The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominees for the 16th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. The winners will be announced at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony on Friday, January 14, 2011 at 9:00 PM ET/PT. This year’s event will again take place at the Hollywood Palladium. This is the fourth year in a row that VH1 will broadcast the gala live on the network and the first year the show will also be broadcast internationally.
“Black Swan” received an unprecedented 12 nominations for the 16th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, garnering nods for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Sound and Best Score. “True Grit” and “The King’s Speech” followed close behind with 11 nominations each, while “Inception” received 10 nominations and “The Social Network” garnered 9.
“Toy Story 3” was honored in the Best Picture and Best Animated Feature categories while two Best Picture nominees, “Inception” and “The Town,” were also recognized in the Best Action Movie category. “127 Hours,” “The Fighter” and “Winter’s Bone” also scored multiple nominations, including Best Picture.
Nicole Kidman received her record seventh acting nomination for Best Actress in “Rabbit Hole.” She won the first Critics’ Choice Award as Best Actress 15 years ago for “To Die For.” Later Kidman was nominated for Best Actress in “Cold Mountain,” “The Hours” and “Moulin Rouge,” in addition to being part of the nominated Acting Ensembles in “Nine” and “The Hours.”
Amy Adams will be seeking her second Critics’ Choice Award as a Best Supporting Actress nominee in “The Fighter.” Adams previously won the category for “Junebug” and has received three other nods from the BFCA, including one for Best Actress in “Enchanted.”
Twenty-year-old Jennifer Lawrence earned nods in both the Best Actress and Best Young Actor/Actress categories, among the four nominations for “Winter’s Bone,” while fourteen-year-old Hailee Steinfeld earned nods as both Best Supporting Actress and Best Young Actor/Actress for “True Grit,” contributing to its 11 nominations. Thirteen-year-old Chloe Grace Moretz was nominated in the Best Young Actor/Actress category twice for “Let Me In” and “Kick-Ass.”
Brothers Joel and Ethan Coen continue to be Critics’ Choice favorites, nominated jointly for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for “True Grit.” Previously they had shared Best Director honors for “No Country For Old Men,” and were nominated as writers of “The Man Who Wasn’t There,” “A Serious Man” and “No Country For Old Men.” “No Country For Old Men” and “Fargo” also won Critics’ Choice Awards as Best Picture.
The 250 members of the BFCA, the largest film critics’ organization in the United States and Canada, representing television, radio and online critics, selected nominees in each of 25 categories. The awards are bestowed annually to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. Eligible films were released in 2010. The accounting firm of Gregory A. Mogab tallied the written ballots.
Historically, the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards are the most accurate predictor of the Academy Award nominations. All four major acting category winners at the Academy Awards in 2010 were first Critics’ Choice Movie Awards winners in the same categories and were present at the January 15, 2010 ceremony to graciously give their first acceptance speeches of the awards season. The BFCA also recognized “The Hurt Locker” for Best Picture and Kathryn Bigelow as Best Director, making her the first female to win the award. “The Hurt Locker” and Bigelow also went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director, but were both overlooked at the Golden Globes.
Today, VH1 also announces the launch of its Critics’ Choice Movie Awards site at CriticsChoice.VH1.com. The site offers movie fans detailed information about the show and this year’s nominees, VH1.com’s Award Season Twitter Tracker, where users can see the awards show buzz that’s happening on Twitter in real time, and Quick Critic, an opportunity to share short film reviews for a prize that includes a trip for two to next year’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. Additionally, interviews with many of the acting nominees can be found on the BFCA’s site CriticsChoice.com.
The 16th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards is executive produced by Jesse Ignjatovic for Den of Thieves, Joey Berlin for Berlin Entertainment and Lee Rolontz for VH1.
