20 Best Movie Performances Of 2020
2. Frances McDormand - Nomadland
Frances McDormand impressively matches the brilliance of her Oscar-winning turn in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri with this polar opposite performance as Fern, a middle-aged woman living out of her van in the American Midwest.
Far from the righteously angry crusader she played in the aforementioned film, Nomadland offers McDormand the opportunity to dig in deep with a more internally anguished character, and she absolutely rises to the challenge.
Free of awards-baiting Oscar reel scenes but rather allowing McDormand to assemble a complete picture of a person struggling to make sense of their new life circumstances, Chloé Zhao's drama is a storming showcase for one of the finest actresses of her generation.