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2019 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action
Directed by
Marianne Farley
,
Vincent Lambe
, and
Guy Nattiv
TV-MA
2019
1h 48m
Drama
7.0
82%
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The nominees for Short Film (Live Action) are: DETAINMENT, FAUVE, MARGUERITE, MOTHER, and SKIN.
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2019 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action Ratings & Reviews
Third Coast Review
Steven Prokopy
[Detainment] features two of the finest performances from child actors I've seen in quite some time, and the way the filmmakers use editing to peal back the layers of lies and half-truths to get to the true story is remarkably sophisticated.
Cinema Sight
Wesley Lovell
Some strong shorts make up a horrendously depressing slate.
Eugene Weekly (OR)
Rick Levin
This year's Oscar nominees represent a strong and diverse sampling of what can be achieved in a single reel, as it were.
The Lonely Film Critic
Tomas Trussow
Take it from me: watch the documentary and animated shorts and leave most of these alone. This is unquestionably an off year for this category and certainly not representative of its greatest abilities.
NPR
Andrew Lapin
From a son of white supremacists to real-life child murderers, the young men in four out of five of this year's films plunge into a darkness where adults fear not tread.
Seven Days (VT)
Rick Kisonak
In a slate of assured, thought-provoking works, Detainment stands apart as exceptionally powerful and appropriately unsettling.
The Patriot Ledger
Al Alexander
In the wake of the president's State of the Union address, I thought it opportune to deliver my State of the Oscar Shorts for 2019. And, sad to report, they are anything but strong.
Film School Rejects
Christopher Campbell
I don't know if this is the worst batch the Academy has ever managed to compile for consideration, but it's a pretty bad bunch. Some of the films are downright insulting.
The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
Grim dramas dominate in a generally strong program.
Buffalo News
Christopher Schobert
One of the shorts, 'Detainment,' is a profound, sobering drama featuring remarkable performances from its two young leads.
Philadelphia Daily News
Gary Thompson
They represent the best in class from around the world and are selected on the basis of merit, but there are some uncannily unifying themes in evidence.
East Bay Express
Kelly Vance
Skin is highly recommended, as is the "Live Action" shorts package in general.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
This year's Oscar-nominated shorts carry plenty of emotional weight in their compact running times with stories that span life's breadth.
Austin American-Statesman
Joe Gross
Rarely has the short film category, especially the features and animated films, been dominated so completely by children in extreme distress and mopey narratives about aging. Some of them are extremely good.
New York Times
Bilge Ebiri
Four of the titles in question feature a child in some kind of horrific danger - whether it involves kidnapping, murder, accidental death or racial violence.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
What awful childhood traumas are gnawing at the members of the Academy's short films and feature animation branch?
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
The future may look grim in these four shorts, but at least the next generation will have some great actors. All of the children in these shorts are excellent.
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
The 2019 Oscar nominated live action shorts hail from Spain, the UK, Canada and U.S., but while they take on many genres - true crime, mystery, coming of age adventure and drama - they all have one thing in common, death.
The Film Stage
Jared Mobarak
Review: The 2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
Academy members need a collective hug. How else to explain the weird abundance of films about children in severe distress, and aging adults ruminating on loss and mortality?
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