It’s official: two locks for Oscar wins just got unlocked.
For the first phase of the awards season – a.k.a. Critics Groups – the Supporting Actor and Actress categories were dominated by Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) and Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird). They had become the safest bets of the entire Oscar season.
Then the Golden Globes happened, and now the Critics Choice awards. Both galas gave their Supporting trophies to Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and Allison Janney (I, Tonya). In a wide open year, even the sure things aren’t so sure any more.
Beyond that, most of the winners at this year’s Critics Choice Awards (chosen by the Broadcast Critics Film Association, a nationwide group of TV and Radio critics) were within the range of the expected. Three Billboards and The Shape of Water duked it out for the top prizes. The former took Best Actress (Frances McDormand), Supporting Actor, and Ensemble while the latter took Best Picture and Director (Guillermo del Toro).
The Shape of Water took home the most with 4, including Best Score and Best Production Design.
The 23rd Annual Critics Choice Awards were broadcast live on January 11, 2018, on the CW.
WINNERS FOR
THE 23RD ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS
Best in Film for 2017
BEST PICTURE
Winner: The Shape of Water
– The Big Sick
– Call Me By Your Name
– Darkest Hour
– Dunkirk
– The Florida Project
– Get Out
– Lady Bird
– The Post
– Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
– Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
– Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
– Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
– Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name
– Jordan Peele, Get Out
– Steven Spielberg, The Post
BEST ACTOR
Winner: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
– Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
– James Franco, The Disaster Artist
– Jake Gyllenhaal, Stronger
– Tom Hanks, The Post
– Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
– Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
– Jessica Chastain, Molly’s Game
– Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
– Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
– Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
– Meryl Streep, The Post
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Sam Rockewell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
– Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
– Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name
– Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
– Patrick Stewart, Logan
– Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me By Your Name
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Allison Janney, I, Tonya
– Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
– Hong Chau, Downsizing
– Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
– Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
– Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
– Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Winner: Brooklynn Prince, The Florida Project
– McKenna Grace, Gifted
– Dafne Keen, Logan
– Millicent Simmonds, Wonderstruck
– Jacob Tremblay, Wonder
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Winner: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
– Dunkirk
– Lady Bird
– Mudbound
– The Post
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Get Out, Jordan Peele
– The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor
– Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig
– The Big Sick, Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani,
– The Post, Liz Hannah and Josh Singer
– Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Martin McDonagh
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Call Me By Your Name, James Ivory
– The Disaster Artist, Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
– Mudbound, Dee Rees and Virgil Williams
– Molly’s Game, Aaron Sorkin
– Wonder, Jack Thorne, Steve Conrad, Stephen Chbosky
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Blade Runner 2049, Roger Deakins
– Dunkirk, Hoyte van Hoytema
– The Shape of Water, Dan Laustsen
– Mudbound, Rachel Morrison
– Call Me By Your Name, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Winner: The Shape of Water, Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, Jeff Melvin
– Murder on the Orient Express, Jim Clay, Rebecca Alleway
– Dunkirk, Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
– Blade Runner 2049, Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola
– Beauty and the Beast, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
– Phantom Thread, Mark Tildesley, Véronique Melery
BEST EDITING
Winner: Baby Driver, Paul Machliss, Jonathan Amos
– The Post, Michael Kahn, Sarah Broshar
– Dunkirk, Lee Smith
– Blade Runner 2049, Joe Walker
– The Shape of Water, Sidney Wolinsky
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Winner: Phantom Thread, Mark Bridges
– Blade Runner 2049, Renée April
– Beauty and the Beast, Jacqueline Durran
– Wonder Woman, Lindy Hemming
– The Shape of Water, Luis Sequeira
BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Winner: Darkest Hour
– Beauty and the Beast
– Darkest Hour
– I, Tonya
– The Shape of Water
– Wonder
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Winner: War for the Planet of the Apes
– Blade Runner 2049
– Dunkirk
– The Shape of Water
– Thor: Ragnarok
– War for the Planet of the Apes
– Wonder Woman
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Winner: Coco
– The Breadwinner
– Despicable Me 3
– The LEGO Batman Movie
– Loving Vincent
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Winner: Wonder Woman
– Baby Driver
– Logan
– Thor: Ragnarok
– War for the Planet of the Apes
BEST COMEDY
Winner: The Big Sick
– The Disaster Artist
– Girls Trip
– I, Tonya
– Lady Bird
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Winner: James Franco, The Disaster Artist
– Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
– Chris Hemsworth, Thor: Ragnarok
– Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick
– Adam Sandler, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Winner: Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
– Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
– Zoe Kazan, The Big Sick
– Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
– Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
Winner: Get Out
– Blade Runner 2049
– It
– The Shape of Water
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: In the Fade
– BPM (Beats Per Minute)
– A Fantastic Woman
– First They Killed My Father
– The Square
– Thelma
BEST SONG
Winner: “Remember Me” – Coco
– “Evermore” – Beauty and the Beast
– “Mystery of Love” – Call Me By Your Name
– “Stand Up for Something” – Marshall
– “This Is Me” – The Greatest Showman
BEST SCORE
Winner: The Shape of Water, Alexandre Desplat
– Phantom Thread, Jonny Greenwood
– Darkest Hour, Dario Marianelli
– Blade Runner 2049, Benjamin Wallfisch, Hans Zimmer
– The Post, John Williams
– Dunkirk, Hans Zimmer
Click on links below for other Critics Group Awards and Guild Nominees that have been announced so far for the 2017 / 18 season:
90th Annual Academy Award nominees
Writers Guild of America winners
Directors Guild of America winners
Screen Actors Guild winners
Producers Guild of America winners
Golden Globe Winners
National Society of Film Critics
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle
Chicago Film Critics Association
Atlanta Film Critics Circle
San Diego Film Critics Society
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle
Toronto Film Critics Association
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Boston Society of Film Critics
Washington D.C. Film Critics Association
AFI Top 10 of 2017
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
New York Film Critics Circle
The National Board of Review