Was anyone else as shocked as I was when Brenda Vacarro received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for this film? I mean she was funny in the role but I would hardly call her performance in this film Oscar worthy.
shareThat's why Crash winning Best Picture isn't so shocking. The history of The Academy Awards is littered with atrocities.
shareDid you actually see this film or did you just find this thread another convenient location to diss CRASH?
shareI thought she was the best thing in this trashy film - She was funny and she stole her scenes. Looking at the other nominees , I am not surprised at her nomination. She didn't deserve to win , but there have been many more nominees I found less deserving than hers. I think because the movie was so bad that you may think her nomination was unwarranted.
shareIt was a good performance in a very bad film. It still deserved to be recognized. Vacarro actually won the Golden Globe that year.
shareExactly right. I'm watching this now on Flix, and so far she lights up the screen every time she appears. (It's kind of a stretch to believe that her character can't snag a man in 1975 NYC, though.) She plays one of the few characters we actually want to know more about. Nearly everything else about this movie is hilariously trashy, beginning with the over-the-top crash.
Her character just said, "You mean his dingle is just like spaghetti?"
Sheesh! Is that line in the book?
Her character was believeable but I agree I don't think it was an "Oscar" performance.
The Golden Globes always honor people in bad movies, look at the nominees now? Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie in that HUGE BOMB the Tourist? What a joke.
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Not really too surprised. She was nominated, she didn't win. We're watching her performance much later and out-of-context for the time in which it was made.
Consider some actual past winners, great actresses in roles that haven't stood the test of time - Marisa Tomei winning an Oscar for My Cousin Vinny, Helen Hayes for Airport.
Consider some past nominees like Anne Archer for Fatal Attraction, Sigourney Weaver for Working Girl, and Dyan Cannon in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.
So, what is Oscar-worthy?
No, I am not suprised at her nomination. Even though at that time I was. I thought she was very good in her role and a nomination was not that far fetched. Now if she had won, that would have been a shock.
I do disagree with you on Helen Haye's role in Airport. I thought she was delightful and deserved to win. I remember when that film came out I was wondering, who the hell is Helen Hayes?? Interesting Airport is being released in August on blu ray, finally and she is pictured on the cover :)
Vacarro herself joked about the nomination. She said she was surprised to be nominated and knew she wouldn't win. She said in the scene where she kicked the wall (or something) she almost broke all her toes. She said THAT got her the nomination:)
shareI watched the film this week and noticed that the studio who made it was Paramount, and presumably this studio did a big campaign for her. She probably had some residual goodwill for Midnight Cowboy, was already something of a veteran by the time this film came out (in TV, film, and theatre) and thus widely known in the showbiz industry. She was also in the media a lot then because of her relationship with the even more popular Michael Douglas.
I enjoyed her performance but I agree with you that it wasn't Oscar calibre.