Sunday, 11 December 2011

DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY NOMINATIONS

Best Picture
·         The Artist
·         The Descendants
·         Hugo
·         Take Shelter
·         The Tree of Life
Best Director
·         Michael Hazanavicius (The Artist)
·         Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
·         Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter)
·         Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
·         Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
·         George Clooney (The Descendants)
·         Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
·         Michael Fassbender (Shame)
·         Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
·         Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
·         Viola Davis (The Help)
·         Felicity Jones (Like Crazy)
·         Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
·         Charlize Theron (Young Adult)
·         Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
·         Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
·         Albert Brooks (Drive)
·         Ryan Gosling (Crazy, Stupid, Love.)
·         Patton Oswalt (Young Adult)
·         Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
·         Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)
·         Jessica Chastain (Take Shelter)
·         Carey Mulligan (Shame)
·         Vanessa Redgrave (Coriolanus)
·         Octavia Spencer (The Help)
Best Screenplay
·         Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
·         Mike Mills (Beginners)
·         Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter)
·         Will Reiser (50/50)
·         Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian (Moneyball)
Best Ensemble Cast
·         Carnage
·         Cedar Rapids
·         Crazy, Stupid, Love.
·         The Help
·         Margin Call
·         Win Win
Best Documentary
·         Into Eternity
·         Into the Abyss
·         Marwencol
·         Tabloid
·         We Were Here
Best Breakthrough Performance
·         Jessica Chastain (The Help / Take Shelter / The Tree of Life)
·         Felicity Jones (Like Crazy)
·         Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
·         Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
·         Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)


Gosh, even more critics' groups today! This one are announcing their nominees today, and their winners on Friday. There's a heck of a lot of support for Take Shelter from Detroit, evidently! And, as ever, I applaud some of their choices, and wish they'd made some of them very differently indeed. The Ryan Gosling love is thoroughly appreciated; isn't it such a shame that, for a second year in a row, he's probably going to be snubbed by the Academy? On the other hand, Felicity Jones? I mean, I like Felicity, and Like Crazy was a great film, but over Glenn Close? I can forgive Olivia Colman, because perhaps they hadn't seen the film, but it seems increasingly like critics' groups are overlooking Close because they weren't fans of the film. What a shame. Meanwhile, Patton Oswalt has appeared twice today in critics' groups' lists and Melissa McCarthy picks up yet more love.

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