John Hawkes' 'The Sessions' Performance: Does The Actor Deserve An Oscar?

Will John Hawkes' Performance In 'The Sessions' Get Him An Oscar?
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR FOX SEARCHLIGHT - John Hawkes attends Fox Searchlight's "The Sessions" Los Angeles Premiere at LACMA, on Wednesday Oct. 10, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision for Fox Searchlight/AP Images)
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR FOX SEARCHLIGHT - John Hawkes attends Fox Searchlight's "The Sessions" Los Angeles Premiere at LACMA, on Wednesday Oct. 10, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision for Fox Searchlight/AP Images)

In The Sessions, opening in theaters this weekend, John Hawkes plays late poet Mark O’Brien, who was paralyzed from the neck down due to polio, and sought, in real life, to lose his virginity by working with a therapeutic sex surrogate. Hawkes is beyond emotionally and physically adept as O’Brien, restricted to laying flat in a huge iron lung, or being wheeled around on a portable cot, his face shifted to the side, his arms pinned to his sides.

Popular in the Community

Close

What's Hot