Screener Watch: December 14, 2010

Here are two more straggling screeners. For Colored Girls and Rabbit Hole.

FOR COLORED GIRLS

Genre: Drama
Stars: Kimberly Elise, Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Kerry Washington, Tessa Thompson, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Macy Gray
Director: Tyler Perry
Premise: Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
Oscar Chances: Faded: At one time, the thought was Tyler Perry had finally stumbled on a serious film that could appeal to Oscar tastes. Then critics weren’t impressed, which dashed all hopes it had.
Campaign-Proposed Categories:

Best Picture
Best Director
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Ealy, Omari Hardwick, Hill Harper
Best Supporting Actress: Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kerry Washington, Whoopi Goldberg
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup
Best Original Score
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing

Rotten Tomatoes:
32% (94 critics; as of 12/14/10)
Metacritic:
50 out of 100 (33 critics; as of 12/14/10)

RABBIT HOLE

Genre: Drama
Stars: XXXX
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Premise: Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident. Based on a play by David Lindsay-Abaire.
Oscar Chances: Strong: Nicole Kidman is already being inked in as a Best Actress nominee. Several other categories remain possible including Actor, Supporting Actress and Adapted Screenplay.
Campaign-Proposed Categories: