San Diego Film Critics give love to ‘Promising Young Woman,’ ‘Sound of Metal’

Promising Young Woman is on a roll. The same day it won Best Picture from the Music City Film Critics Association, the San Diego Film Critics Society also named the film as their Best Picture, with star Carey Mulligan taking Best Actress from both groups.

Sound of Metal had a good day, it was the runner-up for Best Picture and took home the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor prizes for Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci, respectively.

Here is the full list of winners and runners-up from the San Diego Film Critics Society.

Best Picture: Promising Young Woman (RU: Sound of Metal)

Best Director: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland (RU: Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7)

Best Actor: Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal (RU: Anthony Hopkins, The Father)
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman (RU: Frances McDormand, Nomadland)
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Raci, Sound of Metal (RU: Peter Macdissi, Uncle Frank)
Best Supporting Actress Youn Yuh-jung, Minari (RU: Amanda Seyfried, Mank)

Best Comedic Performance: Radha Blank, The 40-Year-Old Version (RUs: Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Bill Murray, On the Rocks)

Best Original Screenplay: Lee Isaac Chung, Minari (RUs: Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman; Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, Derek Cianfrance, Sound of Metal, & Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, The Father (RU: Charlie Kaufman, I’m Thinking of Ending Things)

Best Documentary: Time (RU: The Social Dilemma)
Best Animated Film: Wolfwalkers (RU: Over the Moon)
Best International Film: The Life Ahead (RU: The Platform)

Best Editing: Andy Canny, The Invisible Man (RU: Alan Baumgarten, The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Best Cinematography: Joshua James Richards, Nomadland (RU: Erik Messerschmidt, Mank)
Best Production Design: Donald Graham Burt, Mank (RUs: Molly Hughes, I’m Thinking of Ending Things and Shane Valentino, The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Best Visual Effects: Tenet (RU: The Invisible Man)
Best Costumes: Alexandra Byrne, Emma. (RU: Erin Benach, Birds of Prey)
Best Use of Music: Hamilton (RUs: David Byrne’s American Utopia & Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)

Best Ensemble: One Night in Miami (RU: The Trial of the Chicago 7)

Breakthrough Artist: Radha Blank, The 40-Year-Old Version (RU: Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal)

Promising Young Woman image courtesy of Focus Features

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