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Ten Tremendous Oscar Bait Failures

Collateral Beauty (2016)

  • Domestic Total Gross: $31,016,021
  • Production Budget: $36 million
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 12%
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The film that Will Smith was hoping would make up for Suicide Squad. Instead, it was another unintentionally laughable, big budget Lifetime movie about finding hope after tragedy that can thank its all-star cast (also including Edward Norton, Helen Mirren and Kate Winslet) for almost making its budget back domestically. Speaking of the cast, the film is even up for this year’s Razzie for Worst Screen Combo, the combo being “The Entire Cast of Once Respected Actors.”

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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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