Critics societies roundup 7
Also known as 'the stragglers'. Or 'the organizations that can't be bothered to design a logo' (we're looking at you, Iowa and Oklahoma!). But still, critics organizations they are, so we will round them up and present their choices, for this last roundup before this week's Oscar nominations. Georgia picked their winners a few days after announcing their nominees, while Iowa and Oklahoma picked theirs straight off the bat (with the former also giving their runners-up).
Most love went to 12 Years a Slave with these groups (Iowa in particular went gaga over it), though Her actually won Best Picture for two of them. Oklahoma is the state where the wealth is spread the most (when it comes to critics awards, anyway). It is also the state which features such classy categories as Obviously Worst Film, though we had to chuckle at Not-So-Obviously Worst Film. August: Osage County won something!
IOWA FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST PICTURE
12 Years A Slave
Finalists:
Nebraska
American Hustle
BEST DIRECTOR
Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave
Finalists:
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
BEST ACTOR
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave
Finalists:
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Finalists:
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years A Slave
Finalists:
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years A Slave
Finalists:
June Squibb, Nebraska
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Frozen
Finalists:
The Wind Rises
Despicable Me 2
BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 Feet From Stardom
Finalists:
Blackfish
Stories We Tell
OKLAHOMA FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
BEST FILM
Her
TOP 10 FILMS
1. Her
2. American Hustle
3. 12 Years a Slave
4. Gravity
5. Inside Llewyn Davis
6. Captain Philips
7. The Wolf of Wall Street
8. All Is Lost
9. Dallas Buyers Club
10. Prisoners
BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
BEST ACTOR
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Her
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
12 Years a Slave
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Frozen
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act of Killing
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Fruitvale Station
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Hunt
BEST BODY OF WORK
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club, Mud, The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST GUILTY PLEASURE
Iron Man 3
THE NOT-SO-OBVIOUSLY WORST FILM
August: Osage County
THE OBVIOUSLY WORST FILM
Grown Ups 2
GEORGIA FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST PICTURE
Her
BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
BEST ACTOR
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years A Slave
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years A Slave
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Her
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Short Term 12
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Gravity
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Gravity
BEST SCORE
Her
BEST SONG
Please Mr. Kennedy, Inside Llewyn Davis
BEST ENSEMBLE
Hustle
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
No
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Brie Larson
BEST ANIMATED PICTURE
Frozen
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Stories we Tell
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