2013 Best Actress Oscar Contenders
From Amy Adams to Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Amy Adams - 'Trouble with the Curve'
Pro: The magic trick of the movie is setting the viewer up for a Clint Eastwood film, but it's not his. It's Amy Adams's. And she's as good as ever, a tough girl raised by a baseball scout, surrounded by men
all her life, and sporting the rough edges such a life would leave. She's managed to become a fast Academy favorite (three nominations since breaking out in 2005's "Junebug") and she's frankly better here than in her other big performance this year.
Con: But that other big performance (in Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master") might nevertheless be her best shot due to the thinness of that category. Not only that, but "Trouble with the Curve" landed and
was instantly dismissed as commercial, any awards talk quickly subsiding. Clint Eastwood talking to a chair probably didn't do the film any favors, either.
- Kristopher Tapley
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October 10, 2012 at 2:31PM EST Reply to CommentKnightley's performance isn't a patch on her Pride & Prejudice performance. She's not getting nominated. Neither is the film.
Ronald
October 10, 2012 at 4:39PM EST Reply to CommentI think Amy Adams deserves many Oscars, starting with "Junebug" and the high-grossing "Enchanted". She's wonderful!
Kenney Broadway
October 10, 2012 at 9:12PM EST Reply to CommentI cannot agree enough with the suggestion that Emmanuelle Riva deserves the Oscar and any number of acting awards for her performance in AMOUR.