Weaver
and Robert De Niro play the parents of a depressed teacher in Silver Linings
Playbook.
Matt Buchanan and Scott Ellis, The Sydney Morning Herald, report
Jacki Weaver has emerged as a contender for another
Academy Award nomination.
After winning acclaim for playing the terrifying crime matriarch
"Smurf" Cody in Animal
Kingdom, the veteran Australian actress's latest Hollywood movie is
David O'Russell's Silver
Linings Playbook, a poignant comedy about a depressed teacher
(played by Bradley Cooper) who is released from a psychiatric hospital into the
care of his parents (Robert De Niro and Weaver).
Fairfax critic Garry Maddox reports that the film has won the top
audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival, a prize previously
picked up by such future Oscar winners as The
King's Speech, Slumdog Millionaire and American Beauty.
The film industry bible, the Hollywood Reporter, says Silver Linings Playbook is
a serious contender for a batch of nominations, including Weaver for best
supporting actress.
Another actress being widely tipped to feature during the awards
season is Quvenzhane Wallis, who stars
as a sparky six-year-old named Hushpuppy in the American swamp fantasy Beasts of the Southern Wild.
One of the year's most original movies, Beasts opened modestly in
Australia last weekend, taking just $121,000 in 24 cinemas.
The biggest splash in cinemas was the animated Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted,
which took almost $4 million.
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