Best Picture thoughts, 2022 edition

Once again, it's time for my annual rundown of my thoughts about the Best Picture nominees. I saw a record high number of movies last year, and I managed to see 8 of the 10 nominees before the nominations were announced. Fortunately the other two were still in theaters, so I ended up seeing all 10 on a big screen (but only one in 3D...). In fact, as of this past Monday afternoon, I've now seen every film nominated in all categories (for the second year in a row), but I'll save my picks for another post.

So without further ado, here are the Academy Award nominees for Best Picture of 2022, in the order I saw them:

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