Sadly, even the claws are not enough to prey on the Oscar nominations. Robbed of even a single Oscar nomination, The Iron Claw can relate to it. An inspiring story of the real-life Von Erich brothers, The Iron Claw became fans’ favorite without a doubt. Released on December 22, 2023, the movie is an ambitious and forceful account of the top-gear wrestlers of the early 1980s.
The movie has already been nominated for the National Board of Review Award for Best Ensemble. However, the actors and the crew seem to be unhappy because of not getting the most prestigious award which they, as well as their fans, think that they rightfully deserved.
The Iron Claw Got Snubbed at the Academy Awards
Starring Zac Efron as Kevin Von Erich and Jeremy Allen White as Kerry Von Erich, The Iron Claw has collected 38 million US dollars worldwide. Critics and celebrities have showered the movie with positive reviews.
After attending the premiere of the movie, actor John Cena wrote on X:
“Incredibly proud of [Zac Efron] for an outstanding performance in [A24’s The Iron Claw]. Thank you for doing the work to help introduce a new audience to one of our industry’s most important families.”
However, all these achievements couldn’t pacify the hearts of the movie’s team and the fans. Fans strongly agree that it was completely tragic that the movie couldn’t grab a single Oscar nomination. With everything set in the right place under the sun, fans find it hard to believe that the movie still wasn’t enough for the voters.
The nomination list was announced on 23rd January 2024 by actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid. Unfortunately, no one mentioned the name of The Iron Claw while reading out the names of the nominees.
Fans’ Reactions to The Iron Claw Being Snubbed at the Academy Awards
Fans from around the world are pretty confident that the movie was one of the rightful candidates to feature in the Oscar nomination list. It is a matter of utter disappointment that such a movie has not been acknowledged by the ones sitting at the top. One of the X users wrote:
“The Iron Claw not getting a single nomination is going in the Hall of Fame of dumb fucking decisions made by the Academy.”
Some other fans have pointed out a few reasons behind The Iron Claw not making it into the list of nominees. Their theory says that the movie was released late and rarely did anyone see it during the time of voting.
It proves that sometimes it takes children to make an adult see reason.
— ReelTalker (@TalkerReel92) February 17, 2024
It deserved an Oscar nomination and specifically Zac. He deserved one and it will never blow my mind why they didn't push this movie more.
— dxrkkaleb 🍉🎬✈️ (@Ausfilms) February 17, 2024
In my opinion, Maestro doesn't deserve nomination, The Iron Claw should, for sure, get nominated.
— hana 🦫 (@finalexhaustion) February 16, 2024
I just finished it and you could make an argument for everyone being nominated.
Jeremy Allen White should definitely be up for supporting.
Zac Efron should win for best hands down.— Jeremy Brunk (@GodBrunk) February 17, 2024
Agreed. @TheAcademy is highly biased and just worship few directors. #Oppenheimer is good but I feel it’s not overhyped thanks to its box office and definitely not Nolan’s best. Plus as a result movies like Past Lives, Iron Claw get over looked and it’s a shame #Oscars2024
— Anthony (@Nalindra88) February 17, 2024
screen play, original song, best picture, best actor and/ or best actress. like iron claw was really snubbed this award season. A24 should’ve waited until 2025 OR just not put all their eggs into one basket and push iron claw out more😭
— samia 🧚🏾♀️🍉 (@luvsamia) February 17, 2024
It seems like fans are really serious about the issue and hence the web is flooding with tweets in support of the movie. Hopefully, the Academy will learn from its mistakes and not repeat such things in the future.
The Iron Claw is available to buy in 4K Ultra HD at Prime Video and Apple TV.
