Linda Holmes

Go back to the moment when this script shows up and you look at it and it's like, I mean, now it feels like she's just Demi Moore is going to cakewalk to the to the best actress Oscar for this horror movie in which she winds up as a blob of tissue by the end.

Yeah. The unlikelihood of getting recognized for horror, the unlikelihood of getting recognized for something as strange as this movie is, this is not something you would take thinking, like, I'm going to cakewalk to an Oscar for playing this part. Now, Glenn, who do you think should win the award?

Yeah. The unlikelihood of getting recognized for horror, the unlikelihood of getting recognized for something as strange as this movie is, this is not something you would take thinking, like, I'm going to cakewalk to an Oscar for playing this part. Now, Glenn, who do you think should win the award?

Yeah. The unlikelihood of getting recognized for horror, the unlikelihood of getting recognized for something as strange as this movie is, this is not something you would take thinking, like, I'm going to cakewalk to an Oscar for playing this part. Now, Glenn, who do you think should win the award?

I absolutely think she's deserving, and I will be thrilled if she wins. However, in this category, I decided to go with Cynthia Erivo, and I'll tell you why. Yeah, I get that. Wicked has sort of fallen out of most of the major Oscar conversations at this point in its life. And I think that's... a shame because I don't think it's a perfect movie.

I absolutely think she's deserving, and I will be thrilled if she wins. However, in this category, I decided to go with Cynthia Erivo, and I'll tell you why. Yeah, I get that. Wicked has sort of fallen out of most of the major Oscar conversations at this point in its life. And I think that's... a shame because I don't think it's a perfect movie.

I absolutely think she's deserving, and I will be thrilled if she wins. However, in this category, I decided to go with Cynthia Erivo, and I'll tell you why. Yeah, I get that. Wicked has sort of fallen out of most of the major Oscar conversations at this point in its life. And I think that's... a shame because I don't think it's a perfect movie.

I think a lot of its charm comes from the source material and the performances. But to me, the last 15 to 20 minutes of that film, which include, obviously, Defying Gravity, which obviously became immediately a meme and a TikTok sound. And, you know, there were things of like a dog on a broomstick going up into the sky with, it's me. It's me.

I think a lot of its charm comes from the source material and the performances. But to me, the last 15 to 20 minutes of that film, which include, obviously, Defying Gravity, which obviously became immediately a meme and a TikTok sound. And, you know, there were things of like a dog on a broomstick going up into the sky with, it's me. It's me.

I think a lot of its charm comes from the source material and the performances. But to me, the last 15 to 20 minutes of that film, which include, obviously, Defying Gravity, which obviously became immediately a meme and a TikTok sound. And, you know, there were things of like a dog on a broomstick going up into the sky with, it's me. It's me.

I think that sequence is good enough that that is what a movie star who is a good actor is supposed to do. And when you put on top of it the fact that I think it is a hell of a performance of a really good song, like, what am I asking for, right? Like, what am I asking people for if not this? What am I rewarding if not this? I pick Cynthia Erivo. I have no regrets. None at all. I love it.

I think that sequence is good enough that that is what a movie star who is a good actor is supposed to do. And when you put on top of it the fact that I think it is a hell of a performance of a really good song, like, what am I asking for, right? Like, what am I asking people for if not this? What am I rewarding if not this? I pick Cynthia Erivo. I have no regrets. None at all. I love it.

I think that sequence is good enough that that is what a movie star who is a good actor is supposed to do. And when you put on top of it the fact that I think it is a hell of a performance of a really good song, like, what am I asking for, right? Like, what am I asking people for if not this? What am I rewarding if not this? I pick Cynthia Erivo. I have no regrets. None at all. I love it.

I love that.

I love that.

I love that.

No, I think she's wonderful. I think she is absolutely wonderful. I think the charisma that you talk about is 100% real. My issue is with the ending. I think the ending sells out the character and sells out what the movie was doing at the beginning. But it's only the ending that irritated me. I get that.

No, I think she's wonderful. I think she is absolutely wonderful. I think the charisma that you talk about is 100% real. My issue is with the ending. I think the ending sells out the character and sells out what the movie was doing at the beginning. But it's only the ending that irritated me. I get that.

No, I think she's wonderful. I think she is absolutely wonderful. I think the charisma that you talk about is 100% real. My issue is with the ending. I think the ending sells out the character and sells out what the movie was doing at the beginning. But it's only the ending that irritated me. I get that.

I probably had my Anora expectations raised too high. That's probably part of what happened. So that's also possible.