‘I love Suicide Squad!’: Our favourite unpopular Oscar wins of all time
The IndependentGet our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The nature of the annual competition fuels entirely pointless animosity – who should have won, who got cruelly overlooked, and why Jamie Lee Curtis absolutely didn’t deserve her Academy Award last year. open image in gallery Contentious: Joe Pesci and Tomei in ‘My Cousin Vinny’ Suicide Squad for Best Makeup and Hairstyling in 2017 – as chosen by Kevin E G Perry There was much grousing when Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson took home the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar in 2017 for their work on David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. open image in gallery Done dirty: Anthony Hopkins in ‘The Father’ Chicago for Best Picture in 2003 – as chosen by Jessie Thompson You could argue that Rob Marshall’s 2002 film adaptation of Chicago is too full of weird hairpieces, black eyeliner and sequins. And coming 16 years after her last win for Cold Mountain – including a five-year period where she didn’t act at all – Zellweger’s victory felt like a deserved homecoming for a one-time Oscar staple.
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