Will Snape be the Curse-Breaker that WB Needs?
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Can Alan Rickman Break the Harry Potter Oscar Curse?
While "Harry Potter" may be the the most successful film franchise in cinema history, it has been woefully neglected by the Academy, losing all nine of its bids to date. However, this year's eighth and final installment, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" could be an Oscar contender for both Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor.
Alan Rickman, who played Harry's longtime nemesis Severus Snape, could earn the first acting bid for this series. Reviews for Rickman have been positively glowing. Manohla Dargis (New York Times) said he, "lifts the movie to its expressive high point" and concluded: "that [Snape] has become such a brilliant screen character is due to Mr. Rickman, who helped elevate a child’s tale of good and evil into a story of human struggle." Kenneth Turan (Los Angeles Times) raved, "another satisfaction, and the key to creating emotion, is the kind of strong acting that the end of a story often calls forth. Though many do well … it is Alan Rickman as the elusive Severus Snape who, as always, makes the most lasting impression."
Among our Experts, Thelma Adams, Matt Atchity (Rotten Tomatoes) and Keith Simanton (IMDB) believe that Rickman will reap his first Oscar bid, and he has 16/1 odds in a wide-open Supporting Actor category.