Oscars 2021 Review: 8 Ups & 8 Downs

3. Best Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-Jung Prevents A Glenn Close Victory

Though the Best Supporting Actress Oscar race swung in favour of Minari's Youn Yuh-jung in recent weeks, her win was by no means guaranteed with well-supported heavyweights like Olivia Colman (The Father) and Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy) in the mix.

Given that this was Close's eighth win without a nomination, she's the Oscars' current go-to "over-deserving" darling, and so it wouldn't have been at all surprising if voters effectively gave her a career Oscar for the Ron Howard drama.

But given that Hillbilly Elegy is in no way nomination-worthy and this is surely the weakest of all Close's nominated performances - more the fault of the script than her work - it's a relief that she didn't take home the gold for undeserving work.

Considering that Close is imminently due to begin shooting a movie adaptation of the musical Sunset Boulevard - for which Close won a Best Actress Tony Award back in 1995 - there's a very solid chance she'll take home the gong for that film. Everyone wins.