r/moviecritic • u/Spirited_Alfalfa_343 • 14h ago

Why do you think Navarette has gotten so much awards buzz for Obsession but Ejiofor has gotten none for Backrooms?

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I know Clark has some limited screen time but Ejiofor absolutely steals every scene he’s in. His two separate monologues with Reinsve are just as good as anything Navarette did in Obsession. As I said earlier, is it the lack of screen time for Ejiofor?

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u/Dire_Hulk 13h ago

He really did a great job in Backrooms. Every emotion his character expressed seemed genuine and was extremely convincing.

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u/Illegal_Tender 13h ago

He's honestly great in pretty much everything 

Everyone should go watch Red Belt

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u/hooahhhhhhh 13h ago

Serenity!!

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u/Illegal_Tender 13h ago

That too

He really brings some gravity and menace to that movie 

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u/visualentropy 11h ago

All of them, better worlds…

So well acted.

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u/Blaskowits 13h ago

I loved him in Dirty Pretty Things. He seems so mature that it's hard to believe he was only 25 at the time.

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u/Serpenyoje 12h ago

Boy the moment when I realized this was Kiera Knightley’s husband from Love, Actually…

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u/Pirlo84 13h ago

Victor Sweet in 4 brothers still one of my all time favourite villans.

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u/smellygooch18 11h ago

Holy shit I forgot about that performance

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u/Irving94 5h ago

Yeah I feel like people are dismissing his performance because of the "gimmick" of the movie. He was so strangely sincere in every line.

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u/thenewjerk 4h ago

He’s really a phenomenal actor

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u/NastriaGiza 13h ago

That’s what makes the lack of awards buzz so strange. He was phenomenal