Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 2003

The Contenders:

Naomi Watts: 21 Grams
Samantha Morton: In America
Charlize Theron: Monster (winner)
Diane Keaton: Something’s Gotta Give
Keisha Castle-Hughes: Whale Rider

Sending the Wrong Message

Film: Something’s Gotta Give
Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop.

I knew less than 20 minutes in that I was going to absolutely hate Something’s Gotta Give, and I was right. The way this blog works is that I watch the whole thing even when I hate it. I sat through all of Vinyl and I watched Salo to the credits. It can’t be worse than those, right?

Okay, of course it’s not, but I’m serious that I knew right away that Something’s Gotta Give was going to suck and suck really hard. It’s a shame, too, because there are a few moments that are actually quite sweet, and it’s not often in my nature to dislike Diane Keaton. It’s frustrating because there could be a good story here, but it’s lost in so many things that it absolutely does wrong.