2016 might just be the year that Leonardo DiCaprio finally wins an Oscar-at least, that's what a lot of critics are saying.
Forbes ' Mark Hughes calls The Revenant "a mesmerizing, brilliant, film," calling it, "a timeless epic of the human will to both overcome and surrender, and to be a force for nature's own will."
Hughes notes that "...despite a few other award groups failing to offer the film the degree of recognition it deserves," he "is confident the Oscars will not make that mistake" and snub DiCaprio.
But The A.V. Club 's A.A. Dowd argues that it's Hardy, who plays DiCaprio's foe in The Revenant , who delivers "the film's true standout performance."
As Dowd notes, "Hardy is the most fascinatingly human character on screen-a rationalizing scoundrel whose selfish behavior lends him more dimension than the impossibly driven superman on his tail."
