Best film, best actor and best actress: Oscars 2023 favorites in the main categories

The 2023 Oscars take place in the second weekend of March, and like every year, fans of the seventh art and industry experts begin to choose their favorite productions to win the Academy statuette in the main categories, obviously we are referring to those of Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Film.

With the number of quality applicants who will compete in the 95th Academy Awardit is difficult to name the favorites of this film competition, however, in the categories of Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Film there are competitors who seem to have more opportunities than others to win this award, even so, it must not be forgotten that in this ceremony can give surprises.

Brendan Fraser and Austin Butler for Best Actor

Without a doubt, the competition for the 2023 Oscar in the Best Actor category is led by brendan fraser for his outstanding performance in the heartbreaking dramatic story presented by the movie ‘The Whale’, moreover, this artist’s big competition is Austin Butlerwho gave a terrific rendition of rock and roll icon, ‘Elvis’.

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We may even prefer it Colin Farrell for his great work done in the comedy-drama ‘Island Spirits’, however, it is important to mention that according to critics, everything is set for Brendan Fraser to get his first Academy statuette at the 95th Academy Awards.

• Austin Butler for “Elvis” (favourite)
• Colin Farrell for “Island Spirits”
• Brendan Fraser for ‘The Whale’ (Favourite)
• Paul Mescal for ‘Aftersun’
• Bill Nighy for “Living”

Cate Blanchett the favorite in the best actress

On the other hand, the Best Actress category looks very different, as although the nominees have done a great job in their various performances, for the specialized critics of the film industry it is Cate Blanchett the heavy favorite to win the Academy Award this year for her work on the acclaimed ‘Tar’, an artist who on this occasion is competing for no less than her third award at this ceremony.

• Cate Blanchett for ‘Tár’ (Favorite)
• Ana de Armas for ‘Blonde’
• Andrea Riseborough for ‘To Leslie’
• Michelle Williams for ‘The Fabelmans’
• Michelle Yeoh for “Everything everywhere at the same time”

Three favorites for best picture at the Oscars 2023

For many, the Best Picture category is the most important of the night of these awards, and there are currently three films that are on course to obtain the coveted Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences statuette, we refer to ‘No news at the front’, ‘Everything everywhere at the same time’ and ‘Tar’.

Importantly, within this tertiary, the one that seems to be in third place, so to speak, is ‘No News On The Front’, since this title is also nominated for the best foreign film, so it is very likely win the Oscar in that category, on the other hand everything, ‘All everywhere at the same time’, despite being the favorite of many, would be slightly surpassed, in the opinion of the critics, by the film starring Cate Blanchett’Tar’, a production that toured throughout the year at film festivals around the world,

• “All Quiet Front” (Favourite)
• “Avatar: The Trail of Water”
• “The Spirits of the Island”
• “Elvis”
• “Everything everywhere at the same time” (favorite)
• “The Fabelmans”
• ‘Tár’ (Favourite)
• “Top Gun: Maverick”
• “The Triangle of Sadness”
• ‘They speak’

These are the favorites to win at the Oscars 2023 in the categories of Best Actor, Best Actress and Best PictureIt should be noted that this ceremony will begin on Sunday, March 12 at 17:00 Central Mexico Time, an event that you can follow through the TNT signal and in the world of streaming on HBO Max.