10 Oscar Winning Films That Are Actually Bad

Boyhood’s six Oscar nominations resulted in one win, Best Supporting Actress for Patricia Arquette. That nomination along with Best Supporting Actor for Ethan Hawke are the only awards it should have been nominated for. The film’s ambition made critics and academy members blind to its complete lack of structure or compelling narrative.

Richard Linklater should be applauded for his feat, but the fact that only 9 out of 304 critics gave it a less than positive review is far beyond what the film deserves. The main actor, Ellar Coltrane, was adorable and fun to watch in his youth but grew into a teenager who had a severely hard time making his performance feel authentic; especially when Arquette and Hawke were so stellar beside him.

This pick will surely be the one of the more controversial on the list. The film by itself, void of any of the production facts, is not good. Had the director used different kids or de-aging CGI and told the same story, critics and audeinces would have torn the film apart.

Luckily, Birdman was able to take the main prize away from Boyhood, which was the heavy frontrunner.