It took me over an hour to fill out the ballot for the 19th Annual Critics Choice Awards. The tallies (noms or winners, I forget which) will be announced next Monday. The pain-in-the-ass minor categories (Best Female Action Star, etc.) are what caused all the trouble. I don’t care if my picks are consistent with previously posted preferences — I go with my moods. You don’t get bonus points for voting for the favorites, although there are some people who actually vote that way.
BEST PICTURE: 1. Wolf of Wall Street; 2. 12 Years A Slave; 3. Inside Llewyn Davis; 4. Her; 5. American Hustle.
BEST ACTOR: 1. Robert Redford, All Is Lost; 2. Joaquin Phoenix, Her; 3. Leonardo DiCaprio, Wolf of Wall Street.
BEST ACTRESS: 1. Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue Is The Warmest Color; 2. Julie Delpy, Before Midnight; 3. Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: 1. Jonah Hill, Wolf of Wall Street; 2. Jared Leto, Dallas Buyer’s Club; 3. Josh Brolin, Labor Day.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: 1. Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years A Slave; 2. Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle; 3. Jennifer Garner, Dallas Buyer’s Club.
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (Under 21): 1. Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue Is The Warmest Color; 2. Pauline Burlet, The Past; 3. Onata Aprile, What Maisie Knew.
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE: 1. Inside Llewyn Davis; 2. Dallas Buyer’s Club; 3. Wolf of Wall Street.
BEST DIRECTING: 1. Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese); 2. 12 Years A Slave (Steve McQueen); 3. Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen)
BEST SCREENWRITING (Original Screenplay): 1. Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen); 2. Dallas Buyer’s Club (Craig Borten); 3. Her (Spike Jonze)
BEST SCREENWRITING (Adapted Screenplay): 1. 12 Years A Slave (John Ridley); 2. The Wolf of Wall Street (Terrence Winter); 3. Before Midnight (Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater).
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: 1. Inside Llewyn Davis (Bruno Delbonnel); 2. Her (Hoyte von Hoytema); 3. Nebraska (Phedon Papamichael).
BEST ART DIRECTION: 1. Inside Llewyn Davis; 2. Her; 3. Wolf of Wall Street.
BEST EDITING: 1. Inside Llewyn Davis (Roderick Jaynes); 2. All Is Lost (Pete Beaudreau); 3. 12 Years A Slave (Joe Walker).
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: 1. Inside Llewyn Davis; 2. 12 Years A Slave; 3. Dallas Buyer’s Club.
BEST MAKEUP: 1. World War Z; 2. 12 Years A Slave; 3. Oz The Great and Powerful.
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: 1. Gravity; 2. World War Z; 3. Star Trek Into Darkness.
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE; 1. The Wind Rises; 2. Frozen; 3. The Croods.
BEST ACTION MOVIE: 1. Gravity; 2. Prisoners; 3. Rush.
BEST ACTOR in an ACTION MOVIE: 1. Brad Pitt, World War Z; 2. Jake Gyllenhaal, Prisoners; 3. Daniel Bruhl, Rush.
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION MOVIE: 1. Rinko Kikuchi, Pacific Rim; 2. Jennifer Lawrence, Hunger Games; 3. I can’t think of anyone else, don’t care that much.
BEST COMEDY: 1. Wolf of Wall Street; 2. Inside Llewyn Davis; 3. Last Vegas.
BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY: 1. Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis; 2. Leonardo DiCaprio, Wolf of Wall Street; 3. James Franco, Spring Breakers.
BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY: 1. Margot Robbie, Wolf of Wall Street; 2. Carey Mulligan, Inside Llewyn Davis; 3. Mary Steenburgen, Last Vegas.
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE: 1. Elysium; 2. Pacific Rim; 3. Oblivion.
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: 1. Blue Is The Warmest Color; 2. The Past; 3. Bethlehem.
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: 1. 20 Feet From Stardom; 2. The Gatekeepers; 3. Inequality For All.
BEST SONG: 1. “Please, Mr. Kennedy,” Inside Llewyn Davis; 2. “Sweeter Than Fiction,” One Chance; 3. “Let It Go,” Frozen.
BEST SCORE: 1. Nebraska; 2. 12 Years A Slave; 3. All Is Lost.