Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment)

The Hurt Locker has won another critics' award for best picture, this time from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (full list below). The Iraq War drama's director, Kathryn Bigelow, received top honors as well, though screenwriter Mark Boal was once again bypassed by somebody else:
Scott Neustadtler and Michael H. Weber's (500) Days of Summer won the best original screenplay award, while Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner won for their Up in the Air adaptation.

There were few surprises among winners, unless you count another Mo'Nique (for Precious), Christoph Waltz (for Inglourious Basterds), George Clooney (for Up in the Air), or (to a lesser extent) Meryl Streep (for Julie & Julia) win as a surprise.

One real surprise was the choice of Anne Fontaine's Coco Before Chanel, starring Audrey Tautou, as the year's best foreign film. So far, the Coco Chanel biopic has been all but ignored by US-based film critics' groups — at least when it comes to their awards lists. It got a nod from the St. Louis and Broadcast critics, but that's about it.

OFCC members are Oklahoma-based movie critics who write for print and online outlets that publish or post reviews of current film releases. Among the media outlets represented are The Oklahoman, The Tulsa World, The Oklahoma Gazette, Edmond Life & Leisure, 411mania.com and others.

More info at the OFCC Web site.

2009 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Film of 2009: The Hurt Locker

Runners-up: Up in the Air, Inglourious Basterds, (500) Days of Summer, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, A Serious Man, Up, District 9, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Avatar

Best Foreign Film: Coco Before Chanel, dir. Anne Fontaine

Best Documentary: Anvil! The Story of Anvil, dir. Sacha Gervasi

Best Animated Film: Fantastic Mr. Fox, dir. Wes Anderson

Best First Feature (tie): Neill Blomkamp, District 9 & Marc Webb, (500) Days of Summer

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Best Actor: George Clooney, Up in the Air

Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Screenplay (Original): Scott Neustadtler & Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer

Best Screenplay (Adaptation): Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

Obviously Worst Film: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Not-So-Obviously Worst Film: Amelia