23rd Critics' Choice Awards

23rd Critics' Choice Awards
23rd Critics' Choice Awards
Date	January 11, 2018
Site	Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California, United States
Hosted by	Olivia Munn
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
Highlights
Best Film	The Shape of Water
Most awards	The Shape of Water (4)
Most nominations	The Shape of Water (14)
Television coverage
Network	The CW
	← 22nd; Critics' Choice Awards; 24th →;

The 23rd Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 11, 2018 at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, together with its television awards, honoring the finest achievements of 2017 filmmaking.^[1]^[2]^[3] The ceremony was broadcast on The CW and hosted by Olivia Munn.^[4] The nominations were announced on December 6, 2017.^[5]

Winners and nominees[]

Guillermo del Toro, Best Director winner

Gary Oldman, Best Actor winner

Frances McDormand, Best Actress winner

Sam Rockwell, Best Supporting Actor winner

Allison Janney, Best Supporting Actress winner

Jordan Peele, Best Original Screenplay winner

James Ivory, Best Adapted Screenplay winner

James Franco, Best Actor in a Comedy Movie winner

Margot Robbie, Best Actress in a Comedy Movie winner

Best Picture The Shape of Water The Big Sick Call Me by Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk The Florida Project Get Out Lady Bird The Post Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Best Director Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird Luca Guadagnino – Call Me by Your Name Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk Jordan Peele – Get Out Steven Spielberg – The Post
Best Actor *Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour* as Winston Churchill** Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name as Elio Perlman Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread as Reynolds Woodcock James Franco – The Disaster Artist as Tommy Wiseau Jake Gyllenhaal – Stronger as Jeff Bauman Tom Hanks – The Post as Ben Bradlee Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out as Chris Washington	Best Actress *Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri* as Mildred Hayes** Jessica Chastain – Molly's Game as Molly Bloom Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water as Elisa Esposito Margot Robbie – I, Tonya as Tonya Harding Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson Meryl Streep – The Post as Katharine Graham
Best Supporting Actor *Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri* as Officer Jason Dixon** Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project as Bobby Hicks Armie Hammer – Call Me by Your Name as Oliver Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water as Giles Patrick Stewart – Logan as Charles Xavier / Professor X Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me by Your Name as Mr. Perlman	Best Supporting Actress *Allison Janney – I, Tonya* as LaVona Golden** Mary J. Blige – Mudbound as Florence Jackson Hong Chau – Downsizing as Ngoc Lan Tran Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip as Dina Holly Hunter – The Big Sick as Beth Gardner Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird as Marion McPherson Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water as Zelda Delilah Fuller
Best Young Actor/Actress *Brooklynn Prince – The Florida Project* as Moonee** Mckenna Grace – Gifted as Mary Adler Dafne Keen – Logan as Laura Kinney / X-23 Millicent Simmonds – Wonderstruck as Rose Jacob Tremblay – Wonder as August "Auggie" Pullman	Best Acting Ensemble Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Dunkirk Lady Bird Mudbound The Post
Best Original Screenplay Jordan Peele – Get Out Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor – The Shape of Water Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani – The Big Sick Liz Hannah and Josh Singer – The Post Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Best Adapted Screenplay James Ivory – Call Me by Your Name Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber – The Disaster Artist Dee Rees and Virgil Williams – Mudbound Aaron Sorkin – Molly's Game Jack Thorne, Steven Conrad, and Stephen Chbosky – Wonder
Best Animated Feature Coco The Breadwinner Despicable Me 3 The Lego Batman Movie Loving Vincent	Best Action Movie Wonder Woman Baby Driver Logan Thor: Ragnarok War for the Planet of the Apes
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie Get Out Blade Runner 2049 It The Shape of Water	Best Comedy Movie The Big Sick The Disaster Artist Girls Trip I, Tonya Lady Bird
Best Actor in an Comedy Movie *James Franco – The Disaster Artist* as Tommy Wiseau** Steve Carell – Battle of the Sexes as Bobby Riggs Chris Hemsworth – Thor: Ragnarok as Thor Kumail Nanjiani – The Big Sick as Kumail Adam Sandler – The Meyerowitz Stories as Danny Meyerowitz	Best Actress in an Comedy Movie *Margot Robbie – I, Tonya* as Tonya Harding** Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip as Dina Zoe Kazan – The Big Sick as Emily Gardner Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson Emma Stone – Battle of the Sexes as Billie Jean King
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins – Blade Runner 2049 Dan Laustsen – The Shape of Water Rachel Morrison – Mudbound Sayombhu Mukdeeprom – Call Me by Your Name Hoyte van Hoytema – Dunkirk	Best Editing Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos – Baby Driver (TIE) Lee Smith – Dunkirk (TIE) Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar – The Post Joe Walker – Blade Runner 2049 Sidney Wolinsky – The Shape of Water
Best Costume Design Mark Bridges – Phantom Thread Renée April – Blade Runner 2049 Jacqueline Durran – Beauty and the Beast Lindy Hemming – Wonder Woman Luis Sequeira – The Shape of Water	Best Production Design Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, and Jeff Melvin – The Shape of Water Jim Clay and Rebecca Alleway – Murder on the Orient Express Nathan Crowley and Gary Fettis – Dunkirk Dennis Gassner and Alessandra Querzola – Blade Runner 2049 Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer – Beauty and the Beast Mark Tildesley and Véronique Melery – Phantom Thread
Best Score Alexandre Desplat – The Shape of Water Jonny Greenwood – Phantom Thread Dario Marianelli – Darkest Hour Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer – Blade Runner 2049 John Williams – The Post Hans Zimmer – Dunkirk	Best Song "Remember Me" – Coco "Evermore" – Beauty and the Beast "Mystery of Love" – Call Me by Your Name "Stand Up for Something" – Marshall "This Is Me" – The Greatest Showman
Best Hair and Makeup Darkest Hour Beauty and the Beast I, Tonya The Shape of Water Wonder	Best Visual Effects War for the Planet of the Apes Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Shape of Water Thor: Ragnarok Wonder Woman
Best Foreign Language Film In the Fade • France / Germany BPM (Beats per Minute) • France A Fantastic Woman • Chile / Germany / Spain / United States First They Killed My Father • Cambodia / United States The Square • Denmark / France / Germany / Sweden Thelma • Denmark / France / Norway / Sweden

