Another chess piece has been moved when it comes to the Oscar race.
Greta Gerwig’s much-anticipated “Little Women” just screened in L.A. and NYC. A social media embargo has lifted on Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s famous novel and it appears that there are fans, but also many people with reservations, which is quite odd as many film critics tend to not want to express too many negative things in their Twitter reactions so as to appease the studio bigwigs that watch their every move. Suffice to say, this doesn’t look like it’s going to be a “Lady Bird” triumph for Gerwig.
Yes, there seems to be generally positive buzz from many folks who have seen “Little Women,” but I’ve spoken to a few key film critics that didn’t chime in on Twitter and they are telling me not to mark this one as a contender just yet. If anything, Florence Pugh and Saoirse Ronan are being singled out as the stand-outs in a cast that is notably stacked and that could lead to some kind of Oscar traction in the acting races, but, as we speak, I cannot have Gerwig’s film enter the best picture frontrunners list in my predictions.
“Little Women” arrives in theaters on Christmas Day.
Following “Air,” this is Affleck’s latest stint behind the camera. He has cast himself in the lead role, alongside Kerry Washington, Steven Yeun, and Gillian Anderson (“The X-Files”).