16th Critics' Choice Awards

The 16th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 14, 2011 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2010 filmmaking.[1] The ceremony was broadcast on VH1. The nominees were announced on December 13, 2010.

16th Critics' Choice Awards
Date	January 14, 2011
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
Highlights
Best Film	The Social Network
Most awards	Inception (6)
Most nominations	Black Swan (12)
Television coverage
Network	VH1

Winners and nominees

David Fincher, Best Director winner

Colin Firth, Best Actor winner

Natalie Portman, Best Actress winner

Christian Bale, Best Supporting Actor winner

Melissa Leo, Best Supporting Actress winner

Hailee Steinfeld, Best Young Actor/Actress winner

Aaron Sorkin, Best Adapted Screenplay winner

Best Picture The Social Network 127 Hours Black Swan The Fighter Inception The King's Speech The Town Toy Story 3 True Grit Winter's Bone	Best Director David Fincher – The Social Network Christopher Nolan – Inception Danny Boyle – 127 Hours Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – True Grit Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
Best Actor Colin Firth – The King's Speech as George VI James Franco – 127 Hours as Aron Ralston Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Rooster Cogburn Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg Robert Duvall – Get Low as Felix Bush Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine as Dean Pereira	Best Actress Natalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right as Nicole Allgood Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine as Cindy Heller Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett Noomi Rapace – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander
Best Supporting Actor Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dicky Eklund Andrew Garfield – The Social Network as Eduardo Saverin Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel Logue Jeremy Renner – The Town as James Coughlin Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul Hatfield Sam Rockwell – Conviction as Kenny Waters	Best Supporting Actress Melissa Leo – The Fighter as Alice Eklund-Ward Amy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit as Mattie Ross Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech as Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom as Janine Cody Mila Kunis – Black Swan as Lily
Best Young Actor/Actress Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit as Mattie Ross Chloe Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass as Mindy McCready/Hit-Girl Chloe Grace Moretz – Let Me In as Abby Elle Fanning – Somewhere as Cleo Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly Kodi Smit-McPhee – Let Me In as Owen	Best Acting Ensemble The Fighter The Kids Are All Right The King's Speech The Social Network The Town
Best Original Screenplay The King's Speech – David Seidler Another Year – Mike Leigh Black Swan – Andres Heinz, John McLaughlin and Mark Heyman The Fighter – Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Scott Silver Inception – Christopher Nolan The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg	Best Adapted Screenplay The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin 127 Hours – Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy The Town – Aaron Stockard, Ben Affleck and Peter Craig Toy Story 3 – Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich and Michael Arndt True Grit – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Winter's Bone – Anne Rosellini and Debra Granik
Best Animated Feature Toy Story 3 Despicable Me How to Train Your Dragon The Illusionist Tangled Shrek Forever After	Best Documentary Feature Waiting for "Superman" Exit Through the Gift Shop Inside Job Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work Restrepo The Tillman Story
Best Action Movie Inception Kick-Ass Red The Town Unstoppable Iron Man 2	Best Comedy Movie Easy A Cyrus Date Night Get Him to the Greek I Love You Phillip Morris The Other Guys
Best Foreign Language Film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo • Sweden Biutiful • Mexico / Spain I Am Love • Italy	Best Art Direction Inception – Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design)/Doug Mowat and Larry Dias (Set Decoration) Alice in Wonderland – Robert Stromberg (Production Design)/Karen O'Hara (Set Decoration) Black Swan – Thérèse DePrez (Production Design)/Tora Peterson (Set Decoration) The King's Speech – Eve Stewart (Production Design)/Judy Farr (Set Decoration) True Grit – Jess Gonchor (Production Design)/Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)
Best Cinematography Inception – Wally Pfister 127 Hours – Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak Black Swan – Matthew Libatique The King's Speech – Danny Cohen True Grit – Roger Deakins	Best Costume Design Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood Black Swan – Amy Westcott The King's Speech – Jenny Beavan True Grit – Mary Zophres
Best Editing Inception – Lee Smith 127 Hours – Jon Harris Black Swan – Andrew Weisblum The Social Network – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter	Best Makeup Alice in Wonderland Black Swan Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 True Grit
Best Sound Inception 127 Hours Black Swan The Social Network Toy Story 3	Best Visual Effects Inception Alice in Wonderland Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Tron: Legacy
Best Score The Social Network – Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor Black Swan – Clint Mansell Inception – Hans Zimmer The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat True Grit – Carter Burwell	Best Song "If I Rise" – 127 Hours "I See the Light" – Tangled "Shine" – Waiting for "Superman" "We Belong Together" – Toy Story 3 "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" – Burlesque "Darling I Do" - Shrek Forever After

Best Picture Made for Television

The Pacific

• Temple Grandin
• You Don't Know Jack

Music+Film Award

Quentin Tarantino [2]

Joel Siegel Award

Matt Damon [3]

Statistics

Nominations	Film
12	Black Swan
11	The King's Speech
	True Grit
10	Inception
9	The Social Network
8	127 Hours
6	The Fighter
5	The Town
	Toy Story 3
4	Alice in Wonderland
	The Kids Are All Right
	Winter's Bone
2	Blue Valentine
	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
	Kick-Ass
	Let Me In
	Shrek Forever After
	Tangled
	Waiting for "Superman"

Wins	Film
6	Inception
4	The Social Network
3	The Fighter
2	Alice in Wonderland
	The King's Speech

References

1. "Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Nominees". Broadcast Film Critics Association. 2010-12-13. Archived from the original on 2012-08-18.
2. "Quentin Tarantino to Receive First-Ever Critics' Choice Music+Film Award". The Hollywood Reporter. January 10, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
3. "Matt Damon Recognized At Critics' Choice Awards For Water.org Charity". MTV. January 15, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2011.

External links

• 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards (2011) // Best Picture: The Social Network