Florence Foster Jenkins, 20th Century Women, and The Lobster Score Oscar Noms, But None for Deadpool
*comedy nominees in italics
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
La La Land
Hell or High Water
The Lobster
Manchester by the Sea
20th Century Women
BEST ACTRESS
Emma Stone, La La Land
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Land of Mine
A Man Called Ove
The Salesman
Tana
Toni Erdmann
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Kubo
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia
Also, Hail, Caesar! got a nomination for Best Production Design, Florence Foster Jenkins received another nomination for Best Costume, and A Man Called Ove for Best Make-Up and Hair.
As to be expected with the amount of socially relevant movies and the uber-escapist La La Land, The Oscars heavily favored dramas this year over comedy.
While nominations for other awards gave a bit of hope for Deadpool to sneak in as an outlier to the otherwise, mostly heavy handed fare, it ultimately was edged out. Comedy, per usual, got its attention in the writing category with two brilliant films, The Lobster from Yorgos Lanthimos and 20th Century Women from Mike Mills. Of course, what would the Oscars be without a nod to Meryl Streep. Her turn as one of the worst singers of all time in Florence Foster Jenkins, was typical award worthy Meryl.
German comedy Toni Erdmann continues to rack up nominations, which will hopefully encourage people to go see it despite its nearly 3 hour running time.
The awards ceremony is set for February 26th and will air on ABC. Get the full list of this year’s Oscar nominees here.
