Jan 12, 2012
The 17th Annual Critics Choice Awards were held January 12, 2012 at the Hollywood Palladium.
2012 Critics Choice Award Winners
| 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 | |
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