Who Won 17th Annual Critics Choice Awards?
Jan 12, 2012
"The Artist" was nominated for eleven awards and won four including Best Picture. "The Help" won three awards. "Hugo" tied "The Artist" for most nominations, but only one once for Art Direction. The ceremony was held at the Hollywood Palladium and hosted by Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer.
| Critics Choice: Best Actor | |
| George Clooney (The Descendants) | |
| Other Nominees: Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar); Jean Dujardin (The Artist); Michael Fassbender (Shame); Ryan Gosling (Drive); Brad Pitt (Moneyball) | |
| Critics Choice: Best Actress | |
| Viola Davis (The Help) | |
| Other Nominees: Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene); Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady); Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin); Charlize Theron (Young Adult); Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn) | |
| Critics Choice: Best Picture | |
| The Artist | |
| Other Nominees: The Descendants; Drive; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; The Help; Hugo; Midnight In Paris; Moneyball; The Tree Of Life; War Horse | |
| Critics Choice: Acting Ensemble | |
| The Help | |
| Other Nominees: The Artist; Bridesmaids; The Descendants; The Ides Of March | |
| Critics Choice: Best Director | |
| Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) | |
| Other Nominees: Stephen Daldry (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close); Alexander Payne (The Descendants); Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive); Martin Scorsese (Hugo); Steven Spielberg (War Horse) | |
| Critics Choice: Best Supporting Actor | |
| Christopher Plummer (Beginners) | |
| Other Nominees: Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn); Albert Brooks (Drive); Nick Nolte (Warrior); Patton Oswalt (Young Adult); Andy Serkis (Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes) | |
| Critics Choice: Best Supporting Actress | |
| Octavia Spencer (The Help) | |
| Other Nominees: Berenice Bejo (The Artist); Jessica Chastain (The Help); Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids); Carey Mulligan (Shame); Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) | |
| Critics Choice: Animated Feature | |
| Rango | |
| Other Nominees: The Adventures of Tintin; Arthur Christmas; Kung Fu Panda 2; Puss In Boots | |
| Critics Choice: Writer | |
| Woody Allen (Midnight In Paris) | |
| Other Nominees: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist); Will Reiser (50/50); Tom McCarthy (Win Win); Diablo Cody (Young Adult) | |
| Critics Choice: Writer | |
| Steven Zaillian (Moneyball) | |
| and Aaron Sorkin | |
| Other Nominees: Alexander Payne (The Descendants); Eric Roth (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close); Tate Taylor (The Help); John Logan (Hugo) | |
| Critics Choice: Action Movie | |
| Drive | |
| Other Nominees: Fast Five; Hanna; Rise of the Planet of the Apes; Super 8 | |
| Critics Choice: Comedy | |
| Bridesmaids | |
| Other Nominees: Crazy Stupid Love; Horrible Bosses; Midnight In Paris; The Muppets | |
| Critics Choice: Young Actor | |
| Thomas Horn (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close) | |
| Other Nominees: Asa Butterfield (Hugo); Elle Fanning (Super 8); Ezra Miller (We Need To Talk About Kevin); Saoirse Ronan (Hanna); Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) | |
| Critics Choice: Documentary Feature | |
| George Harrison: Living In The Material World | |
| Other Nominees: Buck; Cave Of Forgotten Dreams; Page One: Inside The New York Times; Project Nim; Undefeated | |
| Critics Choice: Foreign Language Film | |
| A Separation | |
| Other Nominees: In Darkness; Le Havre;The Skin I Live In; Where Do We Go Now? | |
| Critics Choice: Song | |
| Bret McKenzie (Life's A Happy Song) | |
| Other Nominees: Hello Hello (Gnomeo & Juliet); The Living Proof (The Help); Man Or Muppet (The Muppets); Pictures In My Head (The Muppets) | |
| Critics Choice: Soundtrack | |
| Ludovic Bource (The Artist) | |
| Other Nominees: Drive; The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo; Hugo; War Horse | |
| Critics Choice: Art Direction | |
| Hugo | |
| Other Nominees: The Artist; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2; The Tree Of Life; War Horse | |
| Critics Choice: Cinematography | |
| Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree Of Life) | |
| Other Nominees: The Artist; Drive; Hugo | |
| Critics Choice: Costume Design | |
| The Artist | |
| Mark Bridges | |
| Other Nominees: The Help; Hugo; Jane Eyre; My Week With Marilyn | |
| Critics Choice: Editing | |
| The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo | |
| Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall | |
| Other Nominees: The Artist; Drive; Hugo; War Horse | |
| Critics Choice: Makeup | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 | |
| Other Nominees: Albert Nobbs; The Iron Lady; J. Edgar; My Week With Marilyn | |
| Critics Choice: Sound | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 | |
| Other Nominees: Hugo; Super 8; The Tree Of Life; War Horse | |
| Critics Choice: Visual Effects | |
| Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes | |
| Other Nominees: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2; Hugo; Super 8; The Tree Of Life | |
| Critics Choice: Cinematography | |
| War Horse | |
| Other Nominees: The Artist; Drive; Hugo | |