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Ten Tremendous Oscar Bait Failures

Diana (2013)

  • Domestic Total Gross: $335,359
  • Production Budget: N/A
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 8%
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The tragically late Princess Diana of Wales deserved better than giving her biopic the Titanic treatment, focusing primarily on her secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan during the last two years of her life. To make matters worse, the only recognition the film received was lead actress Naomi Watts’ nomination for a Worst Actress Razzie.

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Jason Wiese

Jason has been writing since his hands developed the strength to pick up a crayon. Growing up with the original dream to be a filmmaker, by the end of his high school career, he instead decided to pursue the next best thing: film criticism. Jason graduated from Lindenwood University in 2016 with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism. He currently writes movie reviews for Review St. Louis, Newstime and the Lincoln County Journal - as well as product descriptions for etrailer.com.

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  • 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.

    • 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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