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“Remarkably Bright Creatures” has wrapped its tentacles around the No. 1 spot – the final consensus pick in Round 2 of the BuzzMeter.
“Justice for ‘A Very Jonas Christmas Movie’! Just kidding — it’s kind of hard to take this category seriously,” says Kristen Baldwin. “At least voters can take solace in the fact that Sally Field, star of the surefire winner ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures,’ could elevate an infomercial for ShamWow into an Emmy-worthy piece of television.”
“A dying art, a near-death category,” agrees Matt Roush. “In another time, the theatrical two-hander ‘Miss You, Love You’ would have felt like a winner with its lead performances. Where’s a Dolly Parton holiday movie when you need it?”
“Five years after ‘My Octopus Teacher’ won the documentary Oscar, we have ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ and another case of an unbeatable cephalopod,” sighs Glenn Whipp.
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1. “Remarkably Bright Creatures”
2. “Miss You, Love You”
3. “People We Meet on Vacation”
4. “Jack Ryan: Ghost War”
5. “Heads of State”
Los Angeles Times
Lorraine Ali
1. “Remarkably Bright Creatures”
T2. “Miss You, Love You”
T2. “People We Meet on Vacation”
T4. “Jack Ryan: Ghost War”
T4. “Heads of State”
“HBO’s ‘Miss You, Love You’ and Netflix’s ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ are clear frontrunners in this amorphous category. But to know for sure, you’ll have to wait for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony broadcast from L.A.’s Peacock Theatre on Sept. 14. Can you make it that long?”
Freelance Critic
Kristen Baldwin
1. “Remarkably Bright Creatures”
2. “Miss You, Love You”
3. “Heads of State”
4. “People We Meet on Vacation”
5. “Jack Ryan: Ghost War”
“Justice for ‘A Very Jonas Christmas Movie’! Just kidding — it’s kind of hard to take this category seriously. At least voters can take solace in the fact that Sally Field, star of the surefire winner ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures,’ could elevate an infomercial for ShamWow into an Emmy-worthy piece of television.”
Los Angeles Times
Tracy Brown
1. “Remarkably Bright Creatures”
2. “Miss You, Love You”
3. “Jack Ryan: Ghost War”
4. “People We Meet on Vacation”
5. “Heads of State”
“This category continually confounds me, but ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures,’ which stars Sally Field as an aquarium worker and widow who befriends an elderly octopus and then a young drifter, is the likely front-runner.”
Blavity
Trey Mangum
1. “Remarkably Bright Creatures”
2. “Miss You, Love You”
3. “People We Meet on Vacation”
4. “Heads of State”
5. “Jack Ryan: Ghost War”
“Considering all the buzz around Sally Field right now, ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ will definitely get a boost, with HBO’s later season entry with ‘Miss You, Love You’ being right there with it.”
TV Insider
Matt Roush
1. “Remarkably Bright Creatures”
2. “Miss You, Love You”
3. “Jack Ryan: Ghost War”
4. “People We Meet on Vacation”
5. “Heads of State”
“A dying art, a near-death category. For sentimental reasons, I’m leaning toward the Sally Field-and-octopus vehicle ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures,’ though in another time the theatrical two-hander ‘Miss You, Love You’ would have felt like a winner with its lead performances. Where’s a Dolly Parton holiday movie when you need it?”
Los Angeles Times
Glenn Whipp
1. “Remarkably Bright Creatures”
2. “People We Meet on Vacation”
3. “Jack Ryan: Ghost War”
4. “Miss You, Love You”
5. “Heads of State”
“Five years after ‘My Octopus Teacher’ won the documentary Oscar, we have ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ and another case of an unbeatable cephalopod.”
