ROTTEN TOMATOES: Phoenix & Toronto Critics Offer Their Year-End Favorites

Phoenix & Toronto Critics Offer Their Year-End Favorites

by Scott Weinberg | December 22, 2005

It's tough to keep up with all the critics' awards being tossed out this time of year, but Movie City News sure helps out a whole lot. This time we have the year-end picks from critic's groups in Phoenix, Arizona, and Toronto, Ontario.

Phoenix Film Critics Awards

Best Picture
Cinderella Man

Best Director
George Clooney - Good Night and Good Luck

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Felicity Huffman - Transamerica

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

Best Ensemble Acting
Crash

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Crash

Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium
Brokeback Mountain

Best Live Action Family Film
Millions

Overlooked Film of the Year
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Best Animated Film
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Best Foreign Language Film
Kung Fu Hustle

Best Documentary
March of the Penguins

Best Original Song
Travelin' Thru - Transamerica

Best Score
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Best Use of Previously Published or Recorded Music
Walk the Line

Best Cinematography
Brokeback Mountain

Best Film Editing
Sin City

Best Production Design
King Kong

Best Costume Design
Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Visual Effects
King Kong

Best Stunts
Batman Begins

Best Makeup
Sin City

Breakout Performance of the Year - On Screen
Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow

Breakout Performance of the Year - Behind the Camera
Paul Haggis - Crash

Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Male
Freddie Highmore - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female
Georgie Henley - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Best Trailer
King Kong

Top Ten Films of 2005
A History of Violence
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Cinderella Man
Crash
Good Night and Good Luck
In Her Shoes
King Kong
Sin City
Walk the Line

Toronto Film Critics Awards

Best Picture
A History of Violence

Best Director
David Cronenberg, A History of Violence

Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote

Best Actress
Laura Linney, The Squid & the Whale

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man

Best Supporting Actress
Catherine Keener, Capote

Best Screenplay
Noah Baumbach, The Squid & the Whale

Best Animated Film
Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-rabbit

Best Foreign Language
The World

Best Documentary
Grizzly Man

Best First Feature
Bennett Miller, Capote

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	Philip Seymour Hoffman
	Bennett Miller
	Freddie Highmore
	Michelle Williams
	Paul Haggis
	Jake Gyllenhaal
	David Cronenberg
	Terrence Howard
	Felicity Huffman
	Noah Baumbach
	Catherine Keener
	Heath Ledger
	Paul Giamatti
	Georgie Henley
	Laura Linney
Movie:	Brokeback Mountain
	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
	Batman Begins
	Capote
	Kung Fu Hustle
	In Her Shoes
	The World
	Transamerica
	March of the Penguins
	Hustle & Flow
	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
	Cinderella Man
	A History of Violence
	Memoirs of a Geisha
	Crash
	Sin City
	The Squid and the Whale
	Good Night, And Good Luck
	Millions
	Grizzly Man
	King Kong
	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
	Walk the Line
	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

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skletonkee writes:
on Dec 22 2005 11:47 AM

[b]wow..[/b]
great to see history of violence finally getting some recognition.

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lovelykeira writes:
on Dec 24 2005 06:48 PM

Phoenix awarded a lot of good films, like Cinderella Man, Crash, Walk the Line, Sin City, King Kong, and Batman Begins. Now if only the Oscars would nominate these films. At least Toronto named Giamatti best supporting actor.

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