10 Anticipated 2017 Movies That Have Already Lost The Oscar Race

7. The Current War

The Current War
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The Buzz: A drama about the feud to pioneer electricity between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse, played by Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon respectively, with an incredible supporting cast including Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland and Nicholas Hoult.

Oh, and if all that wasn't enough, it's directed by Emmy nominee Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (American Horror Story).

Why It's Already Lost: The Current War has been critically eviscerated out of TIFF, with critics deeming it a slow, boring waste of an extremely talented ensemble cast, and so it seems destined to be one of the year's definitive Oscar-baiting duds. With all the potential it had, what a damn shame.

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