The 22nd Critics’ Choice Awards were handed out Sunday evening in a televised ceremony hosted by T.J. Miller (who can currently be seen in the comedy Office Christmas Party). The winners were picked by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the largest North American critics group that represents upwards of 300 television, radio and online journalists. What makes the Critics’ Choice Awards a particular curiosity in the awards race is how typically predictive the group can be in sorting through what the eventual Oscar line-up may look like – one caveat to sort through is the group handed out prizes considerably earlier in the season this year than in the past (usually their prizes are dolled out in January).
This year, perhaps as expected, it was Damien Chazelle’s lush modern musical La La Land that walked away with the most prizes, picking up 8 awards including Best Picture and Director mention for Chazelle himself. Casey Affleck and Mahershala Ali, currently sweeping critical kudos for their acclaimed work in Manchester by the Sea and Moonlight, respectively, picked up Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor trophies, as did Viola Davis for her work in Fences. The Best Actress race, particularly competitive this year, went to Natalie Portman for her admired leading performance in Jackie; Portman previously earned the Critics’ Choice and eventually the Oscar for Black Swan six years ago.
The long list of film prizes include not just the typical main line awards categories, but a bevy of crafts categories as well (where La La Land performed quite well) as well as tons of outlier prizes grouped by genre. The festivities salute a share-the-wealth vibe in celebrating the cinematic achievements of the past year in film.
Be sure to check out the winners on the television side over at mxdwn Television.
Take a look at the full line-up of film winners for the 2016 Critics’ Choice Awards below:
- BEST PICTURE: La La Land
- BEST DIRECTOR: Damien Chazelle, La La Land
- BEST ACTOR: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
- BEST ACTRESS: Natalie Portman, Jackie
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Viola Davis, Fences
- BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (tie): La La Land – Damien Chazelle; Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
- BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Arrival – Eric Heisserer
- BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Zootopia
- BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: Elle
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: La La Land – Linus Sandgren
- BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Jackie – Madeline Fontaine
- BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: La La Land – David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
- BEST FILM EDITING: La La Land – Tom Cross
- BEST SCORE: La La Land – Justin Hurwitz
- BEST SONG: “City of Stars,” La La Land
- BEST HAIR AND MAKE-UP: Jackie
- BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: The Jungle Book
- BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE: Moonlight
- BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS: Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
- BEST ACTION MOVIE: Hacksaw Ridge
- BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE: Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
- BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE: Margot Robbie, Suicide Squad
- BEST COMEDY: Deadpool
- BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY: Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
- BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY: Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
- BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE: Arrival
- ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR: Ryan Reynolds
- SEE HER AWARD: Viola Davis
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