#SeeHer Award[]

Gal Gadot^[6]

Films by multiple nominations and wins[]

The following twenty-six films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
14	The Shape of Water
8	Call Me by Your Name
	Dunkirk
	Lady Bird
	The Post
7	Blade Runner 2049
6	The Big Sick
6	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
5	Get Out
5	I, Tonya
4	Beauty and the Beast
	Darkest Hour
	The Disaster Artist
	Mudbound
	Phantom Thread
3	The Florida Project
	Girls Trip
	Logan
	Thor: Ragnarok
	Wonder
	Wonder Woman
2	Baby Driver
	Battle of the Sexes
	Coco
	Molly's Game
	War for the Planet of the Apes

The following six films received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
4	The Shape of Water
3	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2	Coco
	Darkest Hour
	Get Out
	I, Tonya

References[]

^ Tapley, Kristopher (January 11, 2018). "'Shape of Water,' 'Big Little Lies,' 'Handmaid's Tale' Top Critics' Choice Awards". Variety. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
^ Nolfi, Joey (January 11, 2018). "Critics' Choice Awards winners 2018: Full list". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (November 7, 2017). "Critics' Choice Awards Moves To New Date". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
^ Hipes, Patrick (January 3, 2018). "Olivia Munn To Host Critics' Choice Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
^ Kilday, Gregg (December 6, 2017). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Shape of Water' Leads With 14 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
^ Johnson, Zach (December 21, 2017). "Gal Gadot to Receive #SeeHer Award at 2018 Critics' Choice Awards". E! Online. Retrieved December 21, 2017.

External links[]

23rd Annual Critics' Choice Awards – Winners

[1] Tapley, Kristopher (January 11, 2018). "'Shape of Water,' 'Big Little Lies,' 'Handmaid's Tale' Top Critics' Choice Awards". Variety. Retrieved January 11, 2018.

[2] Nolfi, Joey (January 11, 2018). "Critics' Choice Awards winners 2018: Full list". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 11, 2018.

[3] Ramos, Dino-Ray (November 7, 2017). "Critics' Choice Awards Moves To New Date". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 7, 2017.

[4] Hipes, Patrick (January 3, 2018). "Olivia Munn To Host Critics' Choice Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 3, 2018.

[5] Kilday, Gregg (December 6, 2017). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Shape of Water' Leads With 14 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 6, 2017.

[6] Johnson, Zach (December 21, 2017). "Gal Gadot to Receive #SeeHer Award at 2018 Critics' Choice Awards". E! Online. Retrieved December 21, 2017.

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