18th Critics' Choice Awards

18th Critics' Choice Awards
Date	January 10, 2013
Host	Sam Rubin
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
Highlights
Best Film	Argo
Most awards	Silver Linings Playbook (4)
Most nominations	Lincoln (13)
Television coverage
Network	The CW
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The 18th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 10, 2013 at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, honoring the finest achievements of 2012 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on The CW and hosted by Sam Rubin. The nominees were announced on December 11, 2012.^[1]^[2]

Winners and nominees

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Ben Affleck, Best Director winner

Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actor winner

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Jessica Chastain, Best Actress winner

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Best Supporting Actor winner

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Anne Hathaway, Best Supporting Actress winner

Quentin Tarantino, Best Original Screenplay winner

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Tony Kushner, Best Adapted Screenplay winner

Daniel Craig, Best Actor in an Action Movie winner

Jennifer Lawrence, Best Actress in an Action Movie and Best Actress in a Comedy Movie winner

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Bradley Cooper, Best Actor in a Comedy Movie winner

Best Actor in a Comedy

Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Jr.

Jack Black – Bernie as Bernie Tiede
Paul Rudd – This Is 40 as Pete
Channing Tatum – 21 Jump Street as Greg Jenko / Brad McQuaid
Mark Wahlberg – Ted as John Bennett

Best Actress in a Comedy

Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell

Mila Kunis – Ted as Lori Collins
Shirley MacLaine – Bernie as Marjorie "Marge" Nugent
Leslie Mann – This Is 40 as Debbie
Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect as Fat Amy

Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie

Looper

The Cabin in the Woods
Prometheus

Best Foreign Language Film

Amour • Austria / France / Germany

The Intouchables (Intouchables) • France
A Royal Affair (En kongelig affære) • Denmark
Rust and Bone (De rouille et d'os) • France

Best Documentary Feature

Searching for Sugar Man

Best Art Direction

Sarah Greenwood (Production Designer) and Katie Spencer (Set Decorator) – Anna Karenina

Dan Hennah (Production Designer), Ra Vincent, and Simon Bright (Set Decorators) – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Eve Stewart (Production Designer) and Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decorator) – Les Misérables
David Gropman (Production Designer) and Anna Pinnock (Set Decorator) – Life of Pi
Rick Carter (Production Designer) and Jim Erickson (Set Decorator) – Lincoln

Best Cinematography

Claudio Miranda – Life of Pi

Best Costume Design

Jacqueline Durran – Anna Karenina

Kym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud – Cloud Atlas
Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey, and Richard Taylor – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Paco Delgado – Les Misérables
Joanna Johnston – Lincoln

Best Editing

William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor – Zero Dark Thirty

William Goldenberg – Argo
Melanie Oliver and Chris Dickens – Les Misérables
Tim Squyres – Life of Pi
Michael Kahn – Lincoln

Best Makeup

Cloud Atlas

Best Score

John Williams – Lincoln

Best Song

"Skyfall" – performed by Adele/written by Adele and Paul Epworth – Skyfall

"For You" – performed by Keith Urban/written by Monty Powell and Keith Urban – Act of Valor
"Learn Me Right" – performed by Birdy with Mumford & Sons/written by Mumford & Sons – Brave
"Still Alive" – performed by Paul Williams/written by Paul Williams – Paul Williams Still Alive
"Suddenly" – performed by Hugh Jackman/written by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, and Herbert Kretzmer – Les Misérables

Best Visual Effects

Life of Pi

Favorite Film Franchise

(Public voting category)

The Lord of the Rings

Louis XIII Genius Award

Judd Apatow ^[3]

Films by multiple wins

The following four films received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
4	Silver Linings Playbook
3	Lincoln
3	Skyfall
2	Anna Karenina
	Argo
	Life of Pi
	Zero Dark Thirty

References

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External links

18th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards (2013) – Best Picture: Argo

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18th Critics' Choice Awards

Contents

Winners and nominees

Best Picture

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Young Actor/Actress

Best Acting Ensemble

Best Original Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Animated Feature

Best Action Movie

Best Actor in an Action Movie

Best Actress in an Action Movie

Best Comedy