Here?s a shout-out for Naomi Watts, and I am afraid she'll need it. �She's the sole Oscar nominee from director J.A. Bayona?s��The Impossible, and that means she has a�real uphill climb for a win. �Watts is up against four other nominees in the Best Actress category ? Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook), Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty), Emmanuelle Riva (Amour) and 9-year old Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts Of The Southern Wild) ? whose movies have the additional momentum of a Best Picture nomination. It's a huge disadvantage now that the Academy at large is voting, not just the actors branch.
Although a big hit in Bayona?s native Spain, The Impossible� ? which tells the story of a family fighting to survive the catastrophic Thailand tsunami of 2004 ? underperformed in its U.S.� run. The movie's mid-December opening, which took place the same week that Academy balloting began, didn't help its Oscar chances either. �That Watts made the Best Actress short list at all is a testament to her gritty, visceral performance, which she has described as the most physically challenging movie of her career.
And she'd have a real shot at a statuette if Academy members actually took the time to watch the movie. (Voting begins Feb. 8 and ends Feb. 19.)
The one advantage Watts does have over her fellow nominees is that she is playing a real life person: Maria Belon, a Spanish wife and mother who lived to tell the tale and has enthusiastically endorsed Watts' performance�at various events this season. �Chastain's character, Maya, is also said to be based on an actual CIA operative, but the actress claims to have never met…
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