The movie of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinertknown colloquially as “the daniels”, arrived at the ceremony What the most nominated with 14 candidacies and was honored as Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing or Editing, and Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan’s performance.
The Critics Choice are granted by the Critics Association of the United States and Canada (CCA) representing more than 600 journalists specialized in the entertainment sector.
On the other hand, the big disappointments of the night were “The Fabelmans” by Steven Spielberg and “The Banshees of Inisherin”.
Spielberg’s film settled for the best actor award given to the Canadian Gabriel LaBelle, while “The Banshees of Inisherin” was not even chosen for any of the 9 categories to which it was applying.
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While, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”, the second installment of Rian Johnson’s thriller, surprisingly won best comedy film and best cast.
This year the gala that was hosted by the American actress and writer Chelsea Handlerwas held at the Fairmont Century Plaza hotel in Los Angeles.
Brendan Fraser accepts the Best Actor Award for “The Whale” at the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards at The Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel
The most emotional moment in the ceremony happened in the collection of the award for best actor in Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”)who cried on stage for this success after years in the confinement of the Hollywood industry and after overcome a depression.
For her part, Australian actress Cate Blanchett (“Tár”) He showed that he is determined to get his third Oscar by winning in the category of best actress after doing the same this week at the Golden Globes.
The award for best international film went to the Indian production “RRR” (Netflix). She was also awarded for best song with the theme “Naatu Naatu”.
In this installment of Critics Choice the mexican director Guillermo del Toro won the award for best animated film for “pinocchio”.
Meanwhile, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC) and the sixth season of “Better Call Saul” (AMC) They arrived at the ceremony as the top contenders for the most important television categories, with 6 and 5 nominations respectively, and they did not disappoint.
“Abbot Elementary” (“Abbot College”, in Spanish) was awarded as best comedy series and its actress Sheryl Lee Ralph he rose as best secondary interpreter.
“Better Call Saul” was established as best drama series with Bob Odenkir as best leading actor and with Giancarlo Esposito emerging victorious as best supporting actor.
So too, “The Dropout” (Hulu) was awarded as best miniseries and its protagonist, Amanda Seyfried won for best leading actress.
After the Critics Choicethe awards season will continue with the galas of the union of actors and producers of Hollywood.
With information from the EFE Agency.
