She was great in both films but I found her performance here much better and much more powerful than in Silver Linings, the film itself is a bit overrated too imo. Winter's Bone was so much better in every way!
shareI agree she should have won for Winter's Bone. It seems like some actors don't get the Oscar for roles they should have gotten it for, but it is awarded to them on down the line for lesser roles. No way was Silver Linings great enough for an Oscar. Maybe after actors have "proven" themselves to the Academy or gotten a little more "popular" they win the award for a lesser role. I don't know why that happens.
shareI agree she should have won an Oscar for this performance. She was awesome in this but there was nothing Oscar worthy about Silver Linings Playbook. I also think that Jennifer's acting is best when she plays roles close to her own age as opposed to trying to play someone who is in their 30's.
shareIf this was released any other year than yes.
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I like her performance here better than the one in Sliver Linings Playbook, perhaps because I could relate more to her character in this film. However, as several posters had pointed out, there was no way she could have won against Natalie Portman. It was clear from the very beginning that the filmmakers were pushing like mad for an Oscar for Portman, like highlighting how much effort she had put into ballet, that she actually did almost all of the dancing etc. I like her performance in Black Swan, but what I am saying is that all the buzz that was there even long before the film was released almost ensured that she bludgeoned all her way to the Award Ceremonies. So for Jennifer, the nomination itself could be regarded as a victory giving her the appropriate recognition.
A second factor was age. No one as young as Jennifer at the time of this film had ever won in the Main Actress category. Ellen Page was about the same age when she was nominated for Juno but also did not win. There had been much younger nominees, including the Whale Rider girl and the black girl in Beasts of the Southern Wild who was touted as the youngest nominee ever. Neither of them had any serious chance of winning. When Jennifer finally won two years later, she has still remained the youngest winner to this day.