# 17th Critics' Choice Awards

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.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Picture The Artist The Descendants Drive Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse | Best Director Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist Stephen Daldry – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Alexander Payne – The Descendants Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive Martin Scorsese – Hugo Steven Spielberg – War Horse |
| Best Actor George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar as J. Edgar Hoover Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan Ryan Gosling – Drive as Driver Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane | Best Actress Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha/Marcy May/Marlene Lewis Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eva 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 Rae Foote Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan Price Carey Mulligan – Shame as Sissy Sullivan Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alex 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 Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alex King | Best Acting Ensemble The Help The Artist Bridesmaids The Descendants The Ides of March |
| Best Original Screenplay Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen 50/50 – Will Reiser The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius Win Win – Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni Young Adult – Diablo Cody | Best Adapted Screenplay Moneyball – Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin, and Steven Zaillian The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and Nat Faxon Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – Eric Roth The Help – Tate Taylor Hugo – John Logan |
| Best Animated Feature Rango The Adventures of Tintin Arthur Christmas Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots Cars 2 | Best Documentary Feature George Harrison: Living in the Material World Buck Cave of Forgotten Dreams Page One: Inside the New York Times Project Nim Undefeated |
| Best Action Movie Drive Fast Five Hanna Rise of the Planet of the Apes Super 8 Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Best Comedy Movie Bridesmaids Crazy, Stupid, Love Horrible Bosses Midnight in Paris The Muppets |
| Best Foreign Language Film A Separation • Iran In Darkness • Poland Le Havre • Finland The Skin I Live In • Spain Where Do We Go Now? • Lebanon | Best Art Direction Hugo – Dante Ferretti (Production Design) / Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration) The Artist – Laurence Bennett (Production Design) / Robert Gould (Set Decoration) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Stuart Craig (Production Design) / Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration) The Tree of Life – Jack Fisk (Production Design) / Jeanette Scott (Set Decoration) War Horse – Rick Carter (Production Design) / Lee Sandales (Set Decoration) |
| Best Cinematography The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki (TIE) War Horse – Janusz Kamiński (TIE) The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel Hugo – Robert Richardson | Best Costume Design The Artist – Mark Bridges The Help – Sharen Davis Hugo – Sandy Powell Jane Eyre – Michael O'Connor My Week with Marilyn – Jill Taylor |
| Best Editing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall The Artist – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius Drive – Matthew Newman Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker War Horse – Michael Kahn | Best Makeup Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Albert Nobbs The Iron Lady J. Edgar My Week with Marilyn |
| Best Score The Artist – Ludovic Bource Drive – Cliff Martinez The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Hugo – Howard Shore War Horse – John Williams | Best Song "Life's a Happy Song" – The Muppets "Hello Hello" – Gnomeo & Juliet "The Living Proof" – The Help "Man or Muppet" – The Muppets "Pictures in My Head" – The Muppets "Collision of Worlds" - Cars 2 |
| Best Sound Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Hugo Super 8 The Tree of Life War Horse | 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 Transformers: Dark of the Moon |

### Joel Siegel Award

Sean Penn

### Music+Film Award

Martin Scorsese

## Statistics

| Nominations | Film |
| 11 | The Artist |
| 11 | Hugo |
| 8 | Drive |
| 8 | The Help |
| 7 | The Descendants |
| 7 | War Horse |
| 5 | The Tree of Life |
| 4 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close |
| 4 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 |
| 4 | The Muppets |
| 4 | My Week with Marilyn |
| 4 | Super 8 |
| 3 | Bridesmaids |
| 3 | Midnight in Paris |
| 3 | Moneyball |
| 3 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes |
| 3 | Young Adult |
| 2 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
| 2 | Hanna |
| 2 | The Iron Lady |
| 2 | J. Edgar |
| 2 | Shame |
| 2 | We Need to Talk About Kevin |
| Wins | Film |
| 4 | The Artist |
| 3 | The Help |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 |