Oh, how time can change things.
A month ago, “Never Let Me Go” looked like the perfect awards candidate. I even went down a bulleted list of all the things it had in its favor in my Oscar Moment. To summarize …
- Based on a best-selling novel
- British
- Oscar-friendly British actors
- “Love, loss, hidden truths”
You all bought it just like me. The vote was 80% in favor of the movie’s Oscar chances and 20% against it. But with a mid-60s average on Rotten Tomatoes, pretty middling box office numbers, and no critical champions, this looks like a lost cause. Maybe I shouldn’t have bought the book…
Marshall and the Movies 
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I turned the Facebook, 15 Directors thing into a blogging meme, and I tagged you! Take part. It’ll be fun!
Awesome! Sorry to be so slow on the response…
I get the feeling even with bad box office numbers it’ll do fine at the Oscars. Whether it deserves to or not is another question.