1996's Oscar Nominees

Fargo was my fave then, and is now, though I'll try to rewatch Secrets & Lies before the poll closes.

There's a good two-hour forties studio pic buried somewhere in the bloat of The English Patient, so I'll give it that. Also, it's not quite as much of a chore as reading (any) Ondaatje.

Was always indifferent to Jerry Maguire and never saw Shine.

Secrets and Lies easily

Secrets & Lies would be a pretty awesome winner here.

Rewatched Fargo thanks to this poll, and because I needed a guaranteed refreshment after a month of very little film viewing (we've been travelling and visiting family). I've come around to thinking that Harve Presnell as the father-in-law is the movie's secret weapon; his performance is every bit the equal of Macy, McDormand, and Buscemi. In the kind of world where Cuba Gooding Jr. wasn't the year's Best Supporting Actor winner, three of the years BSA noms would have gone to Fargo.

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Three utter shut-outs!

Still don't like that margin.

All this tells me is that people haven't seen Secrets & Lies

(And I say this as someone who liked Fargo a lot.)

lmao