16th Critics' Choice Awards

The 16th Critics' Choice Awards, which were presented on January 14, 2011, at the Hollywood Palladium, honored the finest achievements in 2010 filmmaking.^[1] The ceremony was broadcast on VH1.

Nominees were announced on December 13, 2010.

Winners and nominees

Best Picture

The Social Network

• 127 Hours
• Black Swan
• The Fighter
• Inception
• The King's Speech
• The Town
• Toy Story 3
• True Grit
• Winter's Bone

Best Actor

Colin Firth – The King's Speech

• Jeff Bridges – True Grit
• Robert Duvall – Get Low
• Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
• James Franco – 127 Hours
• Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine

Best Actress

Natalie Portman – Black Swan

• Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
• Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
• Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
• Noomi Rapace – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale – The Fighter

• Andrew Garfield – The Social Network
• Jeremy Renner – The Town
• Sam Rockwell – Conviction
• Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
• Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech

Best Supporting Actress

Melissa Leo – The Fighter

• Amy Adams – The Fighter
• Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech
• Mila Kunis – Black Swan
• Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
• Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom

Best Young Actor/Actress

Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit

• Elle Fanning – Somewhere
• Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
• Chloë Grace Moretz – Let Me In
• Chloë Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass
• Kodi Smit-McPhee – Let Me In

Best Acting Ensemble

The Fighter

• The Kids Are All Right
• The King's Speech
• The Social Network
• The Town

Best Director

David Fincher – The Social Network

• Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
• Danny Boyle – 127 Hours
• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – True Grit
• Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
• Christopher Nolan – Inception

Best Original Screenplay

The King's Speech – David Seidler

• Another Year – Mike Leigh
• Black Swan – Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin
• The Fighter – Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson (story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson)
• Inception – Christopher Nolan
• The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin

• 127 Hours – Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle
• The Town – Ben Affleck, Peter Craig and Aaron Stockard
• Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt (Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)
• True Grit – Joel and Ethan Coen
• Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini

Best Cinematography

Inception – Wally Pfister

• 127 Hours – Anthony Dod Mantle
• Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
• The King's Speech – Danny Cohen
• True Grit – Roger Deakins

Best Art Direction

Inception – Guy Hendrix Dyas

• Alice in Wonderland – Stefan Dechant
• Black Swan – Therese DePrez and Tora Peterson
• The King's Speech – Netty Chapman
• True Grit – Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh

Best Editing

Inception – Lee Smith

• 127 Hours – Jon Harris
• Black Swan – Andrew Weisblum
• The Social Network – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

Best Costume Design

Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood

• Black Swan – Amy Westcott
• The King's Speech – Jenny Beavan
• True Grit – Mary Zophres

Best Makeup

Alice in Wonderland

• Black Swan
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
• True Grit

Best Visual Effects

Inception

• Alice in Wonderland
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
• Tron: Legacy

Best Sound

Inception

• 127 Hours
• Black Swan
• The Social Network
• Toy Story 3

Best Animated Feature

Toy Story 3

• Despicable Me
• How to Train Your Dragon
• The Illusionist
• Tangled

Best Action Movie

Inception

• Kick-Ass
• Red
• The Town
• Unstoppable

Best Comedy

Easy A

• Cyrus
• Date Night
• Get Him to the Greek
• I Love You Phillip Morris
• The Other Guys

Best Picture Made for Television

The Pacific

• Temple Grandin
• You Don't Know Jack

Best Foreign Language Film

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

• Biutiful
• I Am Love

Best Documentary Feature

Waiting for Superman

• Exit Through the Gift Shop
• Inside Job
• Restrepo
• Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
• The Tillman Story

Best Song

"If I Rise" – performed by Dido and A. R. Rahman; music by A. R. Rahman; lyrics by Dido and Rollo Armstrong; from 127 Hours

• "I See the Light" – performed by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi; written by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater; from Tangled
• "Shine" – performed and written by John Legend; from Waiting for Superman
• "We Belong Together" – performed and written by Randy Newman; from Toy Story 3
• "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" – performed by Cher; written by Diane Warren; from Burlesque

Best Score

The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

• Black Swan – Clint Mansell
• Inception – Hans Zimmer
• The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat
• True Grit – Carter Burwell

Joel Siegel Award

Matt Damon ^[2]

Music+Film Award

Quentin Tarantino ^[3]

Awards breakdown

Number of nominations (minimum 2)

12 – Black Swan

11 – The King's Speech and True Grit

10 – Inception

9 – The Social Network

8 – 127 Hours

6 – The Fighter

5 – Toy Story 3 and The Town

4 – Winter's Bone, The Kids Are All Right, and Alice in Wonderland

2 – Blue Valentine, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Tangled, and Waiting for "Superman"

Number of awards (minimum 2)

6 – Inception

4 – The Social Network

3 – The Fighter

2 – The King's Speech and Alice in Wonderland

References