Summary - Film Critics' Choices for 2011

[Seerek]

Best Picture
The Artist (New York Film Critics' Circle)
The Artist (Washington DC Area Film Critics)
The Artist (Boston Society of Film Critics)
The Artist (New York Film Critics Online)
The Artist (Indiana Film Critics)
The Artist (Las Vegas Film Critics Association)
The Artist (San Diego Film Critics)
The Artist (Detriot Film Critics)
The Artist (St. Louis Film Critics)
The Descendants (L.A. Film Critics)
The Descendants (Houston Film Critics)
The Descendants (Dallas-Fort Worth Critics)
The Descendants (Southeastern Film Critics Association)
The Descendants (Satellite Awards)
The Descendants (Florida Film Critics Circle)
Hugo (National Board of Review)
The Tree of Life (San Franscisco Film Critics Circle)
The Tree of Life (African American Critics Association)
The Tree of Life (Toronto Film Critcs Association)
The Tree of Life (Chicago Film Critics)

Best Director
Alexander Payne - The Descendants (Dallas-Fort Worth Critics)
Martin Scorsese - Hugo (National Board of Review)
Martin Scorsese - Hugo (Washington DC Area Film Critics)
Martin Scorsese - Hugo (Boston Society of Film Critics)
Martin Scorsese - Hugo (Florida Film Critics Circle)
Martin Scorsese - Hugo (Southeastern Film Critics Association)
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (New York Film Critics' Circle)
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (New York Film Critics Online)
Michel Hazanvicius - The Artist (Indiana Film Critics)
Michel Hazanvicius - The Artist (Detroit Film Critics)
Michel Hazanvicius - The Artist (St. Louis Film Critics)
Nicholas Winding Refn - Drive (Las Vegas Film Critics Association)
Nicholas Winding Refn - Drive (Houston Film Critics)
Nicholas Winding Refn - Drive (San Diego Film Critics)
Nicholas Winding Refn - Drive (Satellite Awards)
Steve McQueen - Shame (African American Critics Association)
Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life (L.A. Film Critics)
Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life (San Franscisco Film Critics Circle)
Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life (Toronto Film Critcs Association)
Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life (Chicago Film Critics)

Best Actor
Brad Pitt - Moneyball, The Tree of Life (New York Film Critics' Circle)
Brad Pitt - Moneyball (Boston Society of Film Critics)
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (San Franscisco Film Critics Circle)
George Clooney - The Descendants (National Board of Review)
George Clooney - The Descendants (Washington DC Area Film Critics)
George Clooney - The Descendants (Dallas-Fort Worth Critics)
George Clooney - The Descendants (St. Louis Film Critics)
George Clooney - The Descendants (Southeastern Film Critics Association)
Jean Dujardin - The Artist (Las Vegas Film Critics Association)
Michael Fassbender - A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men: First Class (L.A. Film Critics)
Michael Fassbender - Shame (Houston Film Critics)
Michael Fassbender - Shame (Detroit Film Critics)
Michael Fassbender - Shame (Florida Film Critics Circle)
Michael Shannon - Take Shelter (New York Film Critics Online)
Michael Shannon - Take Shelter (Toronto Film Critcs Association)
Michael Shannon - Take Shelter (San Diego Film Critics)
Michael Shannon - Take Shelter (Chicago Film Critics)
Paul Giamatti - Win Win - (Indiana Film Critics)
Ryan Gosling - Drive (Satellite Awards)
Woody Harrelson - Rampart (African American Critics Association)

Best Actress
Brit Marling - Another Earth (San Diego Film Critics)
Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene (Indiana Film Critics)
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady (New York Film Critics' Circle)
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady (New York Film Critics Online)
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady (Southeastern Film Critics Association)
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Washington DC Area Film Critics)
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Boston Society of Film Critics)
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Las Vegas Film Critics Association)
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Toronto Film Critcs Association)
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Detriot Film Critics)
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Dallas-Fort Worth Critics)
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marliyn (Chicago Film Critics)
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Florida Film Critics Circle)
Rooney Mara - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (St. Louis Film Critics)
Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin (National Board of Review)
Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin (San Franscisco Film Critics Circle)
Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin (Houston Film Critics)
Viola Davis - The Help (African American Critics Association)
Viola Davis - The Help (Satellite Awards)
Yun Jung-hee - Poetry (L.A. Film Critics)

Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks - Drive (New York Film Critics' Circle)
Albert Brooks - Drive (Washington DC Area Film Critics)
Albert Brooks - Drive (Boston Society of Film Critics)
Albert Brooks - Drive (New York Film Critics Online)
Albert Brooks - Drive (San Franscisco Film Critics Circle)
Albert Brooks - Drive (African American Critics Association)
Albert Brooks - Drive (Las Vegas Film Critics Association)
Albert Brooks - Drive (Houston Film Critics)
Albert Brooks - Drive (St. Louis Film Critics)
Albert Brooks - Drive (Chicago Film Critics)
Albert Brooks - Drive (Satellite Awards)
Albert Brooks - Drive (Florida Film Critics Circle)
Christopher Plummer - Beginners (National Board of Review)
Christopher Plummer - Beginners (L.A. Film Critics)
Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Indiana Film Critics)
Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Toronto Film Critcs Association)
Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Detroit Film Critics)
Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Dallas-Fort Worth Critics)
Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Southeastern Film Critics Association)
Nick Nolte - Warrior (San Diego Film Critics)

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo - The Artist (St. Louis Film Critics)
Carey Mulligan - Shame (Detriot Film Critics)
Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs (Southeastern Film Critics Association)
Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life, The Help and Take Shelter (New York Film Critics' Circle)
Jessica Chastain - Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, and Tree of Life (L.A. Film Critics)
Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life (Chicago Film Critics)
Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life (Satellite Awards)
Jessica Chastain - Take Shelter (Toronto Film Critcs Association)
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids (Boston Society of Film Critics)
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids (New York Film Critics Online)
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids (Las Vegas Film Critics Association)
Octavia Spencer - The Help (Washington DC Area Film Critics)
Octavia Spencer - The Help (African American Critics Association)
Shailene Woodley - The Descendants (National Board of Review)
Shailene Woodley - The Descendants (Houston Film Critics)
Shaliene Woodley - The Descendants (San Diego Film Critics)
Shaliene Woodley - The Descendants (Dallas-Fort Worth Critics)
Shaliene Woodley - The Descendants (Florida Film Critics Circle)
Vanessa Redgrave - Coriolanus (San Franscisco Film Critics Circle)
Viola Davis - The Help (Indiana Film Critics)

Best Screenplay
The Descendants (New York Film Critics Online)
The Descendants (Houston Film Critics)
The Descendants (Dallas-Fort Worth Critics)
Moneyball (Toronto Film Critcs Association)
Moneyball (New York Film Critics' Circle)
Moneyball (Boston Society of Film Critics)
Moneyball (Detriot Film Critics)
Moneyball (Las Vegas Film Critics Association)
A Separation (L.A. Film Critics)
I Will Follow (African American Critics Association)
Adapted
The Descendants (National Board of Review)
The Descendants (Washington DC Area Film Critics)
The Descendants (Indiana Film Critics)
The Descendants (St. Louis Film Critics)
The Descendants (Southeastern Film Critics Association)
The Descendants (Satellite Awards)
The Descendants (Florida Film Critics Circle)
Moneyball (San Diego Film Critics)
Moneyball (Chicago Film Critics)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (San Franscisco Film Critics Circle)
Original
The Artist (St. Louis Film Critics)
The Artist (Chicago Film Critics)
The Artist (Florida Film Critics Circle)
50/50 (National Board of Review)
50/50 (Washington DC Area Film Critics)
Margin Call (San Franscisco Film Critics Circle)
Midnight in Paris (San Diego Film Critics)
Midnight in Paris (Southeastern Film Critics Association)
The Tree of Life (Satellite Awards)
Win Win (Indiana Film Critics)

