The Critics’ Choice Awards were handed out Sunday evening. Voted on by members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the largest critics group in North America selected the best achievements in cinema throughout 2015. Spotlight was named Best Picture, raising its Oscar hopes bit – the film received six Academy Award nominations earlier this week and remains a hopeful. Other winners include Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant), Brie Larson (Room) and Sylvester Stallone (Creed) in the acting categories; each picked Oscar nominations as well as earned Golden Globes last week. The fourth acting winner was Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) in the Supporting Actress category, one which may prove the most difficult to predict.
While Spotlight won the top award of the evening, George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road earned bragging rights for the most wins of the evening- the film earned Miller Best Director prize as well as eight other prizes. Critics’ Choice has a share the wealth vibe considering the large amount of awards bestowed and special categories focusing on action, comedy and sci-fi films. The group also earned a bit of controversy recently when Star Wars: The Force Awakens was quickly added to their Best Picture line-up after nominees had already been announced – the J.J. Abrams blockbuster screened for critics after the Critics’ Choice deadline; the film did not win in the end.
Full list of film award winners below:
- PICTURE: Spotlight
- DIRECTOR: George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
- ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
- ACTRESS: Brie Larson, Room
- SUPPORTING ACTOR: Sylvester Stallone, Creed
- SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
- ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Spotlight – Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy
- ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Big Short – Charles Randolph, Adam McKay
- ANIMATED FEATURE: Inside Out
- DOCUMENTARY: Amy
- FOREIGN FILM: Son of Saul
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki
- COSTUME DESIGN: Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beaven
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson
- FILM EDITING: Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel
- SCORE: The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
- SONG: Furious 7– “See You Again”
- HAIR AND MAKE-UP: Mad Max: Fury Road
- VISUAL EFFECTS: Mad Max: Fury Road
- YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS: Jacob Tremblay, Room
- ENSEMBLE CAST: Spotlight
- ACTION MOVIE: Mad Max: Fury Road
- ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE: Tom Hardy, Mad Max: Fury Road
- ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE: Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road
- COMEDY MOVIE: The Big Short
- ACTOR IN A COMEDY MOVIE: Christian Bale, The Big Short
- ACTRESS IN A COMEDY MOVIE: Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
- SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE: Ex Machina
- MVP AWARD: Amy Schumer
- GENIUS AWARD: Industrial Light & Magic
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