SWEENEY TODD not the Critics' Choice, unfortunately
January 7, 2008
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Posted by Part-Time Poet
Despite five nominations, SWEENEY TODD was shut out at the Critics’ Choice Awards, a fate it shared with INTO THE WILD, which earned seven nominations but no wins. The Broadcast Film Critics Association (in a tedious telecast that did little to burnish the awards’ reputation) selected NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem), although Best Ensemble was awarded to HAIRSPRAY (and no, “Best Ensemble” was not a costuming award, so John Travolta’s pink-sequined gown did not figure into the voting). Best Actor and Actress went to Daniel Day-Lewis in THERE WILL BE BLOOD and Julie Christie in AWAY FROM HER; Best Supporting Actress was Amy Ryan in GONE BABY GONE. Julian Schnabel’s THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY won for Best Foreign Language Film, while HAIRSPRAY’s Nikki Blonsky and THE KITE RUNNER’s Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada were voted Best Young Actress and Actor. You can read a full list of the Critics’ Choice winners here: http://tinyurl.com/287fbo –Part-Time Poet
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