Why Shailene Woodley In 'Fault In Our Stars' Deserves An Oscar Nod — forbes.com

Monday began 20th Century Fox's Fox's Oscar campaign for last summer’s smash hit The Fault in Our Stars. The $12 million-budgeted cancer-stricken romantic drama was a “surprise” hit last year, opening to $48m over its debut weekend and grossing $304m worldwide. The film garnered mostly strong reviews, although too many of even the positive notices reduced the film to its mere worth as a tearjerker. What little hope the film has for would-be Oscar glory lies presumably in a long shot campaign for Ms. Woodley, and the slim possibility of Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber receiving a Best Adapted Screenplay nod for adapting John Green’s best-seller. Well, sometimes it’s up to we individuals with a platform to create Oscar buzz or champion the ones that we hope end up included in the race, especially when said theoretical contenders are not preordained by virtue of anointed prestige or release date. So, with this platform that I have, let me say that I desperately hope that Shailene Woodley gets a Best Actress Oscar nomination for The Fault in Our Stars.

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