Oppenheimer and Barbie dominate Critics Choice awards to gain Oscar momentum
The eternally yoked-together blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer have cleaned up at the Critics Choice awards, suggesting the momentum is with both films as the Academy awards loom. Together the films won a total of 14 awards – with Oppenheimer edging their personal competition by 8 to 6.
Oppenheimer dominated the headline awards, winning best picture, best director for Christopher Nolan and best acting ensemble, with Robert Downey Jr also picking up best supporting actor for his role as Atomic Energy Commission member Lewis Strauss. The film also won a number of craft awards, including best cinematography, editing and visual effects.
Though losing out to Oppenheimer for the best picture award, Barbie racked up a string of wins, including best comedy, best original screenplay and best song for I’m Just Ken.
The lead acting awards, however, produced something of a surprise, with Paul Giamatti defeating Oppenheimer’s Cillian Murphy for The Holdovers, and Poor Things’ Emma Stone beating Killers of the Flower Moon’s Lily Gladstone. Unlike the Golden Globes, where all four actors won in separate categories for drama and comedy/musical, the Critics Choice operates as a headto-head, suggesting Giamatti and Stone may have edged ahead in the race for the Oscars.
In the television section, the awards largely paralleled the Golden Globes, with Beef (four wins), The Bear (four) and Succession (three) picking up most. Succession’s Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook replicated their Globes awards best actor and actress, as did The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri, and Beef’s Steven Yeun and Ali Wong.
The awards are presented by the Critics Choice Association, the largest such group in the US and Canada, and the ceremony was hosted by Chelsea Handler.
Full list of awards
Film
Best picture OppenheimerBest director Christopher Nolan – OppenheimerBest actor Paul Giamatti – The HoldoversBest actress Emma Stone – Poor ThingsBest acting ensemble OppenheimerBest song I’m Just Ken – BarbieBest supporting actor Robert Downey Jr. – OppenheimerBest supporting actress Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The HoldoversBest comedy BarbieBest original screenplay Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach – BarbieBest adapted screenplay Cord Jefferson – American FictionBest animated feature SpiderMan: Across the Spider-VerseBest foreign language film Anatomy of a FallBest visual effects OppenheimerBest editing Jennifer Lame – OppenheimerBest cinematography Hoyte Van Hoytema – OppenheimerBest production design Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer – BarbieBest costume design Jacqueline Durran – BarbieBest hair and makeup BarbieBest score Ludwig Göransson – OppenheimerBest young actor/actress Dominic Sessa – The Hol
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Television
Best limited series BeefBest drama series SuccessionBest comedy series The Bear Best actor in a drama series Kieran Culkin – SuccessionBest actress in a drama series Sarah Snook – SuccessionBest actor in a comedy series Jeremy Allen White – The BearBest actress in a comedy series Ayo Edebiri – The Bear Best actor in a limited series or movie made for television Steven Yeun – BeefBest actress in a limited series or movie made for television Ali Wong – BeefBest supporting actor in a comedy series Ebon MossBachrach – The BearBest supporting actress in a comedy series Meryl Streep – Only Murders in the BuildingBest supporting actor in a drama series Billy Crudup – The Morning ShowBest supporting actress in a drama series Elizabeth
Debicki – The CrownBest supporting actress in a limited series or movie made for television Maria Bello – Beef Best supporting actor in a limited series or movie made for television Jonathan Bailey – Fellow TravelersBest talk show Last Week Tonight With John OliverBest movie made for television Quiz LadyBest animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes OffBest foreign language series LupinBest comedy special John Mulaney: Baby J