Power Rankings for 12/4/17
Best Picture
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C/R
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Film |
| 1 |
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80 |
Call Me By Your Name |
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A nomination is all but a lock after citations by two major critics' groups this week. |
| 2 |
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79 |
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri |
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Perhaps too divisive for a win, the dark satire is an audience pleasure that is most likely a lock for a nomination. |
| 3 |
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70 |
Lady Bird |
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Coming of age stories always have a space and Gerwig is playing the circuit. With strong acting and writing, a BP nod is a near certainty. |
| 4 |
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60 |
The Shape of Water |
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Although its chances have slipped of late, Del Toro has enough admirers and enough charisma to likely sneak this in. |
| 5 |
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59 |
The Post |
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Spielberg's last several films have received a nod and the timely movie, with Hollywood royalty on the headline, is most likely in. |
| 6 |
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58 |
Get Out |
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Jordan Peele's horror thriller isn't quite getting the wins, but voters nervous about another #OscarsSoWhite fiasco may look to this movie, which does keep making top ten lists. |
| 7 |
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57 |
The Florida Project |
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The movie's small size hurts it, but the passion for it is strong, and should have plenty to help it cross the 5% threshold. |
| 8 |
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50 |
Dunkirk |
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The presumptive front runner just a few weeks ago, it is really just a front-runner by default. The old Academy would have loved this. The new one, I'm not so sure. |
| 9 |
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40 |
Mudbound |
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The Dee Rees Netflix movie has that going against it (Netflix) and also shows that it is a relatively shallow pool for Best Picture nominees this year |
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