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Jon M. Chu\u2019s \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d \u201csequel\u201d is sitting not so pretty \u2014 or popular, sorry \u2014 on Metacritic with a score of 60<\/a>, polling top critics. Amy Nicholson and Manohla Dargis, respectively at the Los Angeles Times and New York Times, reviewed the movie favorably; IndieWire\u2019s Kate Erbland gave a cautious rating of B-<\/a> (with most of her goodwill pointed toward its leads\u2019 performances); while The New Yorker\u2019s Justin Chang offered up an epic pan<\/a>, citing \u201csome fairly dreadful filmmaking.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s rare for a movie that\u2019s such a mixed bag with critics to ascend to the top of the Oscar heap. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are still earning rave notices for their turns as Glinda and Elphaba, here in a darker entry that tacks on at least an hour\u2019s worth of new material ahead of the events of act two of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman\u2019s stage musical.<\/p>\n More from IndieWire<\/strong><\/p>\n Don\u2019t count the actors out of the race, especially after all the goodwill the first film amassed, but reviewers have not been uniformly kind<\/a> to what will obviously be a box-office sensation of a musical. Will critics even matter in this case? The audience reaction is already through the roof, and it\u2019s projected to open to at least $150 million this weekend.<\/p>\n On this week\u2019s episode of IndieWire\u2019s \u201cScreen Talk\u201d podcast, co-hosts Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio dive into the critical fervor around the film, which finds Glinda rising as the benevolent leader of Oz and Elphaba confronting her own demons \u2014 and relationship with Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey). Both Anne and Ryan agree that Erivo and Bailey lack a romantic spark. Are the singing chops of Erivo and Grande, who\u2019ve embarked on another meme-catching press tour, enough to power the movie through the Oscars date of March 15?<\/p>\n We also discuss \u201cMarty Supreme\u2019s\u201d position in the Oscar race after a series of packed screenings across New York City and Los Angeles, bringing in audience attendees from Celine Song and Nathan Fielder to Jacob Elordi and Jennifer Lawrence. On a second visit, Ryan praises the film\u2019s energy and Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s performance, even if it\u2019s not necessarily a movie that lives in the heart the way \u201cOne Battle After Another Does.\u201d Anne agrees that the Best Actor Oscar is Chalamet\u2019s to lose at this point.<\/p>\n We also take a look at how this week\u2019s European Film Awards nominations, dominated by \u201cSentimental Value,\u201d impact the Academy Awards race, especially with such an international voting body in 2025. Plus, Letterboxd is readying to launch a digital video store<\/a> that could presage the wildly popular platform\u2019s move into distribution.<\/p>\n Listen to this week\u2019s episode of \u201cScreen Talk\u201d below or on your favorite podcast platform.<\/strong><\/p>\n Best of IndieWire<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Indiewire’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jon M. Chu\u2019s \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d \u201csequel\u201d is sitting not so pretty \u2014 or popular, sorry \u2014 on Metacritic with a score of 60, polling top critics. 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