15 Times The BAFTAs Corrected Huge Oscar Mistakes

15. She Said Gets Nominated For Best Adapted Screenplay - 2023

The BAFTA nominations this year were a bit of a mixed bag; some absolutely great movies were under-nominated, some less deserving ones were over-nominated. Nonetheless, they got plenty right, and one of the most satisfying things about this year's ceremony is this excellent journalism drama getting acknowledged. In contrast, the Oscars completely ignored it.

She Said is a really good film and, considering that plenty of painfully mediocre Oscar-Bait films - Elvis, looking right at you - get into the nominations every year, it's always infuriating when an Oscar-Bait movie that's genuinely awesome gets the shaft.

Yes, She Said didn't necessarily deserve nods in too many categories this year - most of its individual elements are really good, just perhaps not quite top five of the year level - but one category where its absence was sorely felt was Best Adapted Screenplay. She Said's script is absolutely excellent; as both a gripping, superbly-paced journalism drama and a powerful indictment of sexual harassment, it hits its targets well and successfully brings a vital bit of recent history to life.

Therefore, the fact that it wasn't nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars is pretty dispiriting, especially since there was definitely room for it. Top Gun: Maverick is a brilliant film and it is very well-written, but its screenplay wasn't top-five level and She Said should've taken its place in the Adapted Screenplay field.