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December 19, 2007
Oscar Watch: 'Sweeney' Cuts Up
My very esteemed colleague
Kyle Smith sheathes his critical razor today, unleashing a
3.5 star rave for "Sweeney Todd.'' Kyle also performs a
video duet with our legendary theater editor
Barbara Hoffman, who rates four stars in my book! It's looking likelier that "Sweeney'' may make the cut for a Best Picture nomination, but out of all the prognosticators at
Gurus O'Gold and the
Buzzmeter, only the latter's
Tom O'Neil -- a hard-core musical theater buff -- is predicting a victory for
Tim Burton and company (like he did for, ahem, "Dreamgirls'' last year). Methinks that when completing the final ballot, the academy will be put off by all the blood, whether it's the geyers in "Sweeney'' or the ample quantities on display in "No Country for Old Men'' or, for that matter, "There Will Be Blood.'' I'm still predicting a win for "Atonement,'' though it seems to me that "Juno'' could actually pull off that surprise win that so many were predicting for the overrated "Little Miss Sunshine.'' Speaking of which, my esteemed colleague
Reed Tucker thinks it was a huge mistake for "Juno'' screenwriter
Diablo Cody to accept a columnist gig with Entertainment Weekly. I love Diablo and the movie, but Reed's right -- this former stripper is already, you should pardon the expression, way too over-exposed. She needs to cool it for a while and let her work speak for itself.
Posted by Lou Lumenick on December 19, 2007 03:03 PM
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