With all the excitement (and no little disappointment) of the Oscar nominations out of the way early yesterday, it was the turn of the Critics’ Choice Awards in the evening. And in their much more egalitarian way, there were chances for more actors and movies to take home prizes. Still, Birdman and Boyhood scooped the biggest haul between them.
And while it offered Michael Keaton not one, but two opportunities to collect an acting gong – for both Best Actor and Best Actor In A Comedy – there were some welcome balances, such as The Lego Movie as Best Animated Feature and even a couple of awards for Guardians Of The Galaxy. Sadly for Selma, there was to be no counterbalance to the Oscar snubs.
Here’s the complete list of winners. While the Critics’ Choice can sometimes be seen as a pointer towards Oscar glory – think of Spike Jonze’ screenplay award for Her last year – it’s still looking like Birdman and Boyhood are the movies to beat.
**BEST PICTURE
**Boyhood
Birdman
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Nightcrawler
Selma
The Theory Of Everything
Unbroken
Whiplash
**BEST ACTOR
****Michael Keaton – **Birdman
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo – Selma
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory Of Everything
**BEST ACTRESS
****Julianne Moore – **Still Alice
Jennifer Aniston – Cake
Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones – T_he Theory Of Everything_
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon – Wild
**BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
****J.K. Simmons – **Whiplash
Josh Brolin –* Inherent Vice*
Robert Duvall – The Judge
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
**Patricia Arquette – **Boyhood
Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley – T**he Imitation Game
Emma Stone – Birdman
Meryl Streep – Into The Woods
Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer
**BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
****Ellar Coltrane – **Boyhood
Ansel Elgort – T_he Fault In Our Stars_
Mackenzie Foy – Interstellar
Jaeden Lieberher –* St. Vincent*
Tony Revolori – T_he Grand Budapest Hotel_
Quvenzhané Wallis – Annie
Noah Wiseman – The Babadook
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into The Woods
Selma
**BEST DIRECTOR
****Richard Linklater – **Boyhood
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava DuVernay – Selma
David Fincher – Gone Girl
Alejandro G. Inarritu – Birdman
Angelina Jolie – Unbroken
**BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman – Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo**
Boyhood – Richard Linklater
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy
Whiplash – Damien Chazelle
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Gone Girl** – Gillian Flynn**
The Imitation Game – Graham Moore
Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson
The Theory Of Everything – Anthony McCarten
Unbroken – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson
Wild – Nick Hornby
**BEST CINEMATOGRAPY **
Birdman** – Emmanuel Lubezki**
*The Grand Budapest Hotel *– Robert Yeoman
Interstellar – Hoyte Van Hoytema
Mr. Turner – Dick Pope
Unbroken – Roger Deakins
BEST ART DIRECTION
The Grand Budapest Hotel** – Adam Stockhausen/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator**
Birdman – Kevin Thompson/Production Designer, George DeTitta Jr./Set Decorator
Inherent Vice – David Crank/Production Designer, Amy Wells/Set Decorator
Interstellar – Nathan Crowley/Production Designer, Gary Fettis/Set Decorator
Into The Woods – Dennis Gassner/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
Snowpiercer – Ondrej Nekvasil/Production Designer, Beatrice Brentnerova/Set Decorator
BEST EDITING
Birdman** – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione**
Boyhood – Sandra Adair
Gone Girl – Kirk Baxter
Interstellar – Lee Smith
Whiplash – Tom Cross
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel** – Milena Canonero**
Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges
Into The Woods – Colleen Atwood
Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard
*Mr. Turner *– Jacqueline Durran
BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Foxcatcher
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
Into The Woods
Maleficent
**BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
**Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
Edge Of Tomorrow
Guardians Of The Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
Interstellar
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Lego Movie
Big Hero 6
The Book Of Life
The Boxtrolls
How To Train Your Dragon 2
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Guardians Of The Galaxy
American Sniper
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Edge Of Tomorrow
Fury
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
**Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
**Tom Cruise – Edge Of Tomorrow
Chris Evans – _Captain America: The Winter Soldie_r
Brad Pitt – Fury
Chris Pratt – Guardians Of The Galaxy
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
**Emily Blunt – Edge Of Tomorrow
**Scarlett Johansson – Lucy
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Zoe Saldana – Guardians Of The Galaxy
Shailene Woodley – Divergent
**BEST COMEDY
**The Grand Budapest Hotel
Birdman
St. Vincent
Top Five
22 Jump Street
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
**Michael Keaton – Birdman
**Jon Favreau – Chef
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Bill Murray –* St. Vincent*
Chris Rock – Top Five
Channing Tatum –* 22 Jump Street*
**BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
****Jenny Slate – **Obvious Child
Rose Byrne – Neighbors
Rosario Dawson – Top Five
Melissa McCarthy –* St. Vincent*
Kristen Wiig – The Skeleton Twins
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
Interstellar
The Babadook
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
Snowpiercer
Under The Skin
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM**
Force Majeure**
Ida
Leviathan
Two Days, One Night
Wild Tales
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Life Itself
Citizenfour
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Jodorowsky’s Dune
Last Days In Vietnam
The Overnighters
BEST SONG
**'Glory' – Common/John Legend – **Selma
'Big Eyes' – Lana Del Rey – Big Eyes
'Everything Is Awesome' – Jo Li And The Lonely Island – The Lego Movie
'Lost Stars' – Keira Knightley – Begin Again
'Yellow Flicker Beat' – Lorde – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
BEST SCORE
**Antonio Sanchez – **Birdman
Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Theory Of Everything
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar