2017 Critics Choice Awards Nominations: ‘La La Land’ Takes The Lead With 12 Nods
Awards season has officially begun, and we’re going to be hearing a lot about which movies are garnering accolades from various critics groups, guilds and eventually the Golden Globes and Academy Awards.The Independent Spirit Awardswere first out of the gate with their nominations last week, and now the2017 Critics Choice Awardsnominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association have arrived.
What’s fun about this particular line-up of nominees is that in addition to the usual powerful dramas that typically get nominated for awards, the BFCA also hands out awards for Best Action Movie, Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie and Best Comedy, and the latter category isn’t full of movies pretending to be comedies like at the Golden Globes.
Check out the full list of 2017 Critics Choice Awards nominations after the jump.
The anticipated musicalLa La Landleads the pack of all movies with a whopping 12 nominations, including all the big prizes for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and of course, Best Song and Best Score. It’s just more fuel to the fire that I have to see this movie as soon as possible (if you’re in New York and Los Angeles this weekend, you’ll be able to see it).
Up next,ArrivalandMoonlight(which also washuge at the Indie Spirit Awards) com in with 10 nominations. Hopefully this means that the Academy of Motions Picture Arts and Sciences will giveArrivalsome Oscar love when the time comes next year.
There are some unworthy inclusions in the line-up this year, particularlySullyin the Best Picture category. I’m not sure whyJackieisn’t sitting there instead (though Natalie Portman did get nominated). Even the outstandingEdge of Seventeendeserves to be in the Best Picture line-up more than Sully.
Sadly,Silencewasn’t included in the awards because it didn’t get screened for critics in time. The same goes forRogue One: A Star Wars Storyon the blockbuster side of things. Last year, you might remember thatStar Wars: The Force Awakensgot nominated after the votes were supposed to be closed. That created quite the stir in the critic community, and it reeked of just wanting attention, but there’s no indication that will happen again this year.
But the one thing that has me frustrated isPopstar: Never Stop Never Stoppingmissing from the Best Comedy category. That movie is funnier and better than almost all of those nominees, and it got completely snubbed. That’s outrageous.
Anyway, here’s the full list of 2017 Critics Choice Awards nominations:
BEST PICTURE
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
David Mackenzie – Hell or High Water
Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Denzel Washington – Fences
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Yorgos Lanthimos/Efthimis Filippou – The Lobster
Jeff Nichols – Loving
Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Luke Davies – Lion
Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
Eric Heisserer – Arrival
Todd Komarnicki – Sully
Allison Schroeder/Theodore Melfi – Hidden Figures
August Wilson – Fences
BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Joel Edgerton – Loving
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Tom Hanks – Sully
BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Arrival
Annette Bening – 20th Century Women
Isabelle Huppert – Elle
Ruth Negga – Loving
Natalie Portman – Jackie
Emma Stone – La La Land
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
Ben Foster – Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel – Lion
Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Viola Davis – Fences
Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women
Naomie Harris – Moonlight
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Alex R. Hibbert – Moonlight
Lewis MacDougall – A Monster Calls
Madina Nalwanga – Queen of Katwe
Sunny Pawar – Lion
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
20th Century Women
Hidden Figures
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Stéphane Fontaine – Jackie
James Laxton – Moonlight
Seamus McGarvey – Nocturnal Animals
Linus Sandgren – La La Land
Bradford Young – Arrival
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Arrival – Patrice Vermette, Paul Hotte/André Valade
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Stuart Craig/James Hambidge, Anna Pinnock
Jackie – Jean Rabasse, Véronique Melery
La La Land – David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
Live by Night – Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh
BEST EDITING
Tom Cross – La La Land
John Gilbert – Hacksaw Ridge
Blu Murray – Sully
Nat Sanders/Joi McMillon – Moonlight
Joe Walker – Arrival
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Colleen Atwood – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Consolata Boyle – Florence Foster Jenkins
Madeline Fontaine – Jackie
Joanna Johnston – Allied
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh – Love & Friendship
Mary Zophres – La La Land
BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Star Trek Beyond
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
A Monster Calls
The Jungle Book
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Finding Dory
Kubo and the Two Strings
