10 Anticipated 2017 Movies That Have Already Lost The Oscar Race

10. Battle Of The Sexes

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Fox Searchlight Pictures

The Buzz: A sports comedy based on the famous 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, starring Emma Stone and Steve Carell respectively, written by Oscar winner Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire), from the directors of the 2006 Best Picture nominee Little Miss Sunshine.

Why It's Already Lost: Though Battle of the Sexes has received mostly positive reviews since its TIFF premiere, they're strictly in the three-star region, and it seems that the film is a lightly enjoyable but fairly insubstantial effort all things considered.

Stone's performance has soaked up most of the praise so far, but even she'd be lucky to get a Best Actress nomination, as the film just isn't that great.

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