‘God is Good’: Da’Vine Joy Randolph Praises God for Oscar Win
By Movieguide® Staff
Da’Vine Joy Randolph praised God following her Oscar win for her role in THE HOLDOVERS.
“God is good. God is so good,” Randolph began her acceptance speech at the 96th Academy Awards. She won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mary Lamb in the movie.
Per Movieguide®:
THE HOLDOVERS is a Christmas story set at a prestigious New England boarding school. Paul, a curmudgeonly history teacher, is forced to spend the holidays supervising the ‘holdovers,’ the students and staff not returning home for Christmas. The holdovers include a bright but incorrigible and sullen student named Angus Tully, and Mary Lamb, the school cook. Despite their many foibles and initial misgivings, the three holdovers grow to admire and appreciate one another.
The actress shared how her mother encouraged her to get into acting.
“You know, I didn’t think I was supposed to be doing this as a career,” she explained. “I started off as a singer, and my mother said to me, go across that street to that theater department, there’s something for you there. And I thank my mother for doing that.”
“Thank you to all the people who have stepped in my path and has been there for me,” Randolph continued. “And who has ushered me and guided me. I am so grateful to all you beautiful people out here.”
She concluded her speech by sharing that she “pray[s] to God” that she gets to “do this more than once.”
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Movieguide® notes that THE HOLDOVERS has a “Moderate moral worldview [that] promotes the virtue of treating other people with respect.”
Movieguide®’s review continues:
They create heart-wrenching drama and belly-laughing comedy in equal measure. These strongly written characters evolve together beautifully. THE HOLDOVERS promotes an important message about respecting other people, despite their differences. The three main characters come to see the humanity in one another, even while seeing each other’s flaws front and center. Although this idea is valuable for moviegoers to learn and remember, the severe foul language and other moral lapses in THE HOLDOVERS warrant extreme caution.
CNN reports that Randolph has “had a successful award season with continued wins for her breakout role in THE HOLDOVERS, having previously won a Golden Globe, Critics Choice Award, BAFTA and a SAG Award for her performance in the 2023 dramedy.”
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