January 10, 2013–On the same day that Ben Affleck got snubbed for an Oscar nomination for directing “Argo”, he can at least take some comfort in the fact that the critics (vs. his peers in the industry) like him, they really like him. The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards gave their top honor of Best Picture to “Argo”, and awarded Affleck Best Director.
BEST PICTURE
Argo
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis – “Lincoln”
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain – “Zero Dark Thirty”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman – “The Master”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway – “Les Misérables”
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Quvenzhané Wallis – “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Silver Linings Playbook
BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck – “Argo”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Quentin Tarantino – “Django Unchained”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Tony Kushner – “Lincoln”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Life of Pi” – Claudio Miranda
BEST ART DIRECTION
“Anna Karenina” – Sarah Greenwood/Production Designer; Katie Spencer/Set Decorator
BEST EDITING
“Zero Dark Thirty” – William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Anna Karenina” – Jacqueline Durran
BEST MAKEUP
Cloud Atlas
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Life of Pi
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Wreck-It Ralph
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Skyfall
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Daniel Craig – “Skyfall”
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Anne Hathaway – “The Dark Knight Rises”
BEST COMEDY
Silver Linings Playbook
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Bradley Cooper – “Silver Linings Playbook”
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Jennifer Lawrence – “Silver Linings Playbook”
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
Looper
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Searching for Sugar Man
BEST SONG
“Skyfall” – performed by Adele/written by Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth – Skyfall
BEST SCORE
“Lincoln” – John Williams
