WINNERS OF THE 28th ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS |
FILM CATEGORIES BEST PICTURE Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) BEST ACTOR Brendan Fraser – The Whale (A24) BEST ACTRESS Cate Blanchett – Tár (Focus Features) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Disney Studios Motion Pictures) BEST YOUNG ACTOR Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures) BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix) BEST DIRECTOR Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Sarah Polley – Women Talking (United Artists Releasing) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Claudio Miranda – Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures) BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino – Babylon (Paramount Pictures) BEST EDITING Paul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) BEST COSTUME DESIGN Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Disney Studios Motion Pictures) BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Elvis (Warner Bros. Pictures) BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios) BEST COMEDY Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix) BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix) BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM RRR (Sarigama Cinemas) BEST SONG Naatu Naatu – RRR (Sarigama Cinemas) BEST SCORE Hildur Guðnadóttir – Tár (Focus Features) SERIES CATEGORIES BEST DRAMA SERIES Better Call Saul (AMC) BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul (AMC) BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Zendaya – Euphoria (HBO Max) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul (AMC) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus (HBO Max) BEST COMEDY SERIES Abbott Elementary (ABC) BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Jeremy Allen White – The Bear (FX) BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Henry Winkler – Barry (HBO Max) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary (ABC) BEST LIMITED SERIES The Dropout (Hulu) BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel) BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Daniel Radcliffe – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel) BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout (Hulu) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Paul Walter Hauser – Black Bird (Apple TV+) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix) BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES Pachinko (Apple TV+) BEST ANIMATED SERIES Harley Quinn (HBO Max) BEST TALK SHOW Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO Max) BEST COMEDY SPECIAL Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special (Netflix) |
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SUMMARY OF AWARD WINNERS
2022 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
(Choices listed in order of votes received)
BEST PICTURE
Winner: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Runners-up: THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (2); THE FABELMANS (3); TAR (4); TOP GUN: MAVERICK (5); WOMEN TALKING (6); THE WHALE (7); GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO (8); BABYLON (9); THE WOMAN KING (10)
BEST ACTOR
Winner: Colin Farrell, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Runners-up: Brendan Fraser, THE WHALE (2); Austin Butler, ELVIS (3); Bill Nighy, LIVING (4); Tom Cruise, TOP GUN: MAVERICK (5)
BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Cate Blanchett, TAR
Runners-up: Michelle Yeoh, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (2); Michelle Williams, THE FABELMANS (3); Danielle Deadwyler, TILL (4); Viola Davis, THE WOMAN KING (5)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Ke Huy Quan, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Runners-up: Brendan Gleeson, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (2); Paul Dano, THE FABELMANS (3); Brian Tyree Henry, CAUSEWAY (4); Ben Whishaw, WOMEN TALKING (5)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Kerry Condon, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Runners-up: Hong Chau, THE WHALE (2); Angela Bassett, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (3); Jessie Buckley, WOMEN TALKING (4); Janelle Monae, GLASS ONION (5)
BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Runners-up: Steven Spielberg, THE FABELMANS (2); Todd Field, TAR (3); Martin McDonagh, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (4); Sarah Polley, WOMEN TALKING (5)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: DECISION TO LEAVE
Runners-up: CLOSE (2); ARGENTINA 1985 (3); ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (4); EO (5)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: GOOD NIGHT OPPY
Runners-up: ALL THAT BREATHES (2); FIRE OF LOVE (3); MOONAGE DAYDREAM (4); BAD AXE (5)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Runner-up: MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner: Martin McDonagh, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Runner-up: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Russell Carpenter, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
Runner-up: Greig Fraser, THE BATMAN (tie); Claudio Miranda, TOP GUN: MAVERICK (tie)
BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Winner: Alexandre Desplat, GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Runner-up: John Williams, THE FABELMANS
RUSSELL SMITH AWARD (best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film)
Winner: EO
We already knew that Steven Spielberg hadn’t lost his touch after his remarkable remake of “West Side Story”. But in his newest drama, “The Fabelmans”, he pulls from his own personal experience as he digs at the family roots that helped shape him into the iconic filmmaker.
If I am being completely honest, as a little kid, the only director I knew of was Spielberg. His films are such a huge part of my upbringing. I don’t think I even understood completely what a director did until I put a face to the creator of “E.T.” and “Jaws”. As we all know, he has an amazing resume of monumental films. So, to get a chance to peep into what started his craft and an insight into his family, is a true honor.
In “The Fabelmans”, we follow Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle) from a young boy through college as he navigates family drama while chasing his dream of making movies. Without giving too much away, the biggest drama stems from Sammy’s mother, Mitzi (Michelle Williams). She’s naturally the more melodramatic member of the family. She’s an artist/pianist who encourages Sammy to embrace his creativity. Her children adore her free-spirited, performative behavior, while also admiring their father’s (Paul Dano) intelligence. They actually come off as the perfect family, until Sammy takes a closer look through his lens and sees flaws in his parents’ marriage. This and other trials and tribulations will prove to mold Sammy into a stronger man and help him find solace in his films.
The story is told through fantastic performances by the entire cast. The standout is LaBelle, who I expect we will be seeing plenty more of after such an authentic and vulnerable portrayal of the young director. And easily one of the best performances of the year, Williams as Mitzi. Your feelings about her may be conflicting at first, but by the end, she’s the one you won’t be able to stop thinking about. Such a layered character we have the pleasure of diving into. Mitzi is a loving, and at times erratic mother whose behavior is “unique”. However, she’s absolutely mesmerizing. Williams deserves an obvious nomination, if not a win for this role.
Now, I may sound like a broken record with this one negative, but the film could have been about 30 minutes shorter and been just as effective. However, the characters are engaging enough to distract you from the runtime.
“The Fabelmans” serves as an ode to the power of filmmaking. Movies have the ability to make people feel what you want them to, and through that you can ignite emotions of laughter, fear, joy, love, and so much more. Spielberg was gifting us with his movie-magic, while also using his art as a therapeutic escape. “The Fabelmans” is a rare gem for movie buffs and an enjoyable film for the whole family.
Rating: A-