Critics’ Choice Awards 2008
2008 Critics’ Choice Awards
Broadcast Film Critics Association’s 2008 Critics’ Choice Award nominations: December 11, 2007
2008 Critics’ Choice Award winners: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on January 7, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men
Best Picture
American Gangster
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
* No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
Best Foreign Language Film
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage
Best Documentary
Darfur Now
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong
No End in Sight
Sharkwater
* Sicko by Michael Moore
Best Director
Tim Burton – Sweeney Todd
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Sidney Lumet – Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Sean Penn – Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright – Atonement
Best Actor
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
* Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling – Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch – Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
Best Actress
Amy Adams – Enchanted
Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
* Julie Christie – Away from Her
Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page – Juno
Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
* Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook – Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There
Catherine Keener – Into the Wild
Vanessa Redgrave – Atonement
* Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton
Best Acting Ensemble
* Hairspray
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
Gone Baby Gone
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Best Writer
* Diablo Cody – Juno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton
Nancy Oliver – Lars and the Real Girl
Sean Penn – Into the Wild
Aaron Sorkin – Charlie Wilson’s War
Best Animated Feature
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Persepolis
* Ratatouille by Brad Bird
The Simpsons Movie
Best Young Actor
Michael Cera – Juno
Michael Cera – Superbad
Freddie Highmore – August Rush
* Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada – The Kite Runner
Edward Sanders – Sweeney Todd
Best Young Actress
* Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray
Dakota Blue Richards – The Golden Compass
AnnaSophia Robb – Bridge to Terabithia
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
Best Comedy Movie
Dan in Real Life
Hairspray
* Juno
Knocked Up
Superbad
Best Family Film
August Rush
* Enchanted by Kevin Lima
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Best Picture Made for Television
The Company
* Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Tin Man
The War
Best Song
"Come So Far", Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley – Hairspray
"Do You Feel Me", Anthony Hamilton – American Gangster
* "Falling Slowly", Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Jesse L. Martin and Cast – Once
"That’s How You Know", Amy Adams – Enchanted
Best Composer
Marco Beltrami – 3:10 to Yuma
Alexandre Desplat – Lust, Caution
Clint Eastwood – Grace Is Gone
* Jonny Greenwood – There Will Be Blood
James Horner – The New World
Dario Marianelli – Atonement
Alan Menken – Enchanted
Joel Siegel Award: Don Cheadle
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