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

The competition:
Cyrano is directed by Joe Wright, marking his eighth film. Star Peter Dinklage is nominated for his performance.

Don’t Look Up is directed by Adam McKay, marking his ninth film. Stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence are nominated for their performances, and it also contends for its screenplay.

Licorice Pizza is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, marking his ninth film. Stars Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman are nominated for their performances, and it also contends for its screenplay.

tick, tick…BOOM! is directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, marking his directorial debut. Star Andrew Garfield is nominated for his performance.

West Side Story is directed by Steven Spielberg, marking his thirty-third film. Stars Rachel Zegler and Ariana DeBose are nominated for their performances, and Spielberg contends for his direction.

Additional notes: Prior to last year, when “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” won this prize, the winner of this award had gone on to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture ten years in a row, triumphing there twice, in 2011 for “The Artist” and last year for “Green Book.” Despite a musical being nominated almost every year since, the last such film to win this prize was “Les Miserables” in 2012. The original “West Side Story” won the Best Motion Picture – Musical prize exactly sixty years ago.
What should win? “Licorice Pizza” is one of my favorite films of the year. I’d also be fine with “tick, tick…BOOM!” or “West Side Story” triumphing.
What will win? This seems like a pretty easy victory for West Side Story.