Best Animated Feature
The Adventures of Tintin (New York Film Critics Online)
The Adventures of Tintin (Toronto Film Critcs Association)
The Adventures of Tintin (St. Louis Film Critics)
The Adventures of Tintin (Satellite Awards)
The Adventures of Tintin (Florida Film Critics Circle)
Arthur Christmas (San Diego Film Critics)
Rango (National Board of Review)
Rango (Washington DC Area Film Critics)
Rango (L.A. Film Critics)
Rango (Indiana Film Critics)
Rango (San Franscisco Film Critics Circle)
Rango (Las Vegas Film Critics Association)
Rango (Houston Film Critics)
Rango (Dallas-Fort Worth Critics)
Rango (Southeastern Film Critics Association)
Rango (Chicago Film Critics)

Best Foreign Language Film
13 Assassins (Las Vegas Film Critics Association)
13 Assassins (St. Louis Film Critics)
Certified Copy (San Franscisco Film Critics Circle)
City of Life and Death (L.A. Film Critics)
Incendies (Boston Society of Film Critics)
I Saw the Devil (Houston Film Critics)
Kinyarwanda (African American Critics Association)
Le Quattro Volte (San Diego Film Critics)
Mysteries of Lisbon (Toronto Film Critcs Association)
Mysteries of Lisbon (Satellite Awards)
A Separation (New York Film Critics' Circle)
A Separation (National Board of Review)
A Separation (New York Film Critics Online)
A Separation (Dallas-Fort Worth Critics)
A Separation (Southeastern Film Critics Association)
A Separation (Chicago Film Critics)
The Skin I Live In (Washington DC Area Film Critics)
The Skin I Live In (Indiana Film Critics)
The Skin I Live In (Florida Film Critics Circle)

Best Documentary
Being Elmo (St. Louis Film Critics)
The Black Power Mixtape (African American Critics Association)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (New York Film Critics' Circle)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Washington DC Area Film Critics)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (L.A. Film Critics)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (New York Film Critics Online)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Dallas-Fort Worth Critics)
The Interrupters (Chicago Film Critics)
Nostalgia For the Light (Toronto Film Critcs Association)
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (National Board of Review)
Project Nim (Boston Society of Film Critics)
Project Nim (Indiana Film Critics)
Project Nim (Las Vegas Film Critics Association)
Project Nim (Houston Film Critics)
Project Nim (San Diego Film Critics)
Project Nim (Southeastern Film Critics Association)
Project Nim (Florida Film Critics Circle)
Senna (Satellite Awards)
Tabloid (San Franscisco Film Critics Circle)
Tabloid (Detriot Film Critics)

Thoughts?

[Vash01]

Great summary! Thanks for posting.

Looks like the Descendants or the Artist will be the BP, Clooney Best lead actor, Michelle Williams Best actress (sorry for Meryl for 100th time!), Jessica Chastain supporting actress, Albert Brooks Spoorting actor.

Looks like I should see the Descendants and Drive. I plan on seeing Marilyn, but if Meryl does not win this time, I would like the Oscar to go to Viola Davis.

[MikiAndoFan#1]

Best Foreign Language Film
Mysteries of Lisbon (Toronto Film Critcs Association)
Mysteries of Lisbon (Satellite Awards)

[Cachoo]

Glad Gary Oldman received some recognition...thanks for compiling the list.

[MR-FAN]

Great compilation, thank you!!!

[Jenny]

eys, this will be handy for my death-match Oscar Pool

[Japanfan]

Glad Gary Oldman received some recognition...thanks for compiling the list.

Yes. The movie was totally confusing but Oldman was brilliant. Due to his performance, the movie remained gripping, even though you didn't have a clue what was going on.

[genevieve]

Thanks for this!

I can't believe Jean Dujardin has only received one award so far.

[emason]

Yes. The movie was totally confusing but Oldman was brilliant. Due to his performance, the movie remained gripping, even though you didn't have a clue what was going on.

Speak for yourself; I had no trouble following the plot and wasn't confused at all.

[Cachoo]

Yes. The movie was totally confusing but Oldman was brilliant. Due to his performance, the movie remained gripping, even though you didn't have a clue what was going on.

