Michelle Williams in "Wendy and Lucy"
Credit:Oscilloscope Laboratories
Best actress
Oscar often tends to notice performances that seem to scream, “BRING IT ON, AWARDS SHOWS!” The saddest casualties of this practice are small wonders like Williams’ turn in “Wendy and Lucy,” which finds the actress saying so much without saying much at all. She’s quietly devastating and tenderly fragile in all the right ways. —MP
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