13th Critics Choice Awards
The 13th annual Critic’s Choice Awards were broadcast on VH-1 on January 7th, 2008. The awards celebrated some of the best of cinema from 2007. Who were some of this year’s winners?
Best Picture
“American Gangster”
“Atonement”
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
“Into the Wild”
“Juno”
“The Kite Runner”
“Michael Clayton”
“No Country For Old Men”
“Sweeney Todd”
“There Will Be Blood”
And the winner is: “No Country for Old Men” starring Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones
Best Director
Tim Burton for “Sweeney Todd”
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen for “No Country for Old Men”
Sidney Lumet for “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”
Sean Penn for “Into the Wild”
Julian Schnabel for “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
Joe Wright for “Atonement”
And the winner is: The Coen Brothers for their movie “No Country for Old Men”
Best Animated Feature
“Bee Movie”
“Beowulf”
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“Ratatouille”
“The Simpsons Movie”
And the winner is: “Ratatouille” was voted Best Animated Feature.
Best Comedy Movie
“Dan in Real Life”
“Hairspray”
“Juno”
“Knocked Up”
“Superbad”
And the winner is: “Juno” received the award for Best Comedy Movie.
Best Family Film
“August Rush”
“Enchanted”
“The Golden Compass”
“Hairspray”
“Harry Potter and the Order of the
And the winner is: “Enchanted” starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden and Susan Sarandon won.
Best Foreign Language Film
“4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
“La Vie En Rose”
“Lust Caution”
“The Orphanage”
And the winner is: “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” won for Best Foreign Language Film.
Best Acting Ensemble
“Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”
“Gone Baby Gone”
“Hairspray”
“Juno”
“No Country for Old Men”
“Sweeney Todd”
And the winner is: “Hairspray” starring Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, John Travolta and Christopher Walken won.
Best Actor
George Clooney for “Michael Clayton”
Daniel Day-Lewis for “There Will Be Blood”
Johnny Depp for “Sweeney Todd”
Ryan Gosling for “Lars and the Real Girl”
Emile Hirsch for “Into the Wild”
Viggo Mortensen for “Eastern Promises”
And the winner is: Daniel Day-Lewis won for his role as Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood”.
Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck for “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”
Javier Bardem for “No Country for Old Men”
Philip Seymour Hoffman for “Charlie Wilson’s War”
Hal Holbrook for “Into the Wild”
Tom Wilkinson for “Michael Clayton”
And the winner is: Javier Bardem for his role as Anton Chigurh in “No Country for Old Men”.
Best Young Actor
Michael Cera for “Juno”
Michael Cera for “Superbad”
Freddie Highmore for “August Rush”
Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada for “The Kite Runner”
Ed Sanders for “Sweeney Todd”
And the winner is: Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada won for his role as the Young Hassan in “The Kite Runner”.
Best Actress
Amy Adams for “Enchanted”
Cate Blanchett for “
Julie Christie for “Away From Her”
Marion Cotillard for “La Vie En Rose”
Angelina Jolie for “A Mighty Heart”
Ellen Page for “Juno”
And the winner is: Julie Christie won for her role as Fiona Anderson in “Away From Her”.
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett for “I’m Not There”
Catherine Keener for “Into the Wild”
Vanessa Redgrave for “Atonement”
Amy Ryan for “Gone Baby Gone”
Tilda Swinton for “Michael Clayton”
And the winner is: Amy Ryan won for her role as Helene McCready in “Gone Baby Gone”.
Best Young Actress
Nikki Blonsky for “Hairspray”
Dakota Blue Richards for “The Golden Compass”
AnnaSophia Robb for “Bridge to Terabithia”
Saoirse Ronan for “Atonement”
And the winner is: Nikki Blonsky won for her role as Tracy Turnblad in “Hairspray”.
Best Writer
Diablo Cody for “Juno”
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen for “No Country for Old Men”
Tony Gilroy for “Michael Clayton”
Nancy Oliver for “Lars and the Real Girl”
Sean Penn for “Into the Wild”
Aaron Sorkin for “Charlie Wilson’s War”
And the winner is: Diablo Cody won for her work on “Juno”.
For a complete list of nominees and winners, visit the Broadcast Film Critic’s Association website!
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