Christian Bale wins big at Critics’ Choice Awards
The year has begun on a good note for Vice actor Christian Bale! Days after his Golden Globes win, Bale took home the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Film for his role as former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney in Adam McKay’s political satire.
At the awards, Claire Foy was honoured with #SeeHer prize for her contribution to women in film, with roles including Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix’s royal drama The Crown, goth hacker Lisbeth Salander in The
Girl in the Spider’s Web and as Janet Armstrong in First Man.
Alfonso Cuaron’s semi-biographical drama Roma emerged the biggest winner at the Critics Choice Awards 2019, with four trophies including the top honour for best picture. The result tally of the CCA, which is the second ceremony of the award season, is almost a mirror image of last week’s 76th Golden Globes.
The Mexican filmmaker, who is a frontrunner in the Oscars race, also won in the Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Foreign Language Film categories for the black-and-white film. Roma had scored two Globes for best picture and best director.
Political satire Vice and Marvel masterpiece Black Panther came close with three victories each. Black Panther bagged awards in the Best Visual Effects,
Best Production Design and Best Costume Design categories.
It was a tie between Hollywood veteran Glenn Close for The Wife and feature film debutante Lady Gaga for A Star Is Born for the coveted best actress crown. British royal period drama The Favourite won Olivia Colman the trophy for best actress in a comedy. The film, also starring Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone, won the Best Acting Ensemble award.
By winning in the Best Supporting categories, Mahershala Ali (Green Book) and Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) again seem to have cemented their places in the run-up to the Academy Awards. Critically-acclaimed A Quiet Place won best sci-fi horror movie; Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible — Fallout was named best action feature and Crazy Rich Asians, moneyspinner with an all-Asian cast, was named best comedy.