As fascinating as the early awards from critical voting bodies in New York and Los Angeles can be, they often have little impact on the Oscar race as a whole. Well, at least this was true in the past. With the changing demographics (younger, more diverse) of the Academy, nobody really knows who has the most influence on their taste. This has been a prominent topic of discussion in 2017, brought up by many successful Oscar prognosticators throughout the course of the awards season. Nonetheless, I think many would agree that the Critics' Choice Awards (chosen by the Broadcast Film Critics Association are still a crucial pre-cursor show, and even though the BFCA votes on an enormous number of categories, I have a feeling that many of the films nominated here will be announced as Oscar nominees come January. So without further delay, check out the list of this year's nominees for the 23rd annual Critics' Choice Awards!
BEST PICTURE
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The Big Sick
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Florida Project
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST ACTOR
Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Jake Gyllenhaal, Stronger
Tom Hanks, The Post
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
BEST ACTRESS
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Jessica Chastain, Molly's Game
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Meryl Streep, The Post
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Patrick Stewart, Logan
Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me By Your Name
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
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Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
McKenna Grace, Gifted
Dafne Keen, Logan
Brooklynn Prince, The Florida Project
Millicent Simmonds, Wonderstruck
Jacob Tremblay, Wonder
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
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Dunkirk
Lady Bird
Mudbound
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST DIRECTOR
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Steven Spielberg, The Post
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
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Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick
Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, The Post
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jordan Peele, Get Out
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist
Dee Rees and Virgil Williams, Mudbound
Aaron Sorkin, Molly's Game
Jack Throne, Steve Conrad, and Stephen Chbosky, Wonder
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
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Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
Hoyte van Hoytema, Dunkirk
Dan Laustsen, The Shape of Water
Rachel Morrison, Mudbound
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Call Me By Your Name
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, and Jeff Melvin, The Shape of Water
Jim Clay and Rebecca Alleway, Murder on the Orient Express
Nathan Crowley and Gary Fettis, Dunkirk
Dennis Gassner and Alessandra Querzola, Blade Runner 2049
Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer, Beauty and the Beast
Mark Tildesley and Veronique Melery, Phantom Thread
BEST EDITING
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Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar, The Post
Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos, Baby Driver
Lee Smith, Dunkirk
Joe Walker, Blade Runner 2049
Sidney Wolinsky, The Shape of Water
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Renee April, Blade Runner 2049
Mark Bridges, Phantom Thread
Jacqueline Durran, Beauty and the Beast
Lindy Hemming, Wonder Woman
Luis Sequeira, The Shape of Water
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
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Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Wonder
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Thor: Ragnarok
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wonder Woman
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
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The Breadwinner
Coco
Despicable Me 3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Loving Vincent
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Baby Driver
Logan
Thor: Ragnarok
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wonder Woman
BEST COMEDY
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The Big Sick
The Disaster Artist
Girls Trip
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Chris Hemsworth, Thor: Ragnarok
Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick
Adam Sandler, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
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Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
Zoe Kazan, The Big Sick
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes
BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE
Blade Runner 2049
Get Out
It
The Shape of Water
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
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BPM (Beats Per Minute)
A Fantastic Woman
First They Killed My Father
In the Fade
The Square
Thelma
BEST SONG
"Evermore" from Beauty and the Beast
"Mystery of Love" from Call Me By Your Name
"Remember Me" from Coco
"Stand Up for Something" from Marshall
"This is Me" from The Greatest Showman
BEST SCORE
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Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
Dario Marianelli, Darkest Hour
Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer, Blade Runner 2049
John Williams, The Post
Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk
There's a genuinely insane amount of categories here, and it's impossible to glean much concrete information about the future of the Oscar race from this set of nominees. It seems like virtually every film that was well-received in 2017 received at least a few nominations- even movies that got a mixed reception like Wonderstruck and Beauty and the Beast got some attention in minor categories. If you're surprised by the lack of love for Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread (the embargo just broke, and reviews are spectacular), well, it seems like most of the members just haven't seen the movie yet. The stellar 14 nominations for Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water is another welcome boost after a poor showing at the National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics Circle, and if it can keep up the momentum, maybe there's enough appreciation to form a consensus. No other film received more than 10 nominations, but Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, Lady Bird, and The Post all tied for second-best with eight noms each. If I had to guess, these five films are your Best Picture locks at the moment.
The Big Sick did pretty well across the board, and there was a good deal of adoration for Three Billboards as well. As a huge fan of Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049, I was pleased to see it receive 7 nominations, indicating strong support in technical categories that could translate to Oscar glory. The Critics' Choice Awards are unique in that they hand out trophies for genre-specific categories, which leads to nominations for films like It, Baby Driver, and War for the Planet of the Apes, some of my favorites of the year. It irritates me that there are as many as 7 nominees in some categories, but it feels like all of the nominees here are most certainly finalists for an Oscar nod. Nonetheless, it's nice to see widespread appreciation for so many great films, and this is definitely a terrific set of nominees.
