December 18, 2009

The Utah Film Critics Association announces its winners

Here they are:

Best Picture

Up in the Air
(runners-up: The Hurt Locker; Inglourious Basterds)

Best Achievement in Directing
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
(runner-up: John Hillcoat, The Road)

Best Male Lead Performance
Viggo Mortensen, The Road
(runner-up: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker)

Best Female Lead Performance
Carey Mulligan, An Education
(runner-up: Maya Rudolph, Away We Go)

Best Male Supporting Performance
Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
(runner-up: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds)

Best Supporting Performance by an Actress
Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
(runner-up: Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air)

Best Screenplay
Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, Fantastic Mr. Fox
(runners-up: Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer; Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds)

Best Animated Feature
Fantastic Mr. Fox
(runner-up: Up)

Best Documentary Feature
The Cove
(runner-up: Anvil! The Story of Anvil)

Best Non-English Language Feature
Thirst
(runner-up: Sin Nombre)

-They certainly mixed it up in a few places...

7 comments:

  1. They seemed to split between the favorites and the long shots...

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  2. Maya Rudolph has gotten a lot of critics circle buzz - any chance she might make the Oscar cut? I really loved Away We Go and especially her performance...

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  3. finally jason reitman wins! by the way I've been wondering about this one b/c i'm a hugeeee oldboy fan, how is Thirst? Besides it's oscar chances I mean did anyone see it? thoughts on that? you guys may want to review that one

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  4. finally jason reitman wins! by the way I've been wondering about this one b/c i'm a hugeeee oldboy fan, how is Thirst? Besides it's oscar chances I mean did anyone see it? thoughts on that? you guys may want to review that one

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  5. Rudolph is a long shot, but not out of the race...

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  6. I saw Thirst at the end of a long day and honestly slept through parts, not that the film was bad, just I was tired. What I remember of it is pretty good...

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  7. I'm super excited to see Viggo Mortensen finally getting some recognition for his earth-shattering performance in The Road. and the runner up mention for John Hillcoat was icing on the cake for me! :)

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