To no one’s surprise, Boyhood won the Broadcast Film Critics Association’s Best Picture at the Critics Choice Movie Awards, but also took home trophies for Best Director (Richard Linklater), Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette) and Best Young Actor/Actress (Ellar Coltrane). But, it was Birdman who ended up taking home the most awards of the night, with seven, including two for Michael Keaton (Best Actor and Best Actor in a Comedy). It dominated the tech awards, including Cinematography and Editing and Score (neither of which it was Oscar nominated for, the latter being ineligible). The film benefited by the group’s additional comedy categories where Keaton was able to pick up his two acting awards.
The evening began with awards being given on the red carpet, as the BFCA does, and was a strange start as the winners announced for Foreign Language Film, Adapted Screenplay and Documentary (Force Majeure, Gone Girl and Life Itself, respectively), were all snubbed by the Oscars that morning. Considering the BFCA’s self-professed claim to be the best Oscar predictors with their awards it had to strike a bittersweet note. The LEGO Movie also won their Animated Film award and was also not Oscar nominated. Jessica Chastain received the organization inaugural MVP award for body of work in a single year. She was also snubbed for an Oscar. She did, however, seemingly in the face of the lack of diversity of the actual Oscar nominees, use her moment to profess the need for change within the industry. It shone a light on the much-discussed whitewashing of the Oscar acting nominees, all 20 of which exclude people of color.
The Grand Budapest Hotel continued its awards streak as well, nabbing Best Comedy, Art Direction and Costume Design. Selma repeated its Golden Globe win for Best Song by winning here as well. The song is Oscar-nominated and at this point is the favorite to win there.
Full list of winners:
Best Picture
Boyhood
Best Director
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Best Actor
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Best Actress
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Best Supporting Actor
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Best Acting Ensemble
Birdman
Best Young Actor/Actress
Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood
Best Adapted Screenplay
Gone Girl
Best Original Screenplay
Birdman
Best Editing
Birdman
Best Cinematography
Birdman
Best Score
Birdman
Best Song
“Glory,” Selma
Best Art Direction
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Hair and Makeup
Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Best Animated Feature
The LEGO Movie
Best Documentary
Life Itself
Best Foreign Language Film
Force Majeure
Best Action Movie
Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Actor in an Action Movie
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Best Actress in an Action Movie
Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow
Best Comedy Movie
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Actor in a Comedy
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Best Actress in a Comedy
Jenny Slate, Obvious Child
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
Interstellar
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