Oscar Predictions – Bono: Stories of Surrender

Bono: Stories of Surrender hits Apple TV on May 30th documenting the U2 frontman’s one-man NYC stage show in 2023. Those performances took their inspiration from the legendary singer and humanitarian’s memoir. He’s enlisted some heavy hitters to assist here including director Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Blonde) and Oscar-winning cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt (Mank).

These celeb centered docs rarely make their way to serious awards consideration. Surrender should fall into that classification with 75% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 58 Metacritic. That won’t get it done unless its streamer finds mysterious ways to entice voters. My Oscar Prediction posts will continue…