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# Seth Meyers Made a Mini-Movie Pretentious Enough to Sweep the Oscars

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## Melissa Locker


Feb 22, 2017 5:45 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Feb 22, 2017 5:45 PM UTC

Move over, [_Manchester by the Sea_](http://time.com/4575255/manchester-by-the-sea-movie-review/?iid=sr-link1)_,_ because Seth Meyers just made this year’s top [Oscar contender](http://time.com/4645057/oscar-movies-where-watch-stream-online/?iid=sr-link3).

On _Late Night_, Meyers unveiled a new movie that Academy voters simply won’t be able to resist—_Oscar Bait_, the film that, at least according to the trailer, the _Los Angeles Times_ called, “The most blatant attempt to win an Oscar since _The King’s Speech_._”_

The tear-jerking movie stars Meyers as a seemingly tragic figure intent on staring intensely into the distance, making dramatic eye contact with a small child, and deeply contemplating lost opportunities in his past. As the trailer points out, the film has everything that [Oscar voters](http://time.com/4645315/oscar-nominations-2017-diversity/?iid=sr-link2) typically prize from racial tension to “pretentiously artist shots of a man’s hand grazing wheat” to a rare disease that must be overcome. Perhaps most importantly, the film features a man staring at trains. What Oscar voter could resist?

Do yourself a favor before the [Oscars](http://time.com/collection-post/4590638/the-top-10-best-movies/?iid=sr-link7) air this weekend and be sure to see the film that’s “not afraid to pander to your emotions.”

Watch below.

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