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"My sense is that Milk wound up as the I-can-live-with-that compromise choice for [New York Film Critics Circle] voters blocking Slumdog Millionaire and voters blocking Rachel Getting Married." -- Twitter remark attributed to critic Mike D'Angelo.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 10, 2008 at 1:43 PM

comment #1

Flash Gordon says ...

I kind of understand about Slumdog, but why try to block Rachel Getting Married. Is there honestly a backlash on that one? That's news to me.

Posted by Flash Gordon at December 10, 2008 1:52 PM

comment #2

Flash Gordon says ...

Or is it a backlash against Hathaway? If so, I don't get that one either.

Posted by Flash Gordon at December 10, 2008 1:54 PM

comment #3

K. Bowen says ...

RGM is my favorite fiction film of the year, and in a sense it's underrated. That would have been an unexpected thrill. I hope we get an insider blow by blow article on the vote.

Posted by K. Bowen at December 10, 2008 1:58 PM

comment #4

MikeSchaeferSF says ...

I dunno how a movie (RGM) with an 82 score on Metacritic (including 8 scores of 100) can be called "underrated". Based on the rave reviews, it disappointed me greatly, tho' I thought Hathaway was quite good. As I've said before, to me it's Ordinary People with "quirky/indie" trappings and nothing more.

But "backlash" may be the wrong word -- Hathaway's a big star and critics groups always go out of their way to reward smaller films.

Posted by MikeSchaeferSF at December 10, 2008 2:08 PM

comment #5

Aris P says ...

Critics voting for an average film -- Milk-- and making an overtly socio-political statement. Details at 11.

Posted by Aris P at December 10, 2008 2:57 PM

comment #6

Rod32303 says ...

Nothing "average" about Milk at all. I was totally moved by it - really a great job by Van Sant - the way he framed it, the astonishing performance from Penn, the excellent ones from Franco and Brolin and Hirsch and Pill...That last speech of Milk's about "us and us and us" - I applaud the NYFCC, and say fuck the haters.

Posted by Rod32303 at December 10, 2008 4:00 PM

comment #7

Uncle Larry says ...

First of all, as someone who was in the room, I can tell you that D'Angelo is delusional about what thoughts were swirling through his colleagues heads. All three films had strong backers, often the same people voting for all three in descending order.

Second of all, it's kind of a dick move for D'Angelo to sit in the room and surreptitiously post to Twitter without telling anyone, without the balls to actually talk about what he's doing. What a snail.

Posted by Uncle Larry at December 11, 2008 6:08 PM