The Social Network continued its awards season dominance, picking up three top awards at last night’s Critics’ Choice Awards at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. The movie, widely touted as the finest film of 2010, picked up top honours as Best Picture, Best Director (David Fincher) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin).
Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending epic Inception swept the technical categories, and was named Best Action Movie. Acting frontrunners Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) and Natalie Portman (Black Swan) nabbed Best Actor and Actress respectively, as Melissa Leo (Best Supporting Actress) and Christian Bale (Best Supporting Actor) took home awards for The Fighter, which also copped Best Acting Ensemble.
The Critics Choice Awards are presented annually by the Broadcast Film Critics’ Association. Here is the complete list of last night’s winners:
BEST PICTURE: The Social Network
BEST ACTOR: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
BEST ACTRESS: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christian Bale, The Fighter
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE: The Fighter
BEST DIRECTOR: David Fincher, The Social Network
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: David Seidler, The King’s Speech
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Toy Story 3
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (Under 21): Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
BEST ACTION MOVIE: Inception
BEST COMEDY MOVIE: Easy A
BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION: The Pacific
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Waiting For Superman
BEST SONG: “If I Rise” (Dido and AR Rahman), 127 Hours
BEST SCORE: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Inception
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Inception
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Alice in Wonderland
BEST MAKEUP: Alice in Wonderland
BEST SOUND: Inception
BEST ART DIRECTION: Inception
BEST EDITING: Inception
Article comments
1 - Raj
I haven't seen it yet... is it good?
2 - Tyrone S. Reid
@Raj: 'The Social Network' is a brilliant film, but not the best of 2010 in my estimation.
3 - Heloise
I am recording the awards now to watch later. Thanks for the info. My sense of what's hot and what's not is getting better because the winners are ones I predicted were Oscar or prize worthy, especially Inception since it was released so early in the year.
Heloise
4 - Tyrone S. Reid
@ Heloise: You're welcome, dear.
5 - handyguy
The fourth award won by The Social Network, for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross's excellent score, was also well deserved. Black Swan, however, is repellent nonsense, and giving awards to Natalie Portman's weird, passive performance is just cuckoo.