Next up- Golden Globe nominations on Monday.
The winners for this year's Critics' Choice Awards will be revealed on January 11, 2018.
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BEST PICTURE
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The Big Sick
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Florida Project
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST ACTOR
Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Jake Gyllenhaal, Stronger
Tom Hanks, The Post
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
BEST ACTRESS
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Jessica Chastain, Molly's Game
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Meryl Streep, The Post
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Patrick Stewart, Logan
Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me By Your Name
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
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Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
McKenna Grace, Gifted
Dafne Keen, Logan
Brooklynn Prince, The Florida Project
Millicent Simmonds, Wonderstruck
Jacob Tremblay, Wonder
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
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Dunkirk
Lady Bird
Mudbound
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST DIRECTOR
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Steven Spielberg, The Post
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
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Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick
Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, The Post
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jordan Peele, Get Out
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist
Dee Rees and Virgil Williams, Mudbound
Aaron Sorkin, Molly's Game
Jack Throne, Steve Conrad, and Stephen Chbosky, Wonder
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
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Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
Hoyte van Hoytema, Dunkirk
Dan Laustsen, The Shape of Water
Rachel Morrison, Mudbound
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Call Me By Your Name
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, and Jeff Melvin, The Shape of Water
Jim Clay and Rebecca Alleway, Murder on the Orient Express
Nathan Crowley and Gary Fettis, Dunkirk
Dennis Gassner and Alessandra Querzola, Blade Runner 2049
Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer, Beauty and the Beast
Mark Tildesley and Veronique Melery, Phantom Thread
BEST EDITING
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Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar, The Post
Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos, Baby Driver
Lee Smith, Dunkirk
Joe Walker, Blade Runner 2049
Sidney Wolinsky, The Shape of Water
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Renee April, Blade Runner 2049
Mark Bridges, Phantom Thread
Jacqueline Durran, Beauty and the Beast
Lindy Hemming, Wonder Woman
Luis Sequeira, The Shape of Water
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
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Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Wonder
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Thor: Ragnarok
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wonder Woman
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Image: IMDB/Pixar
The Breadwinner
Coco
Despicable Me 3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Loving Vincent
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Baby Driver
Logan
Thor: Ragnarok
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wonder Woman
BEST COMEDY
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The Big Sick
The Disaster Artist
Girls Trip
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Chris Hemsworth, Thor: Ragnarok
Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick
Adam Sandler, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
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Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
Zoe Kazan, The Big Sick
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes
BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE
Blade Runner 2049
Get Out
It
The Shape of Water
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Image courtesy of Netflix
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
A Fantastic Woman
First They Killed My Father
In the Fade
The Square
Thelma
BEST SONG
"Evermore" from Beauty and the Beast
"Mystery of Love" from Call Me By Your Name
"Remember Me" from Coco
"Stand Up for Something" from Marshall
"This is Me" from The Greatest Showman
BEST SCORE
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Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
Dario Marianelli, Darkest Hour
Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer, Blade Runner 2049
John Williams, The Post
Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk
There's a genuinely insane amount of categories here, and it's impossible to glean much concrete information about the future of the Oscar race from this set of nominees. It seems like virtually every film that was well-received in 2017 received at least a few nominations- even movies that got a mixed reception like Wonderstruck and Beauty and the Beast got some attention in minor categories. If you're surprised by the lack of love for Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread (the embargo just broke, and reviews are spectacular), well, it seems like most of the members just haven't seen the movie yet. The stellar 14 nominations for Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water is another welcome boost after a poor showing at the National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics Circle, and if it can keep up the momentum, maybe there's enough appreciation to form a consensus. No other film received more than 10 nominations, but Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, Lady Bird, and The Post all tied for second-best with eight noms each. If I had to guess, these five films are your Best Picture locks at the moment.
The Big Sick did pretty well across the board, and there was a good deal of adoration for Three Billboards as well. As a huge fan of Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049, I was pleased to see it receive 7 nominations, indicating strong support in technical categories that could translate to Oscar glory. The Critics' Choice Awards are unique in that they hand out trophies for genre-specific categories, which leads to nominations for films like It, Baby Driver, and War for the Planet of the Apes, some of my favorites of the year. It irritates me that there are as many as 7 nominees in some categories, but it feels like all of the nominees here are most certainly finalists for an Oscar nod. Nonetheless, it's nice to see widespread appreciation for so many great films, and this is definitely a terrific set of nominees.
Next up- Golden Globe nominations on Monday.
The winners for this year's Critics' Choice Awards will be revealed on January 11, 2018.
Poster courtesy of Fox Searchlight
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