TORONTO — Never in a gazillion years did I think I’d be writing an analysis of The Rock and Sydney Sweeney’s Oscar chances.

But, hey, a driverless car costs more than a manned Uber in San Francisco. Anything can happen.

The main portion of the fall film festival season ended today with the Toronto International Film Festival. And now the bulk of the artsier Academy Award contenders have premiered. 6

Consider that last year, the eventual winners of Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress had all been seen by now — a whole six months before the “you like me!”s.

Which brings me to Dwayne Johnson and Sweeney. Can these anti-prestige outsiders Rock the boat?

Maybe. The unlikely contenders have certainly chosen the right type of roles to do so —

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