Dec 13, 2023

Critics' Choice Awards Nominations Highlight the Unpredictability of This Year's Awards Season

The Critics Choice Awards (CCA) today announced its 29th annual nominees. The awards are presented by the Critics Choice Association, an organization of more than 600 critics and entertainment reporters.

Both the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes are strong precursors to the Academy Awards. In each of the past 13 years, 10 of the 13 awards have gone to the animated feature film that will ultimately win the Academy Award.

Four of the six Critics' Choice nominees for Best Animated Feature are also Golden Globe nominees: "The Boy and the Hare," "Elemental," "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" and "Wish.

The final two nominees chosen by the Critics Association were "Nimona" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles": while the Golden Globes chose "Super Mario Brothers Movie" and "The Sparrow".

The difference in the lineups of the two awards ceremonies further underscores the unpredictable nature of this year's awards season.

"Across the Spider-Verse" was nominated in the visual effects category in addition to its animated feature nomination, and the film's composer, Daniel Pemberton, was also nominated for best composition. Wish was the only other animated film to receive multiple nominations and was nominated for Best Song for "This Wish."

Although "Oppenheimer" was not among the 20 nominees for this year's Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, it is worth pointing out that it was one of the final six nominees for the Critics' Choice Awards in the visual effects category.

Best Animated Feature

Best Visual Effects

Best Song

Best Score [21]