17th Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Date: 12 January 2012
Host: Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel

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Best Picture

• The Artist (2011)

The Descendants (2011)
Drive (2011)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
The Help (2011)
Hugo (2011)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Moneyball (2011)
The Tree of Life (2011)
War Horse (2011)


Best Actor

• George Clooney as Matt King (The Descendants)

Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover (J. Edgar)
Jean Dujardin as George Valentin (The Artist)
Michael Fassbender as Brandon Sullivan (Shame)
Ryan Gosling as The Driver (Drive)
Brad Pitt as Billy Beane (Moneyball)


Best Actress

• Viola Davis as Aibileen Clarke (The Help)

Elizabeth Olsen as Martha (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher (The Iron Lady)
Tilda Swinton as Eve Khatchadourian (We Need to Talk about Kevin)
Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary (Young Adult)
Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe (My Week with Marilyn)


Best Supporting Actor

• Christopher Plummer as Hal Fields (Beginners)

Kenneth Branagh as Laurence Olivier (My Week with Marilyn)
Albert Brooks as Bernie Rose (Drive)
Nick Nolte as Paddy Conlon (Warrior)
Patton Oswalt as Matt Freehoff (Young Adult)
Andy Serkis as Caesar (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)


Best Supporting Actress

• Octavia Spencer as Minny Jackson (The Help)

Berenice Bejo as Peppy Miller (The Artist)

Jessica Chastain as Celia Foote (The Help)
Melissa McCarthy as Megan Price (Bridesmaids)
Carey Mulligan as Sissy Sullivan (Shame)
Shailene Woodley as Alexandra King (The Descendants)


Best Young Actor/Actress

• Thomas Horn as Oskar Schell (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)

Asa Butterfield as Hugo Cabret (Hugo)
Elle Fanning as Alice Dainard (Super 8)
Ezra Miller as Kevin Khatchadourian (We Need to Talk about Kevin)
Saoirse Ronan as Hanna (Hanna)
Shailene Woodley as Alexandra King (The Descendants)


Best Acting Ensemble

• The Help (2011)

The Artist (2011)
Bridesmaids (2011)
The Descendants (2011)
The Ides of March (2011)


Best Director

• Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)

Stephen Daldry (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Steven Spielberg (War Horse)


Best Original Screenplay

• Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)

Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Will Reiser (50/50)
Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni (Win Win)
Diablo Cody (Young Adult)


Best Adapted Screenplay

• Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin (Moneyball)

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash (The Descendants)
Eric Roth (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)
Tate Taylor (The Help)
John Logan (Hugo)


Best Cinematography

• Janusz Kamiński (War Horse) (tie)
• Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life) (tie)

Newton Thomas Sigel (Drive)
Robert Richardson (Hugo)
Guillaume Schiffman (The Artist)


Best Art Direction

• Dante Ferretti (Production Designer), Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decorator) (Hugo)

Jack Fisk (Production Designer), David Crank (Art Director) (The Tree of Life)
Laurence Bennett (Production Designer), Gregory S. Hooper (Art Director) (The Artist)
Rick Carter (Production Designer), Lee Sandales (Set Decorator) (War Horse)
Stuart Craig (Production Designer), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decorator) (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2)


Best Editing

• Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Matthew Newman (Drive)
Thelma Schoonmaker (Hugo)
Michel Hazanavicius and Anne-Sophie Bion (The Artist)
Michael Kahn (War Horse)


Best Costume Design

• Mark Bridges (The Artist)

Jill Taylor (My Week with Marilyn)
Michael O’Connor (Jane Eyre)
Sandy Powell (Hugo)
Sharen Davis (The Help)


Best Makeup

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)

Albert Nobbs (2011)
J. Edgar (2011)
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
The Iron Lady (2011)


Best Visual Effects

• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
Hugo (2011)
Super 8 (2011)
The Tree of Life (2011)


Best Sound

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)

Hugo (2011)
Super 8 (2011)
The Tree of Life (2011)
War Horse (2011)


Best Animated Feature

• Rango (2011)

Arthur Christmas (2011)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Puss in Boots (2011)
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)


Best Action Movie

• Drive (2011)

Fast Five (2011)
Hanna (2011)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Super 8 (2011)


Best Comedy

• Bridesmaids (2011)

Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
Horrible Bosses (2011)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
The Muppets (2011)


Best Foreign Language Film

• A Separation (2011)

In Darkness (2011)
Le Havre (2011)
The Skin I Live In (2011)
Where Do We Go Now? (2011)


Best Documentary Feature

• George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)

Buck (2011)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
Page One: Inside the New York Times (2011)
Project Nim (2011)
Undefeated (2011)


Best Song

• Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter - "Life’s A Happy Song" (The Muppets)

Elton John and Lady Gaga - "Hello Hello" (Gnomeo & Juliet)
Bret McKenzie - "Man or Muppet"(The Muppets)
Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman - "Pictures in My Head" (The Muppets)
Mary J. Blige - "The Living Proof" (The Help)


Best Score

• Ludovic Bource (The Artist)

Cliff Martinez (Drive)
Howard Shore (Hugo)
John Williams (War Horse)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)


Joel Siegel Award

• Sean Penn

Music+Film Award

• Martin Scorsese