Source:
National Board of Review, TheCinemaSource.com
Posted on: Thu, Dec 06, 2007 20:38:16
the NBR, what is the Best Picture race looking like right now?
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney
Todd
Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
But...I still can’t bring myself to believe Michael Clayton will make the nomination list.
How about we replace it with Juno - which also made the NBR list but just opened, has commercial prospects, and
should peak at the exact right time.
If either of those scenarios happened, the NBR would be five for five. So what’s on shaky ground? Judging from
this year’s trends, I’d say The Kite Runner. Moviegoers are avoiding political dramas at all
costs, and if it tanks, I could easily see There Will Be Blood or Charlie Wilson’s War gaining a lot of ground.
One thing is certain: two months from now, when The Bucket List is the frontrunner for Best
Picture, I’ll run across this column and laugh about how wrong I was. |
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