Oscars 2022: Every Best Picture Nominee Ranked

10. Don't Look Up

Don't Look Up being nominated for Best Picture was far from a surprise, given its timely themes of collective ignorance and star-studded cast, but that doesn't change the fact it's the weakest of the competition.

Adam McKay's sledgehammer-subtle satire takes place in a world unwilling to listen to the scientists warning them the end is near. The intentions are admittedly sound, but the execution leaves little to be desired, and its painfully unfunny jokes and exhaustive, obvious preaching ends up giving it a hollow finish.

And that's not getting into the cast, all of whom - save perhaps Leonardo DiCaprio, who seems to be making the most of his turn as a tired, unseen force of good - feel brazenly over-the-top and distractingly undefined.

In another life, Adam McKay directing an apocalyptic comedy shining some light on global warming would've been a sure-fire masterpiece. With Don't Look Up, it's just a two-and-a-half hour what-could-have-been.