Michigan Movie Critics Guild (MMCG) Nominations: ‘American Fiction,’ ‘Barbie,’ ‘The Holdovers’ Lead

The Michigan Movie Critics Guild (MMCG), in their first year since the disbanding of the Detroit Film Critics, have announced their nominations for the best in film for 2023 where American Fiction, Barbie and The Holdovers lead with six apiece. Past Lives was next with five and all are nominated for Best Picture along with Anatomy of a Fall and Poor Things.

Winners will be announced on December 4. Here is the complete list of nominees.

Best Picture

American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Past Lives
Poor Things

Best Director

Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Zac Efron, The Iron Claw
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

Best Actress

Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Emma Stone, Poor Things

Best Supporting Actor

Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress

America Ferrera, Barbie
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Julianne Moore, May December
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn

Best Screenplay

American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Past Lives

Best Animated Film

The Boy and the Heron
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Documentary

Beyond Utopia
Sly
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Ensemble

Air
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer

Breakthrough Award

Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall (actress)
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction (director)
Greta Lee, Past Lives (actress)
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers (actor)
Celine Song, Past Lives (director/writer)

Best Stunts

John Wick: Chapter 4
The Killer
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Polite Society
Silent Night

The MMCG Award for Film Excellence

Keegan-Michael Key, Wonka, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and Migration (actor)
Ashley Park, Joy Ride (actress)
Paul Schrader, Master Gardener (director)
Lily Tomlin, 80 for Brady (actress)
J.K. Simmons, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (actor)
Bruce Campbell, Evil Dead Rise (producer)

Photo credit: Claire Folger © 2023 Orion Releasing

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