Nominated for Best Original Song. I mean, of course it is. It would be so funny if this had been nominated for Best Documentary and won. Like, that would have been the biggest slap in the face. 
Diane Warren has been writing songs for over fifty years. Even if you had never heard of her, you know her. She has #1 singles in every decade, sung by dozens of artists. She has her own production company, platinum records, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But the one thing she did not have was an Oscar. She has the dubious distinction of being the only woman nominated 15 times (16 this year) without a competitive* win. She is loud, single-minded, and not particularly personable. And in an award competition based in no small part on how well your peers like you, that's a major disadvantage.
The documentary is kind of a puff piece; a look inside the often chaotic world of a neurodivergent creative professional. It's interesting to see her process and the interviews with her very famous music clients are charming but unless you're super invested in songwriting or a big Oscar fan, there's really nothing else here. It's streaming on Kanopy.
*She got an honorary one in 2022.
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