17th Critics' Choice Awards

17th Critics' Choice Awards
Date	January 12, 2012
Host	Rob Huebel; Paul Scheer
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
Highlights
Best Film	The Artist
Most awards	The Artist (4)
Most nominations	The Artist (11); Hugo (11)
Television coverage
Network	VH1
	← 16th; Critics' Choice Awards; 18th →;

The 17th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 12, 2012 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2011 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on VH1, and hosted by Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer. The nominees were announced on December 13, 2011.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Winners and nominees

Michel Hazanavicius, Best Director winner

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George Clooney, Best Actor winner

Viola Davis, Best Actress winner

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Christopher Plummer, Best Supporting Actor winner

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Octavia Spencer, Best Supporting Actress winner

Woody Allen, Best Original Screenplay winner

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Aaron Sorkin, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner

Best Actress

Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clarke

Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eve Khatchadourian
Charlize Theron – Young Adult as Mavis Gary
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields

Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose
Nick Nolte – Warrior as Paddy Conlon
Patton Oswalt – Young Adult as Matt Freehauf
Andy Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar

Best Supporting Actress

Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson

Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Foote
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan Price
Carey Mulligan – Shame as Sissy Sullivan
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King

Best Young Actor/Actress

Thomas Horn – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close as Oskar Schell

Asa Butterfield – Hugo as Hugo Cabret
Elle Fanning – Super 8 as Alice Dainard
Ezra Miller – We Need to Talk About Kevin as Kevin Khatchadourian
Saoirse Ronan – Hanna as Hanna Heller
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King

Best Acting Ensemble

The Help

Best Original Screenplay

Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris

Best Adapted Screenplay

Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin – Moneyball

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash – The Descendants
Eric Roth – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Tate Taylor – The Help
John Logan – Hugo

Best Art Direction

Dante Ferretti (Production Designer), Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decorator) – Hugo

Laurence Bennett (Production Designer), Gregory S. Hooper (Art Director) – The Artist
Rick Carter (Production Designer), Lee Sandales (Set Decorator) – War Horse
Stuart Craig (Production Designer), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decorator) – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Jack Fisk (Production Designer), David Crank (Art Director) – The Tree of Life

Best Cinematography

Janusz Kamiński – War Horse (TIE)
Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life (TIE)

Best Costume Design

Mark Bridges – The Artist

Best Editing

Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Michel Hazanavicius and Anne-Sophie Bion – The Artist
Mat Newman – Drive
Thelma Schoonmaker – Hugo
Michael Kahn – War Horse

Best Makeup

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

Best Score

Ludovic Bource – The Artist

Cliff Martinez – Drive
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore – Hugo
John Williams – War Horse

Best Song

"Life's a Happy Song" – performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams, and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets

"Hello Hello" – performed by Elton John and Lady Gaga/written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin – Gnomeo & Juliet
"The Living Proof" – performed by Mary J. Blige/written by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, and Harvey Mason Jr. – The Help
"Man or Muppet" – performed by Jason Segel and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets
"Pictures in My Head" – performed by Kermit and The Muppets/written by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, and Chen Neeman –The Muppets
"Collision of Worlds" - performed by Brad Paisley and Robbie Williams/written by Michael Giacchino - Cars 2

Best Sound

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

Best Visual Effects

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Hugo
Super 8
The Tree of Life

Best Animated Feature

Rango

Best Action Movie

Drive

Best Comedy

Bridesmaids

Best Documentary Feature

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

Best Foreign Language Film

A Separation (Jodaí-e Nadér az Simín) • Iran

In Darkness (W ciemności) • Poland
Le Havre • Finland
The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito) • Spain
Where Do We Go Now? (w halla' la wayn) • Lebanon

Music+Film Award

Martin Scorsese ^[4]

Joel Siegel Award

Sean Penn ^[5]

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17th Critics' Choice Awards

Contents

Winners and nominees

Best Picture

Best Director

Best Actor