Best Picture winner tonight?
Revisited this film before the Oscars tonight, and I'm fully convinced it's the clear winner for Best Picture. I have a strange feeling that Conclave will walk away victorious, but this is a near perfect it not flat out perfect film. This anti-Cinderella dramedy starts off as this innocent love story that proves to have been doomed from the start, and Mikey Madison leaves it all out there with her performance as Ani. The way that Sean Baker slowly reveals the film to be one about classism, capitalism, the harsh realities of the working class, and loneliness/alienation is exceptional. In addition, it's a tale of someone opening up themselves to a life they falsely believe they can have, just to have the harsh truth thrown back in her face. I don't think there's any debate here as to what SHOULD walk away with the gold.
Revisited this film before the Oscars tonight, and I'm fully convinced it's the clear winner for Best Picture. I have a strange feeling that Conclave will walk away victorious, but this is a near perfect it not flat out perfect film. This anti-Cinderella dramedy starts off as this innocent love story that proves to have been doomed from the start, and Mikey Madison leaves it all out there with her performance as Ani. The way that Sean Baker slowly reveals the film to be one about classism, capitalism, the harsh realities of the working class, and loneliness/alienation is exceptional. In addition, it's a tale of someone opening up themselves to a life they falsely believe they can have, just to have the harsh truth thrown back in her face. I don't think there's any debate here as to what SHOULD walk away with the gold.