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Theyll afford Oscars-race momentum to the actors, actresses, and films upon which they bestow their prizes.
Thats just what they do.
Meryl Streeps 21 Oscar nominations are often discussed as a figure of excess.
Did she really deserve to be nominated ALL those times?
(Imagine their surprise if anyone ever told them there were times Streep was Oscar-worthy butdidntget a nomination!)
This year, shes up for win No.
And with 32 nominations under her belt, the temptation to rate is great.
Too great for us to resist.
The movies worse than her performance, but she doesnt do a whole lot to save it.
Her renditions of ABBAs greatest hits tend to argue for the latter.
(She lost to Alfre Woodard forMiss Evers Boys, and rightly so.)
Honestly, both probably deserved recognition, but this was while Zellweger was still in her overlooked-in-favor-of-co-stars awards era.
You either ride the ride or you dont.
Her line readings opposite Goldie Hawn (I can see right THROUGH you!
), Bruce Willis (Flaaaacid!
), and Isabella Rossellini (Nowa warning!)
have ALL stood the test of time.
As muted as a Globe- and Oscar-nominated performance can be.
This is one of the great ones, though, as history will hopefully show.
Streep perfectly embodies Julia Child in all her unabashed enthusiasm, cheerfully domineering physical presence, and quiet pain.
Streep and Stanley Tucci playing the most delightfully suited married couple in all of cinematic history also helps.
She put the stamp not just on a character but on a whole species of character.
Her first of eight competitive Golden Globe wins, with No.
9 possibly on the way this Sunday.
