Following its Golden Globe win on Sunday, Boyhood has claimed another huge victory in the run up to next month's Oscars winning the Critics Choice Movie Award for Best Picture. The film, which yesterday received a massive six nominations including Best Picture, was chosen as the best film of the past 12 months by over 250 members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
The film, which was made over 12 years with the same cast, also picked up prizes for Best Director to Richard Linklater, Best Supporting Actress to Patricia Arquette and Best Young Actor to its leading boy, who in it we literally watch grow to a young man, Ellar Coltrane. Prior to last weekend's Golden Globe win, Boyhood had arguably been over looked as one of the main contenders going into award season, yet in just five days the picture has picked up two of the biggest awards of the year and six Oscar nominations.
Michael Keaton was honoured with two awards, picking up both Best Actor in a Comedy and Best Actor, for his astonishing comeback performance in Birdman. The film follows Keaton's character, an action film actor whose fame has faded and is now desperate to return to the spotlight on Broadway. In total the film won seven awards including Best Enseble to the cast, which also includes Edward Norton and Emma Stone who alongside Keaton all picked up Oscar nominations yesterday too.
Boyhood wins Best Picture at the Critics Choice Movie Awards (Brian To/WENN)
Accepting his award, Keaton, whose career has a somewhat startling resemblance to his on screen Birdman character, joked: “I'll take anything, to be honest with you," in a week that's seen him win a Golden Globe and is starting to look more and more likely to take this year's Oscar.
Julianne Moore followed her Golden Globe win with another last night for Best Actress. The starlet is sweeping the board for her performance in Still Alice where she plays a professor who is struck with Alzheimer's disease.
Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, which came out on top alongside Birdman at yesterday's Oscar nomination announcement with nine, won the prize for Best Comedy as well as Best Costume Design and Art Direction. Sadly, it's hopes of nine nominations turning into much victory at the Oscar ceremony seem unlikely, without categories such as Best Comedy being recognised.
Micheal Keaton win Best Actor (Brian To/WENN)
And despite yesterday's Oscar snub, which has left most of Hollywood slightly baffled, The Lego Movie rightfully won Best Animation. So thing's are still pretty awesome!
Check out all of the winners from last night's Critics Choice Movie Awards below…
Best Picture
Boyhood
Best Actor
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Best Actress
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Best Supporting Actor
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Best Young A ctor
Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood
Best Acting Ensemble
Birdman
Julianne Moore adds to her Golden Globe win with Critics Choice Best Actress (Apega/WENN)
Best Director
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Best Original Screenplay
Birdman
Best Adapted Screenplay
Gone Girl
Best Cinematography
Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki
Best Art Direction
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Adam Stockhausen/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
Best Editing
Birdman – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
Best Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero
Best Hair And Makeup
Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Best Animated Feature
The Lego Movie
Best Action Movie
Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Actor In An Action movie
Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
Best Actress In An Action Movie
Emily Blunt – Edge of Tomorrow
Best Comedy
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Angelina Jolie's Unbroken snubbed again (Brian To/WENN)
Best Actor In A Comedy
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Best Actress In A Comedy
Jenny Slate – Obvious Child
Best Scifi/Horror Movie
Interstellar
Best Foreign Language Film
Force Majeure
Best Documentary
Life Itself
Best Song
“Glory” – Common/John Legend – Selma
Critics' Coice MVP Award
Jessica Chastain
Critics' Choice Louis XIII Genius Award
Ron Howard
Lifetime Acievement Award
Kevin Costner
