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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
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 BurtonSweeney Todd
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Sidney LumetBefore the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sean PennInto the Wild
Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe WrightAtonement

Best Actor
George ClooneyMichael Clayton
* Daniel Day-LewisThere Will Be Blood
Johnny DeppSweeney Todd
Ryan GoslingLars and the Real Girl
Emile HirschInto the Wild
Viggo MortensenEastern Promises

Best Actress
Amy AdamsEnchanted
Cate BlanchettElizabeth: The Golden Age
* Julie ChristieAway from Her
Marion CotillardLa Vie en Rose
Angelina JolieA Mighty Heart
Ellen PageJuno

Best Supporting Actor
Casey AffleckThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
* Javier BardemNo Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour HoffmanCharlie Wilson's War
Hal HolbrookInto the Wild
Tom WilkinsonMichael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There
Catherine KeenerInto the Wild
Vanessa RedgraveAtonement
* Amy RyanGone Baby Gone
Tilda SwintonMichael 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 CodyJuno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Tony GilroyMichael Clayton
Nancy Oliver – Lars and the Real Girl
Sean Penn – Into the Wild
Aaron SorkinCharlie Wilson's War

Best Animated Feature
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Persepolis
* Ratatouille by Brad Bird
The Simpsons Movie

Best Young Actor
Michael CeraJuno
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 RobbBridge to Terabithia
Saoirse RonanAtonement

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 DesplatLust, Caution
Clint EastwoodGrace 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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1 Comment to Critics' Choice Awards 2008

  1. Mike Johnson
    October 28, 2010 | Permalink

    2008 was such an amazing year for film. I loved all the movies at that year's Oscars. No Country For Old Men was especially exceptional.

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