Music City Film Critics’ Association (MCFCA) Awards: ‘Oppenheimer’ Wins 7

The Music City Film Critics’ Association has announced its winners for the MCFCA 2023 Film Awards where Oppenheimer came out on top with seven awards, including Best Picture, Best Director – Christopher Nolan, Best Supporting Actor – Robert Downey Jr., Best Score, Best Sound, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing.

The film with the second-most awards for this year’s MCFCA awards is The Holdovers, coming away with four awards, including Best Actor – Paul Giamatti, Best Supporting Actress – Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Best Young Actor – Dominic Sessa, and Best Screenplay.

There were three sets of ties, in Original Song where Barbie‘s “I’m Just Ken” and “What Was I Made For?” won, in Production Design where both Barbie and Poor Things won and in Action Film where Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning: Part One were the winners.

Here is the complete list of winners.

Best Picture: Oppenheimer

Best Director: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

Best Actress: Emma Stone – Poor Things

Best Actor: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers

Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer

Best Young Actress: Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Best Young Actor: Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

Best Acting Ensemble: Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Music Film: Maestro

Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Documentary: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best International Film: Godzilla Minus One

Best Screenplay: The Holdovers

Best Original Song (TIE): “I’m Just Ken” – Barbie and “What Was I Made For?” – Barbie

Best Score: Oppenheimer

Best Sound: Oppenheimer

Best Cinematography: Oppenheimer

Best Production Design (TIE): Barbie and Poor Things

Best Editing: Oppenheimer

Best Comedy Film: Barbie

Best Horror Film: Talk to Me

Best Action Film (TIE): Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning: Part One

Best Stunt Work: John Wick: Chapter 4

The Jim Ridley Award: Poor Things

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