The upcoming film adaptation of Anna Karenina reunites Keira Knightley with director Joe Wright, who steered the actress to her first Academy Award nod in Pride and Prejudice and a widely-praised turn in Atonement. In the new film (coming Nov. 9), based on the Leo Tolstoy novel, Knightley portrays one of literature's most iconic heroines, an aristocrat who betrays the norms of 19th century Russia to pursue a passionate extramarital affair. With the release of the film's first trailer Wednesday (view below), critics are already pegging Knightley as a shoo-in for an Oscar nod. Is she already the Best Actress frontrunner?
Definitely: Judging from the trailer, Knightley is a lock for an Oscar nomination, says Amanda Bell at Next Movie. The actress is pretty much "the go-to girl for successful classic book-to film adaptations," and for good reason: She's "so darn good" at playing old-world heroines. In this clip, she comes off "exactly as angst-riddled, troubled, and magnificent as Tolstoy devised." An Oscar nod seems like a safe bet.
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