Indie drama "To Leslie" (2022) starring Andrea Riseborough and Marc Maron

Hollywood stars are trying to get the word out about Andrea Riseborough's performance. TheY think she should be nominated for an Oscar.

Gwyneth Paltrow: "Andrea Riseborough should win every award there is and all the ones that haven't been invented yet."

Edward Norton: "It's about the most fully committed, emotionally deep, physically harrowing performance I've seen in a while. Her performance is just raw & utterly devoid of performative BS."

Sarah Paulson: "Andrea's performance affected me profoundly; achingly human and without vanity — and I do not mean 'vanity' in terms of appearance, I mean 'without awareness of how one is perceived or how one will be perceived' — just total embodiment."

In recent days, Jennifer Aniston, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Sarah Paulson, Gwyneth Paltrow and Courteney Cox have hosted screenings of the movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Clip from the movie.

Ugh. No I'm already surrounded by trash like that

This was a weird situation where the performance matched the hype. She really was that good. I would vote for her over Cate and Michelle.

Riseborough is indeed great in the film, which ultimately is quite powerful. Janney is really the only up to her level, no surprise.

Maron is undone by the dialect; still, his performance is unobtrusive. But he and Riseborough are not in the same league so the central coupling never really works.

Worth a look. But with Oscar nomination voting starting tomorrow, there’s no chance in hell Riseborough will be nominated. (Also, it’s not the mid-70s when films like Hester Street and A Woman Under The Influence could manage Oscar nominations with small, homegrown campaigns.)

[quote]Also, it’s not the mid-70s when films like Hester Street and A Woman Under The Influence could manage Oscar nominations with small, homegrown campaigns.

Yes, more's the pity.

[quote] But with Oscar nomination voting starting tomorrow, there’s no chance in hell Riseborough will be nominated..

Actually Oscar nomination voting closed yesterday at 5 pm.

But Variety does agree with your assessment about Riseborough's chances:

[quote] Regarding the Andrea Riseborough “surge” that has occurred in the last couple of days for her work in “To Leslie,” it’s either the most brilliant PR stunt ever performed or something crazy is about to occur with a jaw-dropper in best actress. I’m inclined to believe the former, with only one mention of her film coming from an AMPAS voter, and it wasn’t even an acting branch member.

Thanks, R7. That’s right, voting opening last Thursday.

Just saw it. Riseborough, for me, gives the performance of the year, among females.

I want to see this. Based on what I've read, she surely deserves nomination, though that doesn't always happen with these small films. Rebecca Hall in "Christine" deserved Best Actress that year and wasn't even nominated.

Well she got nominated!

[quote] there’s no chance in hell Riseborough will be nominated.

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