NOMINATIONS FOR THE 16th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS
BEST PICTURE | |
127 Hours | |
Black Swan | |
The Fighter | |
Inception | |
The King’s Speech | |
The Social Network | |
The Town | |
Toy Story 3 | |
True Grit | |
Winter’s Bone | |
BEST ACTOR | |
Jeff Bridges – “True Grit” | |
Robert Duvall – “Get Low” | |
Jesse Eisenberg – “The Social Network” | |
Colin Firth – “The King’s Speech” | |
James Franco – “127 Hours” | |
Ryan Gosling – “Blue Valentine” | |
BEST ACTRESS | |
Annette Bening – “The Kids Are All Right” | |
Nicole Kidman – “Rabbit Hole” | |
Jennifer Lawrence – “Winter’s Bone” | |
Natalie Portman – “Black Swan” | |
Noomi Rapace – “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” | |
Michelle Williams – “Blue Valentine” | |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR | |
Christian Bale – “The Fighter” | |
Andrew Garfield – “The Social Network” | |
Jeremy Renner – “The Town” | |
Sam Rockwell – “Conviction” | |
Mark Ruffalo – “The Kids Are All Right” | |
Geoffrey Rush – “The King’s Speech” | |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS | |
Amy Adams – “The Fighter” | |
Helena Bonham Carter – “The King’s Speech” | |
Mila Kunis – “Black Swan” | |
Melissa Leo – “The Fighter” | |
Hailee Steinfeld – “True Grit” | |
Jacki Weaver – “Animal Kingdom” | |
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS | |
Elle Fanning – “Somewhere” | |
Jennifer Lawrence – “Winter’s Bone” | |
Chloe Grace Moretz – “Let Me In” | |
Chloe Grace Moretz – “Kick-Ass” | |
Kodi Smit-McPhee – “Let Me In” | |
Hailee Steinfeld – “True Grit” | |
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE | |
The Fighter | |
The Kids Are All Right | |
The King’s Speech | |
The Social Network | |
The Town | |
BEST DIRECTOR | |
Darren Aronofsky – “Black Swan” | |
Danny Boyle – “127 Hours” | |
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – “True Grit” | |
David Fincher – “The Social Network” | |
Tom Hooper – “The King’s Speech” | |
Christopher Nolan – “Inception” | |
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY | |
“Another Year” – Mike Leigh | |
“Black Swan” – Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin | |
“The Fighter” – Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson (Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson) | |
“Inception” – Christopher Nolan | |
“The Kids Are All Right” – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg | |
“The King’s Speech” – David Seidler | |
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY | |
“127 Hours” – Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle | |
“The Social Network” – Aaron Sorkin | |
“The Town” – Ben Affleck, Peter Craig and Sheldon Turner | |
“Toy Story 3” – Michael Arndt (Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich) | |
“True Grit” – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen | |
“Winter’s Bone” – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini | |
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY | |
“127 Hours” – Anthony Dod Mantle | |
“Black Swan” – Matthew Libatique | |
“Inception” – Wally Pfister | |
“The King’s Speech” – Danny Cohen | |
“True Grit” – Roger Deakins | |
BEST ART DIRECTION | |
“Alice in Wonderland” – Stefan Dechant | |
“Black Swan” – Therese DePrez and Tora Peterson | |
“Inception” – Guy Hendrix Dyas | |
“The King’s Speech” – Netty Chapman | |
“True Grit” – Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh | |
BEST EDITING | |
“127 Hours” – Jon Harris | |
“Black Swan” – Andrew Weisblum | |
“Inception” – Lee Smith | |
“The Social Network” – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter | |
BEST COSTUME DESIGN | |
“Alice in Wonderland” – Colleen Atwood | |
“Black Swan” – Amy Westcott | |
“The King’s Speech” – Jenny Beavan | |
“True Grit” – Mary Zophres | |
BEST MAKEUP | |
Alice in Wonderland | |
Black Swan | |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 | |
True Grit | |
