Saw this tonight via a virtual cinema event through the
Film at Lincoln Center website, and while I thought was incredibly well done, and McDornand is her usual great self, in any other year it probably wouldn't be the Oscar front runner it is now. It's such a unique story, and a beautifully shot one at that - it looks and feels like a Terrance Malick film, in the best way, sans the mind-numbing voice-over - and, if anything, it felt great just to watch an Oscar movie during Oscar season again, even if from my living room. But, ultimately, to no fault of its own, it also had the unintended consequence of reminding me what we've missed out on this year in terms of traditional, Oscar-worthy fare, where this would definitely be in the mix, but would be, like, the seventh best movie of the year on most critics' lists instead of the first. That said, when it hits traditional theaters on February 19th (and likely digital as well), I would still absolutely seek it out. Again, I don't have a single complaint about the movie itself, it just really made me miss Oscar season and theater-going in general, more than I expected it to.