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SAG award nomination reactions
Here are the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Commentary forthcoming.
Male Actor in a Leading Role
Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”
Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor”
Sean Penn, “Milk”
Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
Leonoardo DiCaprio’s work in Revolutionary Road was overlooked; that film has seriously lost momentum and its Oscar chances are in jeopardy. No nod for Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino, which has divided critics. But I’m thrilled to see the very deserving Jenkins here; subtle work like his needs more attention. But I’ll guess Rourke for the win.
Female Actor in a Leading Role
nne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”
Melissa Leo, “Frozen River”
Meryl Streep, “Doubt”
Kate Winslet, “Revolutionary Road”
The surprise here is Sally Hawkins’ omission for her Happy Go Lucky performance; I prefer her work over Leo’s. Otherwise, no surprises. Winslet may well win here; is there anyone more overdue than her?
Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin, “Milk”
Robert Downey Jr., “Tropic Thunder”
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Dev Patel, “Slumdog Millionaire”
As regular readers well know, I am a huge fan of Slumdog Millionaire, but Dev Patel’s nomination is one of the most egregious instances of category fraud I’ve ever seen. Who, exactly, is Patel supporting? The Who Wants to be a Millionaire host? Ridiculous. Ledger’s got this anyway.
Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams, “Doubt”
Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Viola Davis, “Doubt”
Taraji P. Henson, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Kate Winslet, “The Reader”
Again, no major surprises. As ever, I’m thrilled to see Adams in the group. The showier Davis is deserving too, but there’s more to Adams’ understated work than has met most reviewer’s eyes. But I won’t complain if Davis wins, although Cruz could take it too.
Best Stunt Ensemble
“The Dark Knight”
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”
“Iron Man”
“Wanted”
Gotta be Dark Knight for the stunt work in the opening heist alone.
Cast in a Motion Picture
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Doubt”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Milk”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
Go Slumdog! Love for the film just might carry it to a win. And it’s interesting to note that the cast nomination for Doubt is sort of redundant, since all four principals were nominated.
What do you think of these nominations?
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By SRCputt
December 20, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this
I remain pleasantly surprised Downey is getting award consideration for a comic performance. It’s an inspired performance, but I didn’t think it would register.By Zack
December 18, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this
I disagree on Patel. He’s got relatively little screen time.By squirrellygirl
December 18, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this
Where’s David Cook on this list. In all seriousness, I really don’t care unless David Cook is nominated. He’s the man!