{"id":40012,"date":"2017-02-25T08:35:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T13:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=40012"},"modified":"2018-12-05T21:02:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T02:02:14","slug":"oscars-2017-know-nominees-best-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/25\/oscars-2017-know-nominees-best-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"OSCARS 2017: Know Your Nominees: Best Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In the days leading up to the 89th Academy Awards, FilmBuffOnline will be offering profiles on all the nominees in the major categories. Some may be well known, others might be new to you, but if you need a refresher on these exceptional films, here\u00a0is what you need to know your nominees.<\/i><\/p>\n

Arrival<\/h1>\n

\"\"Producers<\/strong>: Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder, David Linde.<\/span><\/p>\n

Release date:\u00a0<\/strong>November 11, 2016<\/p>\n

Box office gross as of February 24, 2017;\u00a0<\/strong>$196,700,354 (Domestic: $100,066,532 Foreign: $96,633, 822)<\/p>\n

IMDB<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Synopsis:<\/strong> When twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors.<\/p>\n

Number of Oscar Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>8 (Best Motion Picture of the Year;\u00a0 Best Achievement in Directing; Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Achievement in Cinematography; Best Achievement in Film Editing; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing; Best Achievement in Sound Editing; Best Achievement in Production Design; )<\/p>\n

Other honors for this film<\/strong>: Received 28 other Best Film\/Picture nominations, with\u00a0two awards.<\/p>\n

Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer:\u00a0<\/strong>94%<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(287 Positive Reviews, 18 Negative)<\/p>\n

Rotten Tomatoes Critical Consensus: Arrival<\/strong> delivers a must-see experience for fans of thinking person’s sci-fi that anchors its heady themes with genuinely affecting emotion and a terrific performance from Amy Adams.<\/p>\n

Dissenting Opinion: <\/strong>“Arrival” is the sort of superficially profound movie that initially seems deep and weighty but stops making sense the moment you put down the bong.–Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald<\/em><\/p>\n