Golden Globes breakdown: Emilia Perez sets record with 10 nominations despite scrutiny

Shortly after Emilia Pérez arrived on Netflix on November 13 — following a restricted theatrical run — The Atlantic known as it a “movie inconceivable to have gentle emotions about.” Nicely, the votes are in and the Golden Globes cherished it.

Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical a few transgender cartel chief (Karla Sofía Gascón) obtained a document 10 nominations on Monday (December 9), making it essentially the most nominated comedy or musical movie within the awards present’s historical past.

The movie is up for Finest Movement Image – Musical or Comedy, Finest Director for Audiard, Finest Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez, Finest Actress for Karla Sofia Gascón, Screenplay, Unique rating and extra.

It’s an enormous vote of confidence for Emilia Pérez, which divided critics, at a ceremony that’s broadly seen as an necessary predictor for the Oscars.

In her two-star evaluate for The Impartial, Clarisse Loughrey questioned Audiard’s depiction of the trans expertise. “As an alternative, he renders Emilia and her pre-transition self as two fully totally different, disconnected individuals, as if he solely sees his trans lead as a metaphor, a possibility to discover his personal ideas on rebirth and second probabilities,” wrote Loughrey. “There’s a slight whiff of reductive gender essentialism right here: the notion that womanhood is purity manifest, that Girl Macbeth was all the time away from her damned spots.”

Her sentiments had been echoed by different critics, considered one of whom known as it the “Most Distinctive Cis Nonsense You’ll Ever See.” Whereas Gomez, Loughrey argues, was miscast and robbed of the “deadpan charisma” that makes her so watchable on Solely Murders within the Constructing she obtained nominations for each initiatives.

This 12 months was a powerful one for double nominations as Sebastian Stan was additionally named in two classes, one for his flip because the president-elect in Ali Abbasi’s Hollywood-repelling Donald Trump biopic, The Apprentice, and one other for his position as a struggling actor with neurofibromatosis in Aaron Schimberg’s black comedy, A Completely different Man. In the meantime, Kate Winslet was acknowledged in Lead Actress Drama for the biopic Lee and as a Restricted Collection Actress for HBO’s The Regime.

Behind Pérez with seven nominations was Brady Corbet’s epic A24 drama The Brutalist, which was hailed as “the subsequent Godfather” after its debut at Venice Movie Pageant in September. Set over 30 years, the movie explores the lifetime of László Tóth (Adrien Brody), a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who survived the Holocaust and, after emigrating to the US along with his spouse (Felicity Jones), crosses paths with the mysterious Harrison Lee Van Buren (Man Pearce), who adjustments the course of his life.

Incomes six nominations was the most recent movie from All Quiet on the Western Entrance director Edward Berger, Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes. The British actor earned a Finest Actor in a Drama nomination for his flip as a vaping cardinal tasked with electing a brand new pope.

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The Globes additionally acknowledges tv and Hulu’s The Bear as soon as once more dominated with extra nominations (5) than another sequence together with Finest Musical/Comedy and performing nods for Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Liza Cólon-Zayas.

Solely Murders within the Constructing and Shogun earned 4 extra nominations apiece for Hulu whereas newcomers Child Reindeer, Disclaimer and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story took residence three nominations every.

Some followers had been left confused by the inclusion of Squid Recreation, the second season of which was nominated for Finest Collection Drama even if it is not going to debut on Netflix till the top of December.

Final 12 months, the Golden Globes managed to tug off a high-energy, feel-good occasion thanks largely to the charismatic stars within the room. Winners together with Kieran Culkin, Ali Wong, Emma Stone, Ayo Edebiri, Billie Eilish and Cillian Murphy delivered speeches with zest and panache, following a muted response to last-minute host Jo Koy’s awkward presenting fashion.

The 2025 ceremony will happen on January 5 on the Beverly Hilton resort in Los Angeles, California. Comic Nikki Glaser will debut as host.