I remember rushing with Jeffrey Wells to an early morning screening of “We The Animals” at Sundance. Why? Because Eric Kohn's IndieWire rave from the previous day's screening, in which he graded the film a rare A, had mentioned that it was "this year's ‘Moonlight.’” Of course, that wasn't the case. The film barely shares any similarities to Barry Jenkins's film. No, what director Justin Torres' film actually steals from is Malick naturalism, or maybe even Benh Zeitlin's "Beasts of the Southern Wild."
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This absolutely matters. That room was practically all Oscar voters. Fact remains, “Michael” was always going to contend for a best picture nomination, you just had to set your biases aside.