Various Critics Awards Prelude to the Oscars
Here are the choices of various critics that might as well influence the Academy when they vote for the choices in the 2009 Oscar Awards:
San Diego Critics Society
Best Director:
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Picture:
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor:
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Best Actress:
Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Southeastern Film Critics Association
Best Director:
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Actress:
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
Best Actor:
Sean Penn (Milk)
Best Picture:
Milk
Austin Film Critics Association
Best Director:
Christopher Nolan (Dark Knight)
Best Actress:
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
Best Actor:
Sean Penn (Milk)
Best Picture:
The Dark Knight
Phoenix Film Critics Society
Best Director:
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Actress:
Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Best Actor:
Sean Penn (Milk)
Best Picture:
Slumdog Millionaire
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics
Best Director:
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Actress:
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
Best Actor:
Sean Penn (Milk)
Best Picture:
Slumdog Millionaire
Toronto Film Critics
Best Director:
Jonathan Demme (Rachel Getting Married)
Best Actress:
Michelle Williams (Wendy & Lucy)
Best Actor:
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Best Picture:
Wendy & Lucy
Washington DC Film Critics
Best Director:
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Actress:
Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Best Actor:
Mickey Rourke (Wrestler)
Best Picture:
Slumdog Millionaire
New York Films Critics
Best Director:
Mike Leigh (Happy Go Lucky)
Best Actress:
Sally Hawkins (Happy Go Lucky)
Best Actor:
Sean Penn (Milk)
Best Picture:
Milk
Los Angeles Film Critics
Best Director:
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Actress:
Sally Hawkins (Happy Go Lucky)
Best Actor:
Sean Penn (Milk)
Best Picture:
Disney Pixar’s “Wall-E”
National Board of Review
Best Director:
David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Best Actress: Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
Best Actor:
Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino)
Best Picture:
Slumdog Millionaire
Although there is no consensus in the Best Picture category that even the animated film Wall-E and the superhero movie The Dark Knight each won a critic award for Best Picture, the critics seem to have been united in other categories.
As you can see, the ones with the most number of wins are Danny Boyle as Best Director for “Slumdog Millionaire,” Anne Hathaway as Best Actress in “Rachel Getting Married” (she plays Rachel’s drug addictred sister) and Sean Penn as Best Actor in “Milk” (he plays the first openly gay public official to be elected in California).
So mark those names (Danny Boyle, Anne Hattaway and Sean Penn) as they will be the front-runners in the 2009 Academy Awards.
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