Critics Choice Awards 2024: Oppenheimer was the big winner with eight awards

A week after shining at the Golden Globes, the film Oppenheimer was erected this Sunday evening as big winner of the 2024 Critics Choice Awards with eight awards, including best film and best director, surpassing the popular Barbie, which won six, but in smaller categories.

“We convinced the public that it could be worth making a film about quantum physics and nuclear apocalypse,” said the British director Christopher Nolan when he collected the best director award for Oppenheimer. The film also distinguished itself in the categories of soundtrack, special effects, editing, cinematography, cast and supporting actor (Robert Downey Jr.).

BarbieThat came as a favorite at the 29th edition of these awards in Los Angeles, after having beaten the historical nomination record with 19 nominations, he won in just six sections: best comedy, song (“I’m just Ken”), hair and makeup, set design, costumes and original screenplay, for the work of Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach.

The result of these awards, considered one of the barometers of the Oscars and voted by 600 critics and specialized journalists, has established, in general terms, the winners of the recent Golden Globes, but has left a minimal margin of surprise.

And the American Paolo Giamatti was imposed with The residues to Irishman Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) as best actor and he did his part so that Alexander Payne’s film left a good taste in his mouth: Da’Vine Joy Randolph She also emerged as the best supporting performer and Domenico Sessa as best young actor.

“I’m happy you enjoyed this film that tells a beautiful story of people coming together in times of division,” said an incredulous Giamatti, concluding by thanking Payne for including him in this project.

The prize for best actress of the course he attended Emma Stonewhose role in Poor things it surpassed other acclaimed performances such as Lily Gladstone’s in Killers of the Flower Moon.

In fact, this film was not recognized in any Critics Choice category and its director, Martin Scorsese, didn’t even attend the gala.

In the ceremony held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, the famous man celebrated his sixtieth career Harrison Fordwho, under a shower of applause from colleagues such as Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, celebrated “everyone’s effort to maintain the industry”.

“I’m here thanks to a combination of luck and the work of magnificent directors, screenwriters and other professionals. I feel very lucky, I appreciate this award very much,” Ford said briefly, not wanting to “take up any more time” from the ceremony.

Additionally, actress America Ferrera received the SeeHer Award, given to women who champion gender equality and challenge industry stereotypes, from Margot Robbie, her Barbie co-star.

Timid was the Hispanic representation in the film sections, which this year was personified by the Mexican director of photography Rodrigo Prieto (Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon) and the Spanish filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona (The Snow Society), reduced to nothing.

The two films for which Prieto was nominated were defeated by Oppenheimer, while Bayona witnessed how the French film Anatomy of a Fall once again surpassed his last work after doing the same at the Golden Globes.

Solvent Triumph for Succession, The Bear and Manzo

On the small screen, Succession AND The bear They ticked all the boxes in the drama and comedy genres respectively.

The fourth and final season of the series inspired by the ruthless Roy family won the award for best drama film and Sarah Snook won the award for best actress of this genre.

A few minutes later, the Mexican Gael García Bernal had the task of revealing the best dramatic actor, which in the end fell neither to the Chilean Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) nor to the Puerto Rican-American Ramón Rodríguez (Will Trent), but to Kieran Culkinalso from Succession.

The bear was crowned best comedy and witnessed the triumph of its protagonist Jeremy Allen White as best actor in a comedy series and that of his partner Ayo Edebiri in the female version of this award.

“Thank you so much to all my castmates. We achieved this simply by making sandwiches,” joked Allen White, chef to Carmy Berzatto of The Bear and one of the celebrities of the moment, as he accepted the award.

The phenomenon Beefone of the most listened to titles last year on Netflix, achieved another seamless victory as best limited series of the year and its main characters, Alice Wong AND Steven Yeunthey were awarded best actors in this format.