17th Critics' Choice Awards

The 17th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 12, 2012 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements in 2011 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on VH1. Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel hosted the event.

The nominees were announced on December 13, 2011.^[1][2][3]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Picture

The Artist

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

Best Actor

George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King

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

Best Actress

Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clarke

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

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields

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

Best Supporting Actress

Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson

• Berenice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
• Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Foote
• Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan Price
• Carey Mulligan – Shame as Sissy Sullivan
• Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King

Best Young Actor/Actress

Thomas Horn – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as Oskar Schell

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

Best Acting Ensemble

The Help

• The Artist
• Bridesmaids
• The Descendants
• The Ides of March

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 and Incredibly Close
• Tate Taylor – The Help
• John Logan – Hugo

Best Cinematography

Janusz Kamiński – War Horse (TIE)
Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life (TIE)

• Robert Richardson – Hugo
• Guillaume Schiffman – The Artist
• Newton Thomas Sigel – Drive

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 and 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

• Albert Nobbs
• J. Edgar
• My Week with Marilyn
• The Iron Lady

Best Visual Effects

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

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

Best Sound

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

• Hugo
• Super 8
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

Best Animated Feature

Rango

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

Best Action Movie

Drive

• Fast Five
• Hanna
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Super 8

Best Comedy

Bridesmaids

• Crazy, Stupid, Love
• Horrible Bosses
• Midnight in Paris
• The Muppets

Best Foreign Language Film

A Separation

• In Darkness
• Le Havre
• The Skin I Live In
• Where Do We Go Now?

Best Documentary Feature

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

• Buck
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams
• Page One: Inside the New York Times
• Project Nim
• Undefeated

Best Song

"Life’s A Happy Song" – performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams, and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets

• "Hello Hello" – performed by Elton John and Lady Gaga/written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin – Gnomeo & Juliet
• "Man or Muppet" – performed by Jason Segel and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets
• "Pictures in My Head" – performed by Kermit and The Muppets/written by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, and Chen Neeman –The Muppets
• "The Living Proof" – performed by Mary J. Blige/written by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, and Harvey Mason, Jr. – 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 ^[4]

Music+Film Award

Martin Scorsese ^[5]

References