Everything Everywhere All At Once tops Critics Choice Awards

The multiverse adventure, Everything Everywhere All At Once, has dominated the film categories at the Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles – the latest high profile event in the run-up to the Oscars.

Having taken the limelight from the Golden Globes last year and taken the traditional Sunday night slot, relegating this year’s Globes to a midweek slot, the Critics Choice are pushing to take over from the Globes as the second most influential event after the Academy Awards.

Everything Everywhere All At Once was the big winner at the Critics Choice Awards

With the Globes giving their top awards to The Banshees of Inisherin and The Fabelmans, the Critics Choice Association gave Best Picture to Everything Everywhere All At once, which also took the awards for Best Directing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan, an award he received earlier in the week at the Globes.

The award for Best Actor went to a star whose comeback role is hotly tipped to put him in the running for the Oscar, Brendan Fraser, for his portrayal of a morbidly obese man in The Whale. He missed out on the prize at the Globes, which he had boycotted, because they had dismissed claims that he had been sexually molested by a former president of the organising body as a joke. Thanking the film’s director, Darren Aronofsky, in his acceptance speech, Fraser said, “I was in the wilderness. And I probably should have left a trail of breadcrumbs. But you found me.”

Best Actor winner Brendan Fraser is a strong contender at the Oscars for The Whale.

Other winners in the main film categories included Cate Blanchett, for her leading role as a conductor in Tár, and Angela Bassett for her supporting role as the Black Panther’s mother in Wakanda Forever, both repeating their success at the Globes.

In film categories unique to the Critics Choice Awards, Gabriel LaBelle was named the best young actor for his portrayal of Steven Spielberg’s younger alter-ego in his semi-autobiographical The Fabelmans and the best ensemble cast award went to Glass Onion.

Like the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice also honour TV shows, with Better Call Saul dominating the drama awards and Abbott Elementary performing well in the comedy categories.

The only British winner of the night was Daniel Radcliffe, who was named the best actor in a limited series or TV movie, for his role in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.

Here is the full list of winners:

FILM

Best Picture

– WINNER: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actor

– WINNER: Brendan Fraser, The Whale

Best Actress

– WINNER: Cate Blanchett, Tár

Best Supporting Actor

– WINNER: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actress

– WINNER: Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best Young Actor/Actress

– WINNER: Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans

Best Acting Ensemble

– WINNER: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Director

– WINNER: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Original Screenplay

– WINNER: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Adapted Screenplay

– WINNER: Sarah Polley, Women Talking

Best Cinematography

– WINNER: Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick

Best Production Design

– WINNER: Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino, Babylon

Best Editing

– WINNER: Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Costume Design

– WINNER: Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best Hair and Makeup

– WINNER: Elvis

Best Visual Effects

– WINNER: Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Comedy

– WINNER: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Animated Film

– WINNER: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Foreign Language Film

– WINNER: RRR

Best Song

– WINNER: “Naatu Naatu,” RRR

Best Score

– WINNER: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Tár

TV

Best Drama Series

– WINNER: Better Call Saul (AMC)

Best Actor in a Drama Series

– WINNER: Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul (AMC)

Best Actress In A Drama Series

– WINNER: Zendaya – Euphoria (HBO)

Best Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

– WINNER: Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul (AMC)

Best Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

– WINNER: Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus (HBO)

Best Comedy Series

– WINNER: Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Best Actor In A Comedy Series

– WINNER: Jeremy Allen White – The Bear (FX)

Best Actress In A Comedy Series

– WINNER: Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max)

Best Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

– WINNER: Henry Winkler – Barry (HBO)

Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

– WINNER: Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Best Limited Series

– WINNER: The Dropout (Hulu)

Best Movie Made For Television

– WINNER: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel)

Best Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television

– WINNER: Daniel Radcliffe – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel)

Best Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television

– WINNER: Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout (Hulu)

Best Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television

– WINNER: Paul Walter Hauser – Black Bird (Apple TV+)

Best Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie Made For Television

– WINNER: Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)

Best Foreign Language Series

– WINNER: Pachinko (Apple TV+)

Best Animated Series

– WINNER: Harley Quinn (HBO Max)

Best Talk Show

– WINNER: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Best Comedy Special

– WINNER: Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special (Netflix)