“Hillbilly Elegy” might win an Oscar after all, despite being one of Netflix’s worst movies of 2020 . The Academy Awards released a s...
“Hillbilly Elegy” might win an Oscar after all, despite being one of Netflix’s worst movies of 2020.
The Academy Awards released a shortlist of Oscar contenders for nine categories last week, including Documentary Feature, Visual Effects and music-related categories, among others. For what it’s worth, the Academy did not announce major categories such as Best Picture or the awards associated with acting, directing and writing.
Netflix earned 20 spots on these lists with 13 films featured.
A few movies made sense as official Oscar contenders such as “Mank,” “Crip Camp” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” More surprising was the inclusion of the aforementioned “Hillbilly Elegy” and “Eurovision Song Contest.” I loved the latter movie as a fun break from the pandemic last summer and would love to see the Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams film win an Oscar. But I can’t say I expected “Eurovision Song Contest” ― which features numerous Ferrell pratfalls and Demi Lovato playing an unhelpful ghost ― to compete at the Academy Awards.
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I’ve compiled all the Netflix films that made the shortlist below along with their shortlist category.
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Premise: Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions produced this documentary about a summer camp in New York named Camp Jened. The documentary focuses on the camp in the 1970s as it welcomed people with disabilities and served as an incubator for the disability rights movement.
Shortlist category: Documentary Feature
Runtime: 1 hour, 46 minutes
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Premise: The daughter of a man with dementia films her father in different ridiculous scenarios to celebrate his life in this documentary. The father indulges his daughter by acting and dressing up for these involved scenes, while the family embraces the inevitable end.
Shortlist category: Documentary Feature
Runtime: 1 hour, 29 minutes
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