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS | |
Alice in Wonderland | |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 | |
Inception | |
Tron: Legacy | |
BEST SOUND | |
127 Hours | |
Black Swan | |
Inception | |
The Social Network | |
Toy Story 3 | |
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE | |
Despicable Me | |
How to Train Your Dragon | |
The Illusionist | |
Tangled | |
Toy Story 3 | |
BEST ACTION MOVIE | |
Inception | |
Kick-Ass | |
Red | |
The Town | |
Unstoppable | |
BEST COMEDY | |
Cyrus | |
Date Night | |
Easy A | |
Get Him to the Greek | |
I Love You Phillip Morris | |
The Other Guys | |
BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION | |
The Pacific | |
Temple Grandin | |
You Don’t Know Jack | |
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM | |
Biutiful | |
I Am Love | |
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | |
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE | |
Exit Through the Gift Shop | |
Inside Job | |
Restrepo | |
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work | |
The Tillman Story | |
Waiting for Superman | |
BEST SONG | |
“I See the Light” – performed by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi/written by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater – Tangled | |
“If I Rise” – performed by Dido and A.R. Rahman/music by A.R. Rahman/lyrics by Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong – 127 Hours | |
“Shine” – performed and written by John Legend – Waiting for Superman | |
“We Belong Together” – performed and written by Randy Newman – Toy Story 3 | |
“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me Yet” – performed by Cher/written by Diane Warren – Burlesque | |
BEST SCORE | |
“Black Swan” – Clint Mansell | |
“Inception” – Hans Zimmer | |
“The King’s Speech” – Alexandre Desplat | |
“The Social Network” – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | |
“True Grit” – Carter Burwell | |
NOMINEES BY PICTURE FOR | |
THE 16th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS | |
127 HOURS – 8 Nominations | |
Best Picture | |
Best Actor/James Franco | |
Best Director/Danny Boyle | |
Best Adapted Screenplay | |
Best Cinematography | |
Best Editing | |
Best Sound | |
Best Song/”If I Rise” | |
ALICE IN WONDERLAND – 4 Nominations | |
Best Art Direction | |
Best Costume Design | |
Best Makeup | |
Best Visual Effects | |
ANIMAL KINGDOM – 1 Nomination | |
Best Supporting Actress/Jacki Weaver | |
ANOTHER YEAR – 1 Nomination | |
Best Original Screenplay | |
BIUTIFUL – 1 Nomination | |
Best Foreign Language Film | |
BLACK SWAN – 12 Nominations | |
Best Picture | |
Best Actress/Natalie Portman | |
Best Supporting Actress/Mila Kunis | |
Best Director/Darren Aronofsky | |
Best Original Screenplay | |
Best Cinematography | |
Best Art Direction | |
Best Editing | |
Best Costume Design | |
Best Makeup | |
Best Sound | |
Best Score | |
BLUE VALENTINE – 2 Nominations | |
Best Actor/Ryan Gosling | |
Best Actress/Michelle Williams | |
BURLESQUE – 1 Nomination | |
Best Song/”You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me Yet” | |
CONVICTION – 1 Nomination | |
Best Supporting Actor/Sam Rockwell | |
CYRUS – 1 Nomination | |
Best Comedy | |
DATE NIGHT – 1 Nomination | |
Best Comedy | |
DESPICABLE ME – 1 Nomination | |
Best Animated Feature | |
EASY A – 1 Nomination | |
Best Comedy | |
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP – 1 Nomination | |
Best Documentary Feature | |
GET HIM TO THE GREEK – 1 Nomination | |
Best Comedy | |
GET LOW – 1 Nomination | |
Best Actor/Robert Duvall | |
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 – 2 Nominations | |
Best Makeup | |
Best Visual Effects | |
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON – 1 Nomination | |
Best Animated Feature | |
I AM LOVE – 1 Nomination | |
Best Foreign Language Film | |
I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS – 1 Nomination | |
Best Comedy | |
INCEPTION – 10 Nominations | |
