Rotten Tomatoes
Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

84th Oscars – The Academy Awards

Play trailer Poster for 84th Oscars – The Academy Awards Feb 2012 Special Interest Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
34% Tomatometer 38 Reviews Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
Honors for achievements in film.
The Academy Awards — 84th Oscars

What to Know

Critics Consensus

Despite Billy Crystal's strong hosting reputation, the 84th Oscars flounders under flat jokes and lifeless producing.

Read Critics Reviews

Critics Reviews

View More
Anthony Lane The New Yorker 11/05/2019
I never quite worked out what [the telecast's theme] was, but it appeared to be something along the lines of, "How nice it is to go to the movies." Genius. How do they come up with these things? Go to Full Review Roger Ebert RogerEbert.com 11/05/2019
Crystal was a shot in the arm, continuing with prepared sketches and zingers all evening. As probably the most popular Oscar emcee, he astonished the audience by topping himself. Go to Full Review David Wiegand San Francisco Chronicle 11/05/2019
The Motion Picture Academy could have propped John Barrymore's corpse onstage and it would have been an improvement over last year. Sadly, Barrymore's corpse might have been more animated than the show itself. Go to Full Review Matt Wolf The Arts Desk 11/05/2019
The outpouring of affection afforded Streep sent an 11th-hour surge of energy coursing through an otherwise bland and uninspiring show. Go to Full Review Matt Roush TV Guide 11/05/2019
A night that was (to borrow from a nominated title) Extremely Long and Incredibly Dull. Go to Full Review Steve Persall Tampa Bay Times 11/05/2019
It was an affable, insider performance under circumstances that can easily be used as the show's alibi. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
j d @RT92082297 03/31/2022 Correctly Crystals last hosting, and it showed...devoid of energy, so-so movies nominated, overall just BAD See more Read all reviews
The Academy Awards — 84th Oscars

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

Billy Crystal

Host

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Feb 26, 2012 84th Oscars Details

More Like This

View All
Emmys 53% % Emmys Watchlist Golden Globes 50% % Golden Globes Watchlist The GRAMMYs % % The GRAMMYs Watchlist Tony Awards 74% % Tony Awards Watchlist Emergency Call % % Emergency Call Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

The Academy Awards — 84th Oscars

View more photos

Season Info

Network
ABC
Genre
Special Interest
Release Date
Feb 26, 2012