„One Battle After Another“ took home five top prizes from the National Board of Review, a key indicator for awards success.
It’s one award after another for Leonardo DiCaprio’s latest film, which cleaned up at the prestigious National Board of Review (NBR) awards announcement on Wednesday.
The Oscar-winning actor stars in Warner Bros.’ “One Battle After Another” as “Ghetto Pat,” a washed-up, weed-smoking former revolutionary who’s dragged back into a fast-paced life of danger, as a corrupt military colonel (played by Sean Penn) relentlessly pursues his teen daughter.
The NBR honored the film with five prizes, the most of any this year, including best film, best director for Paul Thomas Anderson, best actor for DiCaprio (who previously took home supporting actor trophies for “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” and “Django Unchained”), best supporting actor for Benicio del Toro and a breakthrough performance award for newcomer Chase Infiniti.
After recent key victories for the film at the Gotham Awards and the New York Film Critics Circle, momentum around the movie from “Boogie Nights” auteur Anderson is at an all-time high, with many pundits predicting the film could similarly take top honors at the Academy Awards in March.
The movie’s been a hit among audiences and critics alike, earning a 94-percent “fresh” rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, and widespread acclaim for its central performances from DiCaprio, Penn, Infiniti, Del Toro, Teyana Taylor and Regina Hall.
