The 2019 Oscar nominations were announced this morning, and as ever, there was plenty to applaud, plenty to shrug at, and plenty to be enraged by depending on your preferences. Though the two most nominated films—The Favourite and Roma—are acclaimed and generally well-liked, there were plenty of divisive choices on the list, not to mention the inevitable slew of disappointing snubs.
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Here are the biggest snubs, surprises and new records set by today's nominations for the 91st Academy Awards.
6 Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and Three Identical Strangers snubbed for Best Documentary.
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This year’s biggest movie snubs were not in the Best Picture category, but in Documentary Feature. The most surprising omission of all is Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, the instantly-beloved Mr Rogers documentary that became the highest-grossing biographical doc of all time on top of its critical acclaim. Three Identical Strangers, which tells the story of three triplets who were adopted separately and grew up never knowing of each other’s existence, wasn’t the same level of box office smash, but has drawn glowing reviews and strong buzz ever since its Sundance debut.
