Timothée Chalamet and Jessie Buckley have surged into serious contention for the Oscars for their roles in, respectively, Marty Supreme and Hamnet, after picking up the top prizes for acting at the Critics Choice awards on Sunday.
Chalamet, who has been on a highly visible promotional tour for the film, defeated Oscar favourite Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another) in the best actor race, as well as Michael B Jordan (Sinners) and Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon). Chalamet, who plays a wannabe table-tennis champ in the early 1950s in Marty Supreme, thanked Kylie Jenner in his acceptance speech, saying: “Thank you to my partner for three years … I love you. I couldn’t do this without you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
Buckley, who played William Shakespeare’s wife Agnes, opposite Paul Mescal, is already one of the leading contenders for the best actress Oscar, and here appeared to confirm her frontrunner status by defeating Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value), Emma Stone (Bugonia) and Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee) to the top award. Buckley paid tribute to fellow Irish actor Mescal in her acceptance speech saying: “Paul, I bloody love you man. And I know loads of other women do in this room too, but tough shit … I could drink you like water working with you every single day. You’re a giant of the heart and thank you so much for making me a little bit more human.”
Despite its lead actor being overlooked, One Battle After Another can console itself after winning key awards here – best picture, and best director and adapted screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson – which consolidated its Oscar momentum. However in terms of numbers, One Battle After Another was outdone by Frankenstein and Sinners, both of which won four, including best supporting actor for Frankenstein’s Jacob Elordi and best original screenplay for Sinners’ Ryan Coogler.
The TV portion of the awards proved another triumph for teen-violence drama Adolescence, co-created by and starring Stephen Graham; it won best limited series as well as three acting awards, for Graham and his co-stars Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty in their respective categories.
Seth Rogen’s Hollywood comedy The Studio dominated the TV comedy prizes, winning best comedy series and acting awards for Rogen and supporting turn Ike Barinholtz. Likewise The Pitt edged its rivals in the drama awards, winning best drama series and acting prizes for Noah Wyle and Katherine LaNasa.
The lineup also contained a couple of jabs at Donald Trump: South Park, which has led the way in satirising the president, was given the best animated series awards, while Jimmy Kimmel, who came under sustained pressure from Trump after the shooting of Charlie Kirk, won best talkshow. And in a quirk reflecting the North American nature of the awards, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy won best movie made for television due to its US premiere on streaming service Peacock, despite it showing in cinemas in most other international territories.
The awards, which are voted on by the largest association of “broadcast” film and TV critics in the US and Canada are organised by the Critics Choice Association and its offshoot the Broadcast Television Journalists Association.
Full list of winners
Film
Best picture One Battle After Another
Best actor Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Best actress Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Best director Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Best original screenplay Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Best adapted screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Best supporting actor Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Best supporting actress Amy Madigan – Weapons
Best casting and ensemble Sinners
Best foreign language film The Secret Agent
Best animated feature Kpop Demon Hunters
Best comedy The Naked Gun
Best production design F1
Best costume design Frankenstein
Best hair and makeup Frankenstein
Best visual effects Avatar: Fire and Ash
Best sound F1
Best cinematography Train Dreams
Best song Golden – KPop Demon Hunters
Best score Sinners
Best stunt design Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Best young actor/actress Miles Caton – Sinners
Television
Best drama series The Pitt
Best comedy series The Studio
Best actress in a drama series Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus
Best actor in a drama series Noah Wyle – The Pitt
Best actress in a comedy series Jean Smart – Hacks
Best actor in a comedy series Seth Rogen – The Studio
Best supporting actor in a drama series Tramell Tillman – Severance
Best supporting actress in a drama series Katherine Lanasa – The Pitt
Best supporting actor in a comedy series Ike Barinholtz – The Studio
Best supporting actress in a comedy series Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
Best limited series Adolescence
Best actress in a limited series or movie made for television Sarah Snook – All Her Fault
Best actor in a limited series or movie made for television Stephen Graham – Adolescence
Best supporting actor in a limited series or movie made for television Owen Cooper – Adolescence
Best supporting actress in a limited series or movie made for television Erin Doherty – Adolescence
Best animated series South Park
Best talkshow Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Best variety series Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Best comedy special SNL50: The Anniversary Special
Best foreign language series Squid Game
Best movie made for television Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
