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"Coco" may be one of the most beloved films of the year, a big winner at 90th Academy Awards, but that doesn't mean it's beyond criticism. Oscar fans were not at all impressed with the live performance of "Remember Me" from the film, particularly because of Gael Garcia Bernal's role in it.
Bernal performed alongside Miguel and Natalia LaFourcade for the live performance, but they are singers and he is an actor. In fact, him not being a singer is significant for the song and the performance -- his character is a songwriter, not a singer in the film -- but that didn't come across satisfactorily to viewers at home. All they saw was a man not quite nailing it on stage as well as his fellow performers. And that was putting it much kinder than many on Twitter did.
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View StoryThe actor admitted to Entertainment Weekly to feeling the nerves prior to his performance. "Oh man, I'm beyond [nervous]. Thanks for reminding me," he said. "I never imagined I would be singing at the Oscars, at all, like ever in my life." After the response he received to his first time, he may never again.
Below are some of the most scathing reviews of Bernal's performance, along with a few who threw him their support and appreciation.
I love Coco, I love the song Remember Me, and I love Gael Garcia Bernal... but why on earth did they have him sing that song?!? Sweetie, no. #oscars
@SnarkLlama
Gael Garcia Bernal made Fergie's Nation Anthem seem like Whitney Houston in her prime
@BAnderson3737
Let the record show: I liked Gael Garcia Bernal's earnest singing. #Oscars #Oscars2018
@webjournalist
Gael Garcia Bernal's performance in 'Amores Perros' > Almost everything every other actor has done > Things that are just OK > Taxes > Ebola> Gael Garcia Bernal singing 'Remember Me'
@lthomasnews
Me: Nothing music-related in the movies has ever been worse than Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia.
@CharlieToft
Gael Garcia Bernal: Hold my Corona.
"There is literally nothing Gael Garcia Bernal could do to make himself unattractive."
@kpfallon
[Gael Garcia Bernal starts singing.]
"About what I said earlier..."
Gael Garcia Bernal singing Remember Me live at the #Oscars pic.twitter.com/9u1Njj4hh8
@howatdk
I wish I could sing like Gael Garcia Bernal. Oh wait, I can.
@MarkHarrisNYC
turns out I can sing as well as Gael Garcia Bernal and dress as well as the production design guy who wore tennis shoes and sunglasses
@KenJennings
Gael Garcia Bernal is so cute I don't even care that he can't sing. #Oscars
@fortunefunny
Seriously what the hell was that with Gael Garcia Bernal
@jpodhoretz
Gael Garcia Bernal is an actor. Not a singer. That was kinda painful... pic.twitter.com/at9J4R6GwN
@aurabogado
Gael sounded the way a toothy blowjob feels. #Oscars
@MajorPhilebrity
gael garcia bernal cannot: sing
@arb
gael garcia bernal can: get it
I will hear zero complaints about gael garcia's singing because that was ~*literally*~ the point of his character, hector was a songwriter not a singer that's why he teamed up with ernesto in the first place pls and thank
@marianaavilal
"There is literally nothing Gael Garcia Bernal could do to make himself unattractive."
@kpfallon
[Gael Garcia Bernal starts singing.]
"About what I said earlier..."
Gael Garcia Bernal's hotness cannot save this trainwreck of a vocal performance
@speriod
Someone just asked if Gael can sing, to which I say, DOES IT MATTER LOOK AT HIM. #Oscars
@LouisPeitzman
That was a great American Idol audition from Gael Garcia Bernal
@Dazed
Gael these vocals........ #Oscars pic.twitter.com/aIMqkDpDhO
@MajorPhilebrity
Gael GarcÃa Bernal looked so handsome singing Remember The Key.#Oscars
@ActuallyEmerson
Gael Garcia Bernal singing is the cutest most awkward g.d. thing I've ever seen #Oscars90
@MeredithBlake
Live shot of me watching Gael Garcia Bernal singing Remember Me. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/vmCZWrhgSG
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