Who Won 18th Annual Critics Choice Awards?
Jan 10, 2013
"Argo" was the winner for Best Picture, and Ben Affleck who directed the movie won as well. Jennifer Lawrence won two awards - one for actress in a comedy ("Silver Linings Playbook") and one for actress in an action movie ("The Hunger Games"). "Silver Linings Playbook" also won best comedy, actor in a comedy (Bradley Cooper) and acting ensemble. The ceremony was held at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.
| Critics Choice: Best Picture | |
| Argo | |
| Other Nominees: Beasts Of The Southern Wild; Django Unchained; Les Miserables; Life Of Pi; Lincoln; The Master; Moonrise Kingdom; Silver Linings Playbook; Zero Dark Thirty | |
| Critics Choice: Best Actress | |
| Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) | |
| Other Nominees: Marion Cotillard (Rust And Bone); Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook); Emmanuelle Riva (Amour); Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts Of The Southern Wild); Naomi Watts (The Impossible) | |
| Critics Choice: Best Actor | |
| Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) | |
| Other Nominees: Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook); John Hawkes (The Sessions); Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables); Joaquin Phoenix (The Master); Denzel Washington (Flight) | |
| Critics Choice: Best Supporting Actress | |
| Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables) | |
| Other Nominees: Amy Adams (The Master); Judi Dench (Skyfall); Ann Dowd (Compliance); Sally Field (Lincoln); Helen Hunt (The Sessions) | |
| Critics Choice: Best Supporting Actor | |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master) | |
| Other Nominees: Alan Arkin (Argo); Javier Bardem (Skyfall); Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook); Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln); Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike) | |
| Critics Choice: Best Director | |
| Ben Affleck (Argo) | |
| Other Nominees: Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty); Tom Hooper (Les Miserables); Ang Lee (Life Of Pi); David O Russell (Silver Linings Playbook); Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) | |
| Critics Choice: Acting Ensemble | |
| Silver Linings Playbook | |
| Other Nominees: Argo; The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel; Les Miserables; Lincoln; Moonrise Kingdom | |
| Critics Choice: Writer | |
| Tony Kushner (Lincoln) | |
| Other Nominees: Chris Terrio (Argo); David O Russell (Silver Linings Playbook); David Magee (Life Of Pi); Stephen Chbosky (The Perks Of Being A Wallflower) | |
| Critics Choice: Writer | |
| Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained) | |
| Other Nominees: John Gatins (Flight); Rian Johnson (Looper); Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master); Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom); Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty) | |
| Critics Choice: Animated Feature | |
| Wreck-It Ralph | |
| Other Nominees: Brave; Frankenweenie; Madagascar 3; ParaNorman; Rise Of The Guardians | |
| Critics Choice: Young Actor | |
| Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts Of The Southern Wild) | |
| Other Nominees: Elle Fanning (Ginger & Rose); Kara Hayward (Moonrise Kingdom); Tom Holland (The Impossible); Logan Lerman (The Perks Of Being A Wallflower); Suraj Sharma (Life Of Pi) | |
| Critics Choice: Comedy | |
| Silver Linings Playbook | |
| Other Nominees: Bernie; Ted; This Is 40; 21 Jump Street | |
| Critics Choice: Action Movie | |
| Skyfall | |
| Other Nominees: The Avengers; The Dark Knight Rises; Looper | |
| Critics Choice: Foreign Language Film | |
| Amour | |
| Other Nominees: The Intouchables; A Royal Affair; Rust And Bone | |
| Critics Choice: Documentary Feature | |
| Searching For Sugar Man | |
| Other Nominees: Bully; The Imposter; Queen Of Versailles; The Central Park Five; West Of Memphis | |
| Critics Choice: Soundtrack | |
| John Williams (Lincoln) | |
| Other Nominees: Argo; Life Of Pi; The Master; Moonrise Kingdom | |
| Critics Choice: Song | |
| Adele (Skyfall) | |
| and Paul Epworth | |
| Other Nominees: For You (Actor Of Valor); Still Alive (Paul Williams Still Alive); Suddenly (Les Miserables); Learn Me Right (Brave) | |
| Critics Choice: Actress In A Comedy | |
| Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) | |
| Other Nominees: Mila Kunis (Ted); Shirley MacLaine (Bernie); Leslie Mann (This Is 40); Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect) | |
| Critics Choice: Actor In A Comedy | |
| Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook) | |
| Other Nominees: Jack Black (Bernie); Paul Rudd (This Is 40); Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street); Mark Wahlberg (Ted) | |
| Critics Choice: Actress In An Action Movie | |
| Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games) | |
| Other Nominees: Emily Blunt (Looper); Gina Carano (Haywire); Judi Dench (Skyfall); Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises) | |
| Critics Choice: Actor In An Action Movie | |
| Daniel Craig (Skyfall) | |
| Other Nominees: Christian Bale (The Dark Knight Rises); Robert Downey Jr (The Avengers); Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Looper); Jake Gyllenhaal (End Of Watch) | |
| Critics Choice: Visual Effects | |
| Life Of Pi | |
| Other Nominees: The Avengers; Cloud Atlas; The Dark Knight Rises; The Hobbit | |
| Critics Choice: Sci-Fi/Horror Movie | |
| Looper | |
| Other Nominees: Cabin In The Woods; Prometheus | |
| Critics Choice: Makeup | |
| Cloud Atlas | |
| Other Nominees: The Hobbit; Les Miserables; Lincoln | |
| Critics Choice: Editing | |
| Zero Dark Thirty | |
| Other Nominees: Argo; Les Miserables; Life Of Pi; Lincoln | |
| Critics Choice: Costume Design | |
| Anna Karenina | |
| Other Nominees: Cloud Atlas; The Hobbit; Les Miserables; Lincoln | |
| Critics Choice: Cinematography | |
| Life Of Pi | |
| Other Nominees: Lincoln; Les Miserables; The Master; Skyfall | |
| Critics Choice: Art Direction | |
| Anna Karenina | |
| Other Nominees: The Hobbit; Les Miserables; Life Of Pi; Lincoln | |