Ten Tremendous Oscar Bait Failures

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Joy (2015)

  • Domestic Total Gross: $56,451,232
  • Production Budget: $60 million
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 60%
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Although this did earn an Academy Award nomination for Jennifer Lawrence’s titular role, it was also the film that made us realize that director David O. Russell’s go-to-troupe is not unstoppable.We now know that simply teaming up with Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Robert DeNiro does not guarantee Oscar gold. Reviews were favorable overall, but criticism of the film’s misguided and depressing approach to dramatize the life of the woman who invented the Miracle Mop was nearly unanimous.

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    Charles , February 21, 2017

    I would argue against this being included in the list, not for any actual quality, but because Lawrence did get the Best Actress nomination. So in that sense, the Oscar-baiting did not fail.

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      Jason Wiese , February 23, 2017

      True, but considering Russell had been on a roll getting multiple nominations and a few wins for several films in a row, I imagine Lawrence’s sole Best Actress nomination must have been a sore and unexpected disappointment for him. That is why I considered “Joy” a failure

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