2014 Golden Globe Award Preview: Best Comedy/Musical Film Contenders

The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. splits its Golden Globe Awards between drama and comedy/musicals, affording its members the opportunity to honor a greater array of work and/or invite more stars to its show.

This division has produced some unintentionally comic moments (perhaps we should classify them as “dramatic” then?) over the years, with laugh riots like “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,” “My Week With Marilyn” and “The Tourist” being nominated for best motion picture, musical or comedy. And this year, with actual ‘tweeners such as “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Saving Mr. Banks” and “August: Osage County,” the lines are more blurred than ever. How will it all play out? Our best guesses:

http://graphics.latimes.com/towergraphic-2014-golden-globes-nominees/

Top contenders:
“The Wolf of Wall Street”
“Inside Llewyn Davis”
“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”
“August: Osage County”
“Her”

Bubbling under:
“Nebraska”
“Before Midnight”
“Enough Said”
“The Heat”

Analysis: Martin Scorsese’s “Wolf” and the powerhouse ensemble feel-bad comedy “Osage County” are the front-runners. Alexander Payne’s wry road trip comedy “Nebraska” could slip in ahead of the Coens’ “Llewyn Davis” or Ben Stiller’s whimsical “Walter Mitty.”

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