Announcing The Winners: The 2009 Critics' Choice Awards

BuzzSugar — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:38:59 -0800

Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner Thursday at the Critics' Choice Awards, taking home the trophy for Best Picture as well as several other awards. The film won five awards in all, including trophies for its director, star, and composer.

Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep tied in the Best Actress category, with Hathaway winning for Rachel Getting Married and Streep for Doubt. On the men's side, Sean Penn won Best Actor for Milk.

The Dark Knight, The Reader, and Wall-E were among the other films that won awards. To check out the full list of winners, just read more.

BEST PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn, Milk

BEST ACTRESS
Tie: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married and Meryl Streep, Doubt

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kate Winslet, The Reader

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Milk

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST WRITER
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
WALL-E

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (Under 21)
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTION MOVIE
The Dark Knight

BEST COMEDY MOVIE
Tropic Thunder

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
John Adams

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Waltz With Bashir

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Man On Wire

BEST SONG
"The Wrestler" (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen), The Wrestler

BEST COMPOSER
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire

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