It looks pretty good, mostly for the performances. This film has been so quiet however, I don't know what kind of influence it will have on the Awards game.

Plummer is so ridiculously overdue for a nod that it's not even funny. This isn't even one of those shocking things where neither Hal Holbrook or Ruby Dee had never been nominated before 2007. This dude has been a leading man since the 60s. I know he missed out on the Sound of Music ferry because he badmouthed the film, but the snub for The Insider was a joke.

I don't mind if it's not a great performance and he gets a nod, frankly. The man deserves it. It's always a shame when someone goes without for their entire career, like Dana Andrews, Edward Robinson, and Joseph Cotten. Eli Wallach is someone else in that category. Disgraceful. I mean, the Oscars aren't genuinely an indicator of quality. Not often, anyway. So it can't hurt.

I'd also like to see McAvoy get a mea culpa for the Atonement snub.

Plummer deserved a nomination (and win) for "The Insider" back in 1999…I don't see this making an awards run though. The trailer's pretty boring and it will need very strong reviews to generate any sort of buzz.

The performances look good, and I love Helen Mirren and James McAvoy (and, to a lesser extent, Christopher Plummer). But the trailer suggests the plot is very muddled and rather high concept–high concept being that it's a movie about Leo Tolstoy. Academia's going to be jerking off over it, whether or not it's actually any good, just because it's about Leo Tolstoy and it's all but guaranteed not to break into wide release.