Review of Selma (2014) by Nerdconsultant — 20 Feb 2015

Selma is a good film that could have been slightly better. Does it deserve and Oscar nomination, yes I think so. I preferred it to Boyhood and Birdman which I felt were really over-rated films, but like those two films, I feel like that this film is really aiming for an Oscar and often that can be a film’s downfall.

Where as I felt films like The Imitation Game were just trying to be a good film. Does that detract from the film, not too much though it also detracts from the fact that the cast and characters do feel slightly under-used.

I really enjoyed this film for all the right reasons. It did some excellent commentary on some recent dark history, it gave some outstanding performances from various cast members and I wouldn’t mind seeing it again at some point and is a great credit to director Ava DuVernay.