15th Critics' Choice Awards

15th Critics' Choice Awards
15th Critics' Choice Awards
Date	January 15, 2010
Hosted by	Kristin Chenoweth
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
Highlights
Best Film	The Hurt Locker
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The 15th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 15, 2010, honoring the finest achievements of 2009 filmmaking.^[1] The ceremony was held at the Hollywood Palladium, broadcast on VH1, and hosted by Kristin Chenoweth.

Winners and nominees

Christoph Waltz, Best Supporting Actor winner

Best Picture The Hurt Locker Avatar An Education Inglourious Basterds Invictus Nine Precious A Serious Man Up Up in the Air	Best Director Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Clint Eastwood – Invictus James Cameron – Avatar Jason Reitman – Up in the Air Lee Daniels – Precious Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Best Actor *Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart* as Otis Blake** Colin Firth – A Single Man as George Falconer George Clooney – Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker as William James Morgan Freeman – Invictus as Nelson Mandela Viggo Mortensen – The Road as Man	Best Actress Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia Child (Tie) Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side as Leigh Anne Tuohy (Tie) Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Mellor Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria as Queen Victoria Gabourey Sidibe – Precious as Claireece Precious Jones Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones as Susie Salmon
Best Supporting Actor *Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds* as Hans Landa** Alfred Molina – An Education as Jack Meller Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles as Orson Welles Matt Damon – Invictus as Francois Pienaar Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones as George Harvey Woody Harrelson – The Messenger as Tony Stone	Best Supporting Actress *Mo'Nique – Precious* as Mary Lee Johnston** Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener Julianne Moore – A Single Man as Charlotte Marion Cotillard – Nine as Luisa Acari Contini Samantha Morton – The Messenger as Olivia Pitterson Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air as Alex Goran
Best Young Actor/Actress *Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones* as Susie Salmon** Bailee Madison – Brothers as Isabelle Cahill Jae Head – The Blind Side as Tuohy Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Road as Boy Max Records – Where the Wild Things Are as Max	Best Acting Ensemble Inglourious Basterds Nine Precious Star Trek Up in the Air
Best Original Screenplay Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino 500 Days of Summer – Michael H. Weber and Scott Neustadter The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Up – Bob Peterson and Pete Docter	Best Adapted Screenplay Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner An Education – Nick Hornby District 9 – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell Fantastic Mr. Fox – Noah Baumbach and Wes Anderson Precious – Geoffrey S. Fletcher A Single Man – David Scearce and Tom Ford
Best Animated Feature Up Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Coraline Fantastic Mr. Fox The Princess and the Frog Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Best Documentary Feature The Cove Anvil! The Story of Anvil Capitalism: A Love Story Food, Inc. Michael Jackson's This Is It
Best Action Movie Avatar District 9 The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Star Trek Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Best Comedy Movie The Hangover 500 Days of Summer It's Complicated The Proposal Zombieland
Best Foreign Language Film Broken Embraces • Spain Coco Before Chanel • France Red Cliff • China Sin Nombre • Mexico / United States The White Ribbon • Austria / France / Germany / Italy	Best Art Direction Avatar – Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (Production Design)/Kim Sinclair (Set Decoration) Inglourious Basterds – David Wasco (Production Design)/Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (Set Decoration) The Lovely Bones – Naomi Shohan (Production Design)/George DeTitta Jr. (Set Decoration) Nine – John Myhre (Production Design)/Gordon Sim (Set Decoration) A Single Man – Dan Bishop (Production Design)/Amy Wells (Set Decoration)
Best Cinematography Avatar – Mauro Fiore The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson The Lovely Bones – Andrew Lesnie Nine – Dion Beebe	Best Costume Design The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell Bright Star – Janet Patterson Inglourious Basterds – Anna B. Sheppard Nine – Colleen Atwood Where the Wild Things Are – Casey Storm
Best Editing Avatar – James Cameron, John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin The Hurt Locker – Bob Murawski and Chris Innis Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke Nine – Claire Simpson and Wyatt Smith Up in the Air – Dana E. Glauberman	Best Makeup District 9 Avatar Nine The Road Star Trek
Best Sound Avatar District 9 The Hurt Locker Nine Star Trek Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Best Visual Effects Avatar 2012 District 9 The Lovely Bones Star Trek Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Best Score Up – Michael Giacchino The Informant! – Marvin Hamlisch The Princess and the Frog – Randy Newman Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer Where the Wild Things Are – Carter Burwell and Karen O	Best Song "The Weary Kind" – Crazy Heart "All Is Love" – Where the Wild Things Are "Almost There" – The Princess and the Frog "Cinema Italiano" – Nine "(I Want to) Come Home" – Everybody's Fine

Best Picture Made for Television

Grey Gardens

Joel Siegel Award

Kevin Bacon ^[2]

Statistics

Nominations	Film
10	Inglourious Basterds
10	Nine
9	Avatar
8	The Hurt Locker
8	Up in the Air
6	The Lovely Bones
6	Precious
5	District 9
5	Star Trek
4	An Education
	Invictus
	A Single Man
	Up
	Where the Wild Things Are
3	The Princess and the Frog
3	The Road
2	500 Days of Summer
	The Blind Side
	Crazy Heart
	Fantastic Mr. Fox
	The Messenger
	A Serious Man
	The Young Victoria

Wins	Film
6	Avatar
3	Inglourious Basterds
2	Crazy Heart
	The Hurt Locker
	Up

References

^ 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards (2010) – Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
^ Tapley, Kristopher (January 5, 2010). "Kevin Bacon to receive BFCA's Joel Siegel Award". In Contention.

[1] 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards (2010) – Best Picture: The Hurt Locker

[2] Tapley, Kristopher (January 5, 2010). "Kevin Bacon to receive BFCA's Joel Siegel Award". In Contention.

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