THE WILD ROBOT Surprises as Best Animated Film at Critics Choice Awards
The Wild Robot Stuns in Early Part of Critics Choice Awards
The Wild Robot surprisingly beat out Flow for Best Animated Feature Film at tonight’s Critics Choice Awards.
A beautifully animated tearjerker, The Wild Robot, beat out Flow, the odds-on favorite to win in the animated film category. The Wild Robot was a much bigger box-office success than Flow and the emotions found in the movie were so positively overwhelming that the satisfying film certainly deserved to win at the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards this evening. Memoir of a Snail may have been my favorite animated movie last year but there’s no denying the power of the themes found in The Wild Robot.
Conclave took home the Best Acting Ensemble honors in the night’s first award, beating the likes of the blockbuster Wicked: Part 1. Ralph Fiennes accepted the award on the terrific film, Conclave‘s cast’s behalf and Fiennes, later on, spoofed Babygirl alongside host Chelsea Handler as a glass of milk was brought on-screen playing off a popular motif from that well-reviewed Nicole Kidman picture.
I’m not a huge television fanatic but I am a fan of The Penguin, so it was great to see Critics Choice honors given to stars Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti in their respective categories. Farrell’s brilliant work on the show was definitely deserving of the accolade he received this evening and, as for Milioti, it was certainly a pleasure to see her receive her award. Best Limited Series honors went to the show, Baby Reindeer. Best Comedy Series, not surprisingly, went to the acclaimed Hacks.
Critics Choice honors also went to the wonderful Zoe Saldana for Best Supporting Actress in a motion picture for her tremendous work on Emilia PĂ©rez which proved that film’s controversy may not get in the way of her winning other prestigious awards although this award was said to have been decided before the controversy arose surrounding the film’s leading actress (Karla Sofia GascĂłn)’s past racist remarks.
This year’s Best Supporting Actor trophy went to Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain, but he wasn’t at the ceremony to accept this particular honor. He has already won countless bouts of recognition for his role in this movie which won “Best Comedy” from the Critics Choice Association. Behind the scenes, Maisy Stella won the best young performer award for My Old Ass. Another notable award that was given off-screen was for Best Editing and that honor went to the completely ignored by the Oscars tennis film, Challengers.
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