Telluride: ‘Nickel Boys,’ Adapted from Colson Whitehead’s Book, Will Challenge Oscar Voters
At the Telluride Film Festival’s Herzog Theatre, RaMell Ross‘s big-screen adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Nickel Boys, titled Nickel Boys, had its world premiere on Friday night. Reactions among attendees, including many Academy members, have been split – while some were deeply moved and impressed by the film, others found it underwhelming, leaving the film’s chances for an Oscar uncertain.