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 | |