# 8th Critics' Choice Awards

The 8th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 17, 2003, honoring the finest achievements of 2002 filmmaking.
This ceremony is particularly notable for the moment when Best Actor nominee Robin Williams came up on stage after being called upon by Best Actor co-winner Jack Nicholson, who claimed to be "baked", to assist him with his acceptance speech, culminating in what is considered to be the funniest moment in the awards' history. The moment was uploaded on YouTube in July 2009; it currently has over 4 million views.

## Top 10 films

(in alphabetical order)
* About Schmidt
* Adaptation.
* Catch Me If You Can
* Chicago
* Far from Heaven
* Gangs of New York
* The Hours
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
* The Pianist
* Road to Perdition

## Winners and nominees

| Best Picture Chicago About Schmidt Adaptation. Catch Me If You Can Far from Heaven Gangs of New York The Hours The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Pianist Road to Perdition | Best Director Steven Spielberg – Catch Me If You Can / Minority Report Roman Polanski – The Pianist Martin Scorsese – Gangs of New York |
| Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting (TIE) Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt as Warren Schmidt (TIE) Robin Williams – One Hour Photo as Seymour "Sy" Parrish | Best Actress Julianne Moore – Far from Heaven as Cathleen "Cathy" Whitaker Salma Hayek – Frida as Frida Kahlo Nicole Kidman – The Hours as Virginia Woolf Diane Lane – Unfaithful as Constance "Connie" Sumner |
| Best Supporting Actor Chris Cooper – Adaptation. as John Laroche Alfred Molina – Frida as Diego Rivera Paul Newman – Road to Perdition as John Rooney | Best Supporting Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones – Chicago as Velma Kelly Kathy Bates – About Schmidt as Roberta Hertzel Meryl Streep – Adaptation. as Susan Orlean |
| Best Young Actor/Actress Kieran Culkin – Igby Goes Down as Jason "Igby" Slocumb Jr. Tyler Hoechlin – Road to Perdition as Michael Sullivan Jr. Nicholas Hoult – About a Boy as Marcus Brewer | Best Digital Acting Performance Gollum – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Dobby – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Yoda – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones |
| Best Acting Ensemble Chicago The Hours My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Best Writer Adaptation. / Confessions of a Dangerous Mind – Charlie Kaufman About Schmidt – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor My Big Fat Greek Wedding – Nia Vardalos |
| Best Animated Feature Spirited Away Ice Age Lilo & Stitch Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Best Documentary Feature Bowling for Columbine The Kid Stays in the Picture Standing in the Shadows of Motown |
| Best Family Film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets The Rookie Tuck Everlasting | Best Foreign Language Film Y tu mamá también • Mexico Monsoon Wedding • India Talk to Her • Spain |
| Best Composer Catch Me If You Can / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets / Minority Report – John Williams The Hours – Philip Glass The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Howard Shore | Best Song "Lose Yourself" – 8 Mile "Father and Daughter" – The Wild Thornberrys Movie "Hero" – Spider-Man |

### Freedom Award

Denzel Washington – Antwone Fisher

### Best Picture Made for Television

Door to Door
* Live from Baghdad
* Martin and Lewis

## Statistics

| Nominations | Film |
| 4 | About Schmidt |
| 4 | Adaptation. |
| 4 | The Hours |
| 3 | Catch Me If You Can |
| 3 | Chicago |
| 3 | Gangs of New York |
| 3 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
| 3 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
| 3 | Road to Perdition |
| 2 | Far from Heaven |
| 2 | Frida |
| 2 | Minority Report |
| 2 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding |
| 2 | The Pianist |
| Wins | Film |
| 3 | Chicago |
| 2 | Adaptation. |
| 2 | Catch Me If You Can |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
| 2 | Minority Report |