Saltzman Sees...2007 Oscars

2007 Nominees & Award Winners of My Oscars

• Best Picture

Freedom Writers
Lars and the Real Girl
No Country for Old Men
Talk to Me


• Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Peter Berg (The Kingdom)
Ethan & Joel Cohen (No Country For Old Men)
Michael Moore (Sicko)


• Best Family Picture

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Ratatouille
Shrek the Third


• Best Screenplay

Diablo Cody (Juno)
Ethan & Joel Coen (No Country For Old Men)
Erin Gruwell & Richard LaGravenese (Freedom Writers)
Nancy Oliver (Lars and the Real Girl)


• Best Actor

Don Cheadle (Talk to Me)
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl)
Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah)


• Best Actress

Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Ellen Page (Juno)
Hilary Swank (Freedom Writers)
Julia Roberts (Charlie Wilson's War)


• Best Supporting Actor

Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (Talk to Me)
Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War)
Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)


• Best Supporting Actress

Ruby Dee (American Gangster)
Taraji P. Henson (Talk to Me)
Emily Mortimer (Lars and the Real Girl)
Jurnee Smollett (The Great Debaters)

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Saltzman Sees...Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

Lars and the Real Girl is one of the sweetest stories ever told about how a town can embrace a man fully, despite any flaws he might have, no matter how unique.  Ryan Gosling is incredible as Lars Lindstrom, a man suffering from what can best be described as Delusional Disorder.  Rather than commit Lars or convince him he's not normal, everyone in his life plays along trying to do what is best for him.  The performances are breathtaking, from veterans like Patricia Clarkson, to lesser-known actors like Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider and Kelli Garner.

Ryan Gosling won my Best Actor of 2007.

Gosling was nominated for a Golden Globe as well as a Screen Actors Guild award for his performance.  However, Gosling wasn't nominated for an Oscar. Writer Nancy Oliver, who was nominated for Best Original Screenplay, answers the question: What would happen if everyone in a person's life supported them through their mental breakdown?  The small recognition and its meager performance at the box office makes it clearly my choice for the Most Underrated Movie of 2007.

It truly is one of the most refreshing and remarkable looks at how to treat any disorder.

Saltzman Sees...2007 Top 10 List

2007

1. Freedom Writers


2. Lars and the Real Girl


3. No Country for Old Men


4. Talk to Me


5. The Great Debaters


6. In the Valley of Elah


7. The Kingdom


8. Music Within


9. The Kite Runner


10. Reign Over Me 

Honorable Mentioned: 3:10 to Yuma, A Mighty Heart, Across the Universe, American Gangster, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Charlie Wilson's War, Dan in Real Life, Eastern Promises, Gone Baby Gone, Into the Wild, Juno, Michael Clayton, Pride, Ratatouille, Rendition, Sicko, Sweeney Todd, The Air I Breathe, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Bucket List, The Color of Freedom, There Will Be Blood, and Things We Lost in the Fire

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