these awards. They mean very little.

[@craigmmcgill]

I don’t get the hate for this film. Should it have won best picture? Um no, but I genuinely liked it. My opinion has rarely been so afar from the critics. And in terms of politics, I’m about as liberal as they come and think Vance is a disaster of a human being. But I still enjoyed the film and I think Glenn Close is absolutely brilliant in it. It’s honestly one of my favorite of her performances and I’ve been a fan since my teens in the 90s. The reception to this film is just so puzzling to me. …and the Razzie nomination was just so mean spirited. She was in no way deserving of that. So disrespectful of them.

[@johndelossantos7678]

Politics aside, I liked the movie. Glenn Close deserved to win, Make-up too.

[@marrmart7690]

ه Glen glose Deserve oscar for fatal attraction. Cheer dont deserve it at all. But in (the wife) Must be ( tie ) for glen close and olivia colman. Academy must make glen close take the oscar in leading role. And olivia colman take oscar in supporting role. Becase emma stone in favurate was leading role. I mean musr emma stone lose and glen close win when they but them in same cateagory. And olivia take supporting. That will be great... If the academy do that Glen and olivia take oscar that night... becase they desearve it. Glean glose her golden dress oscarian dress. When olivia take bafta..glen feel disopintment and but her neck anthor side when she clap. Hillbily gilby They make reaction in role.. But without clear resain. Emmy adams shout and cry and make drama effort..without motovation. The film makers push actress do over acting but dont make charachter tell us why they did that. So the film was shallow..and no one understand clearly the charachtatr and what they think. Glen glose Was great as a shape and acting But the role so short and small and not important. Just good make up and good acting. Great acting without role. So the academy dont watch role.. glen just make performance. The problem in film Screenply... If the writer make more detalise in narrtive and make clear dialouge and explane why the wommen in film do that.. the film will be deep. The writer take original story..but make it so shallow and breafe. The asian win the oscar no one remmeber her or know her. If they give it to glen better. Thank you brian 💛💛💛 To tell us glen glose news. And critices what they said about hilliby gelby.

[@samsamsam4790]

im blaming ron howard

[@brettrobinson2901]

Why?

[@claudiacoy3294]

Close should have won for The Wife.

[@barbarawaldorf330]

Stay home and she might win.

[@MaureenStapletonFan]

The film struck me as poorly edited - it could benefit from a recut. There was such hate towards this film, and I wonder if it had to do with the pro-Trump author. Did Ms. Close deserve the Razzie nom? No. Her resemblance to the real Memaw was uncanny. The Summer Book has me excited! It’s a wonderful book.

[@guimrtns]

There’s only one reason: it was a bad movie with weak performances from good actresses.

[@user-ol2ks9tt4i]

It was a horrible movie based on a worse book.

[@stevenstevenson5303]

Amy Adams Arrival snub still saddens me, my god I still cannot believe they nominated that movie in all those big categories and not Amy smh. Edit: and poor Maddie Zegler for Music... man 2020 was rough

[@singstreetcar5881]

Lady gaga and glen close tied for best actress at the critics choice awards, a complete joke. 😂😂. Thats the moment i knew olivia coleman was gonna win the oscar.

[@marrmart7690]

😂😂😂give gaga tie..stupid film..tie with glen..no way I hate tie prize.olivia must take it tie with glen