Film, Opinion

Ten Tremendous Oscar Bait Failures

Posted: February 20, 2017 at 7:34 pm   /   by   /   comments (2)

J. Edgar (2011)

  • Domestic Total Gross: $37,306,030
  • Production Budget: $35 million
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 43%
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XULIO67YIRA[/embedyt]

 

Since scoring his second Best Picture win behind the camera in 2004 with Million Dollar Baby, it seems that all Clint Eastwood wants out of his filmmaking career anymore is to win more Oscars (see American Sniper, Jersey Boys and Sully, all of which were released in the past three years). But perhaps his most embarrassing recent attempt is this formulaic biopic starring Leonard DiCaprio as former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. At least one nomination Eastwood should have predicted this would not receive is Best Makeup.