8th Critics' Choice Awards

The 8th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 17, 2003, honoring the finest achievements of 2002 filmmaking.[1]

8th Critics' Choice Awards
Date	January 17, 2003
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
Highlights
Best Film	Chicago

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

Steven Spielberg, Best Director winner

Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actor co-winner

Jack Nicholson, Best Actor co-winner

Julianne Moore, Best Actress winner

Chris Cooper, Best Supporting Actor winner

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Best Supporting Actress winner

Kieran Culkin, Best Child Performance winner

Charlie Kaufman, Best Writer winner

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 Steven Spielberg – Minority Report Martin Scorsese – Gangs of New York Roman Polanski – The Pianist
Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York as William (Tie) Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt as Warren R Schmidt (Tie) Robin Williams – One Hour Photo as Seymour Parrish	Best Actress Julianne Moore – Far from Heaven as Cathleen Whitaker Diane Lane – Unfaithful as Constance Sumner Nicole Kidman – The Hours as Virginia Woolf Salma Hayek – Frida as Frida Kahlo
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 Child Performance Kieran Culkin – Igby Goes Down as Jason Slocumb Jr. Nicholas Hoult – About a Boy as Marcus Brewer Tyler Hoechlin – Road to Perdition as Michael Sullivan Jr.	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 Cast Chicago The Hours My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Best Writer Adaptation – Charlie Kaufman 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 Mama Tambien • Mexico Monsoon Wedding • India Talk to Her • Spain
Best Composer Catch Me If You Can – John Williams Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – John Williams 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

Best Picture Made for Television

Door to Door

• Live from Baghdad
• Martin and Lewis

Statistics

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

Wins	Film
3	Chicago
2	Adaptation
	Catch Me If You Can
	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
	Minority Report

References

1. "The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards 2002". Broadcast Film Critics Association. 17 January 2003. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2011.