Once again, I’m breaking down by¬†category¬†the Broadcast Film Critics scores. Last year’s cutoff for Best Picture was 85. Neither Made in Dagenham nor Love and Other Drugs has managed to start out with anything better than a 3-star rating, but it’s early yet. Sitting on a miserable 61 and 59, respectively, Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls and Kevin Spacey’s Casino Jack appear to have crapped out.
Best Picture Candidates
- Toy Story 3 – 97
- The Social Network – 95
- Inception – 94
- 127 Hours – 90
- The Town – 87
- The Kids Are All Right – 85
- Winter’s Bone – 85
- Fair Game – 83
- Made in Dagenham – 83
- Secretariat – 83
- Shutter Island – 81
- Never Let Me Go – 80
- Conviction – 79
- Love and Other Drugs – 77
- Hereafter – 73
- For Colored Girls – 61
- The King’s Speech – n/r
- True Grit – n/r
- Black Swan – n/r
- Another Year – n/r
- The Way Back – n/r
- The Fighter – n/r
- Somewhere – n/r
Best Documentary
- Inside Job – 88 (Gotham nom)
- Waiting for Superman – 86
- Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer – 82
- The Tillman Story – 81
- Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work – 79
- Catfish – 78
- Freakonomics – 70
- Exit Through the Gift Shop – n/r (IDA nom)
- Restrepo – n/r
- Countdown to Zero – n/r
Best Actor and Sup. Actor
- Jesse Eisenberg - 95
- Leonardo DiCaprio – 94 Inception / 81 Shutter Island
- James Franco – 90
- Robert Duvall – 82
- George Clooney – 71
- Colin Firth – n/r
- Jeff Bridges – n/r
- Ryan Gosling – n/r
- Javier Bardem – n/r
- Stephen Dorff – n/r
- Andrew Garfield – 95 Social Network / 80 Never Let Me Go
- Jeremy Renner – 87
- John Hawkes – 85
- Mark Ruffalo – 85
- Sean Penn – 83
- Sam Rockwell – 79
- Michael Douglas – 73 Wall Street / n/r Solitary Man
- Geoffrey Rush – n/r
- Jim Broadbent – n/r
- Christian Bale – n/r
Best Actress and Sup. Actress
- Annette Bening – 85 Kids Are All Right / 8o Mother and Child
- Julianne Moore – 85
- Jennifer Lawrence – 85
- Sally Hawkins – 83
- Naomi Watts – 80 Mother and Child / 83 Fair Game
- Diane Lane – 83
- Carey Mulligan – 80
- Hilary Swank – 79
- Anne Hathaway – 77
- Tilda Swinton – 70
- Natalie Portman – n/r
- Lesley Manville – n/r
- Michelle Williams – n/r
- Nicole Kidman – n/r
- Gwyneth Paltrow – n/r
- Marion Cotillard – 94
- Miranda Richardson – 83
- Jacki Weaver – 82
- Olivia Williams – 81
- Kimberly Elise, Thandie Newton, et al – 61
- Hailee Steinfeld – n/r
- Helena Bonham Carter – n/r
- Barbara Hershey – n/r
- Amy Adams and/or Melissa Leo – n/r
Animated Feature
- Toy Story 3 – 97
- How to Train Your Dragon – 84
- Megamind – 80
- Despicable Me – 79
- Shrek Forever After – 76
- The Illusionist – n/r
- Tangled – n/r