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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

2/01/2020

Harriet (2019)

Cynthia Erivo is a helluva a singer. Unfortunately, she's nominated for her acting -- not her singing -- in this mess of a movie. It's not even one of those "well, that was a great performance even if the movie is not that great" situations. It's a "this movie is bad and that actress is wooden" situation.

The story dragged and it looked cheap. I'm not sure how this ever got on Oscar's radar other than for its original song. Erivo is much more emotive when she sings than when she acts (watch below).

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