Golden Globe Winner Predictions: Best Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical

The competition: Top-secret files cause problems for numerous imbeciles in “Burn After Reading,” an eternally optimistic woman lives her life in “Happy-Go-Lucky,” two hitmen hide out in Belgium after a botched hit in “In Bruges,” daughters, mothers, and potential fathers sing for no reason in “Mamma Mia,” and two women on vacation in Spain meet a wealthy suitor in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”
For your information: The past three winners in this category, “Sweeney Todd,” “Dreamgirls,” and “Walk the Line,” have not gone on to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture. “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” has three of its performers nominated, “In Bruges” has two, and the rest have one. Interestingly enough, the Coen brothers and Woody Allen have only one Golden Globe Best Picture winner among them, and it’s Allen’s “Hannah and her Sisters,” which claimed the top comedy prize in 1986.
Who should win: “Happy-Go-Lucky,” but I’d be thrilled about “In Bruges” just as much
Who will win: I’m not so sure about “Mamma Mia!” (too awful), “Happy-Go-Lucky” (too small), and “In Bruges” (too weird). That leaves two mildly entertaining, so-so films, and based on the shocking nomination for star Rebecca Hall, I’d guess that Vicky Cristina Barcelona has a whole lot of supporters.