I'm a big fan of Le Carre's Smiley series so I hope that helps me when I see it but it has been a long time since I read "Tinker, Tailor....." The movie is not here yet which irritates me.

[Holley Calmes]

Glad Gary Oldman received some recognition...thanks for compiling the list.

YES! It's about time. I know he's been in some real drek and has a checkered past with substance and alcohol abuse..BUT. He has also done some amazing work over the years and I think he's been clean for a long time. Haven't seen TTSS yet, but I'm looking forward to it. I just want him to be nominated for an Oscar. He won't win. Even if he was the absolute best actor of the year (which I'm not saying he was) another Brit won last year's Best Actor, and the Oscars couldn't possibly let that go twice in a row!

[Cachoo]

YES! It's about time. I know he's been in some real drek and has a checkered past with substance and alcohol abuse..BUT. He has also done some amazing work over the years and I think he's been clean for a long time. Haven't seen TTSS yet, but I'm looking forward to it. I just want him to be nominated for an Oscar. He won't win. Even if he was the absolute best actor of the year (which I'm not saying he was) another Brit won last year's Best Actor, and the Oscars couldn't possibly let that go twice in a row!

But would they let a French man follow the Brit? I hear the lead in "The Artist" was excellent. The thing about Oldman is his strength (in the past and to me) was in supporting roles. So when he played the conservative Congressman in "The Contender" I was sure he would finally get a best supporting actor nod. Nope. Like you I just want the guy to be nominated and I'll be whooping it up if he is but I'm not expecting it.

[Holley Calmes]

But would they let a French man follow the Brit? I hear the lead in "The Artist" was excellent. The thing about Oldman is his strength (in the past and to me) was in supporting roles. So when he played the conservative Congressman in "The Contender" I was sure he would finally get a best supporting actor nod. Nope. Like you I just want the guy to be nominated and I'll be whooping it up if he is but I'm not expecting it.

I actually didn't like him in The Contender. It was too much of a stereotype for me. I thought he was lights-out fabulous in Leon, and I adored Immortal Beloved. Nothing better than Sid and Nancy. Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead was great-but those are all earlier in his career. I hope he has conquered his demons and can give us another 20 years of wonderful work-whether leading man or supporting actor...I don't care-just go for it, Gary! Good to know you are a fellow fan!

[VIETgrlTerifa]

Looks like Best Supporting Actor will be a bloodbath between Albert Brooks and Christopher Plummer. Can't wait to see that folds out.

[immoimeme]

Thoughts: I canna wait to see "The Artist" -Jean Dujardin ROCKS!!!

Don't agree w/ Brad Pitt in Tree of Life. About 10 seconds into his first on-screen appearance, I could clearly see the role was meant for, and could only have been truly realized by, Heath Ledger. sorry so much, but Mr Pitt (whom I do count as an all-time fav) did not even come close.

and frankly, after watching Tree of Life 3 times, at different times not 3x in a row, I don't think it's an all-time grrrrreat film. Interesting, yes, but great? Um, no. It's too personal to be THAT great.

[VIETgrlTerifa]

^ Brad Pitt will most likely be nominated for Moneyball.

[victoriaheidi]

I would SO love to see Michael Fassbender get nominated for an Oscar.

[Japanfan]

Speak for yourself; I had no trouble following the plot and wasn't confused at all.

The two people I saw the film with were also confused, as was Roger Ebert. So I speak for four.

[Vash01]

I saw The Descendants last night. It's totally deserving of many Oscar nominations. Haven't seen the Artist (and many others) yet.

[Cachoo]

I actually didn't like him in The Contender. It was too much of a stereotype for me. I thought he was lights-out fabulous in Leon, and I adored Immortal Beloved. Nothing better than Sid and Nancy. Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead was great-but those are all earlier in his career. I hope he has conquered his demons and can give us another 20 years of wonderful work-whether leading man or supporting actor...I don't care-just go for it, Gary! Good to know you are a fellow fan!

Here Here! And ita about Sid and Nancy.