Best Picture | |
Best Director/Christopher Nolan | |
Best Original Screenplay | |
Best Cinematography | |
Best Art Direction | |
Best Editing | |
Best Visual Effects | |
Best Sound | |
Best Action Movie | |
Best Score | |
INSIDE JOB – 1 Nomination | |
Best Documentary Feature | |
JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK – 1 Nomination | |
Best Documentary Feature | |
KICK-ASS – 2 Nominations | |
Best Young Actress/Chloe Grace Moretz | |
Best Action Movie | |
LET ME IN – 2 Nominations | |
Best Young Actress/Chloe Grace Moretz | |
Best Young Actor/Kodi Smit-McPhee | |
RABBIT HOLE – 1 Nomination | |
Best Actress/Nicole Kidman | |
RED – 1 Nomination | |
Best Action Movie | |
RESTREPO – 1 Nomination | |
Best Documentary Feature | |
SOMEWHERE – 1 Nomination | |
Best Young Actor/Actress/Elle Fanning | |
TANGLED – 2 Nominations | |
Best Animated Feature | |
Best Song/”I See the Light” | |
TEMPLE GRANDIN – 1 Nomination | |
Best Picture Made for Television | |
THE FIGHTER – 6 Nominations | |
Best Picture | |
Best Supporting Actor/Christian Bale | |
Best Supporting Actress/Amy Adams | |
Best Supporting Actress/Melissa Leo | |
Best Acting Ensemble | |
Best Original Screenplay | |
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – 2 Nominations | |
Best Actress/Noomi Rapace | |
Best Foreign Language Film | |
THE ILLUSIONIST – 1 Nomination | |
Best Animated Feature | |
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT – 4 Nominations | |
Best Actress/Annette Bening | |
Best Supporting Actor/Mark Ruffalo | |
Best Acting Ensemble | |
Best Original Screenplay | |
THE KING’S SPEECH – 11 Nominations | |
Best Picture | |
Best Actor/Colin Firth | |
Best Supporting Actor/Geoffrey Rush | |
Best Supporting Actress/Helena Bonham Carter | |
Best Acting Ensemble | |
Best Director/Tom Hooper | |
Best Original Screenplay | |
Best Cinematography | |
Best Art Direction | |
Best Costume Design | |
Best Score | |
THE OTHER GUYS – 1 Nomination | |
Best Comedy | |
THE PACIFIC – 1 Nomination | |
Best Picture Made for Television | |
THE SOCIAL NETWORK – 9 Nominations | |
Best Picture | |
Best Actor/Jesse Eisenberg | |
Best Supporting Actor/Andrew Garfield | |
Best Acting Ensemble | |
Best Director/David Fincher | |
Best Adapted Screenplay | |
Best Editing | |
Best Sound | |
Best Score | |
THE TILLMAN STORY – 1 Nomination | |
Best Documentary Feature | |
THE TOWN – 5 Nominations | |
Best Picture | |
Best Supporting Actor/Jeremy Renner | |
Best Acting Ensemble | |
Best Adapted Screenplay | |
Best Action Movie | |
TOY STORY 3 – 5 Nominations | |
Best Picture | |
Best Adapted Screenplay | |
Best Sound | |
Best Animated Feature | |
Best Song/”We Belong Together” | |
TRON: LEGACY – 1 Nomination | |
Best Visual Effects | |
TRUE GRIT – 11 Nominations | |
Best Picture | |
Best Actor/Jeff Bridges | |
Best Supporting Actress/Hailee Steinfeld | |
Best Young Actress/Hailee Steinfeld | |
Best Director/ Joel Coen & Ethan Coen | |
Best Adapted Screenplay | |
Best Cinematography | |
Best Art Direction | |
Best Costume Design | |
Best Makeup | |
Best Score | |
UNSTOPPABLE – 1 Nomination | |
Best Action Movie | |
WAITING FOR SUPERMAN – 2 Nominations | |
Best Documentary Feature | |
Best Song / “Shine” | |
WINTER’S BONE – 4 Nominations | |
Best Picture | |
Best Actress/Jennifer Lawrence | |
Best Young Actress/Jennifer Lawrence | |
Best Adapted Screenplay | |
YOU DON’T KNOW JACK – 1 Nomination | |
Best Picture Made for Television | |
About The Broadcast Film Critics Association:
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is the largest film critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing 250 television, radio and online critics. BFCA members are the primary source of information for today’s film going public. The very first opinion a moviegoer hears about new releases at the multiplex or the art house usually comes from one of its members.
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