Tuesday 11 December 2012

DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY NOMINATIONS



Best Picture
·          Argo
·          The Impossible
·          Silver Linings Playbook
·          Take This Waltz
·          Zero Dark Thirty
Best Director
·          Ben Affleck (Argo)
·          Juan Antonio Bayona (The Impossible)
·          Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)
·          Sarah Polley (Take This Waltz)
·          David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Actor
·          Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
·          Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
·          John Hawkes (The Sessions)
·          Bill Murray (Hyde Park on Hudson)
·          Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Best Actress
·          Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
·          Greta Gerwig (Damsels in Distress)
·          Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
·          Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
·          Michelle Williams (Take This Waltz)
Best Supporting Actor
·          Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook)
·          Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
·          Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
·          Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike)
·          Ewan McGregor (The Impossible)
·          Ezra Miller (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
Best Supporting Actress
·          Amy Adams (The Master)
·          Ann Dowd (Compliance)
·          Sally Field (Lincoln)
·          Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
·          Helen Hunt (The Sessions)

Best Screenplay
·          Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
·          Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon (The Cabin in the Woods)
·          Tony Kushner (Lincoln)
·          Sarah Polley (Take This Waltz)
·          David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Ensemble
·          Argo
·          The Avengers
·          Lincoln
·          Moonrise Kingdom
·          Silver Linings Playbook
Best Documentary
·          The House I Live In
·          The Imposter
·          Jiro Dreams of Sushi
·          The Queen of Versailles
·          Searching for Sugar Man
Best Breakthrough Performance
·          Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
·          Zoe Kazan (Ruby Sparks)
·          Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect)
·          Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
·          Craig Zobel (Compliance)

Not a lot of love for Les Miserables from Detroit; instead, Silver Linings Playbook leads with six nominations, and Take This Waltz proves itself to be a stronger contender than many had expected. The Perks of Being a Wallflower has been performing very well recently too, and it's sure to appear on prediction lists from here on out. Good news for The Impossible, another little disappointment for Lincoln, and Denzel Washington can't catch a break with the critics' groups this year! Winners will blow up the internet big style on Friday.

2 comments:

  1. Well, Paddy, Detroit IS famous for the auto industry at least, no? Ha!

    I saw TAKE THIS WALTZ at Tribeca, and while it was passable, I can't see elevating it into this sphere. Williams in this instance is not an acceptable choice, though granted everyone is entitled to their opinion. I see no real love here for LINCOLN and LE MIS, but that won't be any kind of majority statement. No love for foreign-language cinema either from this obvious mainstream group. THE IMPOSSIBLE is getting some strong reviews, but a number of scathing ones as well. We'll see soon enough.

    -Sam Juliano

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  2. Ed Gonzalez hated The Impossible. He also hated United 93 and slated Shame. He's Rex Reed-bad to me.

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