There weren’t too many big surprises when the Critics’ Choice Awards announced their 2019 nominations on Monday morning, December 10. After all, with 10 nominees for Best Picture and six (or sometimes seven) nominees for acting and directing, the Broadcast Film Critics Assn. casts a wide net and nominated most of the names that have been in the discussion as top Oscar contenders. But there were inevitably awards hopefuls that missed the cut.
For instance, “Widows” was completely absent from the main categories including Best Picture, Best Director (Steve McQueen), and Best Actress (Viola Davis); it did manage an ensemble nomination. “First Reformed” reaped bids only for leading man Ethan Hawke and Paul Schrader for his screenplay but not direction.
See Critics’ Choice Awards 2019: ‘The Favourite’ is just that with 14 nominations but watch out for ‘Black Panther’
Even with seven contenders, the Best Actor race could find no room for Golden...
For instance, “Widows” was completely absent from the main categories including Best Picture, Best Director (Steve McQueen), and Best Actress (Viola Davis); it did manage an ensemble nomination. “First Reformed” reaped bids only for leading man Ethan Hawke and Paul Schrader for his screenplay but not direction.
See Critics’ Choice Awards 2019: ‘The Favourite’ is just that with 14 nominations but watch out for ‘Black Panther’
Even with seven contenders, the Best Actor race could find no room for Golden...
- 12/10/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
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