The film stars the first transgender actress to be nominated for a Golden Globe and to win the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, Gascon, singer and Only Murders In the Building actress Gomez as the crime boss’s wife Jessi, and Saldana, who plays Neytiri in James Cameron’s Avatar film series and alien assassin Gamora in the Guardians Of The Galaxy franchise.
At the Golden Globes, the operatic musical was the big winner of the night with four gongs, among them best motion picture for a musical or comedy, best non-English language film, Saldana taking home best supporting actress for a motion picture, and Camille, Ducol and Audiard winning best original song.
Emilia Perez is the most-nominated film at the 2025 Oscars with 13 nods including twice for original song, best actress for Gascon, best supporting actress for Saldana, and best director for Audiard.
The film is also the second-most nominated movie at this year’s Bafta Film Awards, with 11 nods including a leading actress nomination for Gascon, while co-stars Gomez and Saldana will go head to head in the supporting actress category.
Kevin Maher, from The Times, rated the film five stars out of five and said “this mad musical is one of the year’s best films”, while Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian rated the film three out of five stars, describing it as a “slightly bizarre yet watchable musical”.
