Deborah Ross

Didn’t deserve an Oscar: Coda reviewed

Deborah Ross recommends piggybacking on someone else's Apple TV+'s subscription if you really want to watch this middle of the road tearjerker

Ferdia Walsh-Peelo as Miles and Emilia Jones as Ruby 
issue 02 April 2022

This year the Oscar for best film went to the drama Coda – ‘Child of Deaf Adults’ – but the ceremony will now probably only be remembered for Wsscrfmhw (‘Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock For Mocking His Wife’). And we thought that mix-up over envelopes was exciting! But back to the film, which beat the favourite, The Power of the Dog, although Jane Campion did win best director, making her the third woman ever to do so. That’s three women in 93 years of the awards. If we carry on at that rate, by the turn of the next century it may even be five.

Coda is only viewable on Apple TV+, the first streaming service to scoop the big prize. If you wish to watch, you’ll have to subscribe or sign up for one of those seven-day free trials that you forget about and then pay monthly for the rest of your life.

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