Guest EXPAT Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 "The Help" was the big winner at the 2012 Critics Choice Movie Awards, as it took home three major awards, including Best Actress for Viola Davis, though "The Artist" took home both Best Director and Best Picture. Here are the winners of the major awards. We'll add the technical awards when they are available. BEST PICTURE "The Artist" - winner "The Descendants" "Drive" "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" "The Help" "Hugo" "Midnight in Paris" "Moneyball" "The Tree of Life" "War Horse" BEST ACTOR George Clooney - "The Descendants" - winner Leonardo DiCaprio - "J. Edgar" Jean Dujardin - "The Artist" Michael Fassbender - "Shame" Ryan Gosling - "Drive" Brad Pitt - "Moneyball" BEST ACTRESS Viola Davis - "The Help" - winner Elizabeth Olsen - "Martha Marcy May Marlene" Meryl Streep - "The Iron Lady" Tilda Swinton - "We Need to Talk About Kevin" Charlize Theron - "Young Adult" Michelle Williams - "My Week With Marilyn" BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Kenneth Branagh - "My Week With Marilyn" Albert Brooks - "Drive" Nick Nolte - "Warrior" Patton Oswalt - "Young Adult" Christopher Plummer - "Beginners" - winner Andrew Serkis - "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Berenice Bejo - "The Artist" - winner Jessica Chastain - "The Help" Melissa McCarthy - "Bridesmaids" Carey Mulligan - "Shame" Octavia Spencer - "The Help" - winner Shailene Woodley - "The Descendants" BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS Asa Butterfield - "Hugo" - winner Elle Fanning - "Super 8" Thomas Horn - "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" - winner Ezra Miller - "We Need to Talk About Kevin" Saoirse Ronan - "Hanna" Shailene Woodley - "The Descendants" BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE "The Artist" "Bridesmaids" "The Descendants" "The Help" - winner "The Ides of March" BEST DIRECTOR Stephen Daldry - "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Michel Hazanavicius - "The Artist" - winner Alexander Payne - "The Descendants" Nicolas Winding Refn - "Drive" Martin Scorsese - "Hugo" Steven Spielberg - "War Horse" BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY "The Artist" - Michel Hazanavicius "50/50" - Will Reiser "Midnight in Paris" - Woody Allen - winner "Win Win" - Screenplay by Tom McCarthy, Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni "Young Adult" - Diablo Cody BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY "The Descendants" - Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" - Eric Roth "The Help" - Tate Taylor "Hugo" - John Logan "Moneyball" - Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chervin - winner BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY "The Artist" - Guillaume Schiffman "Drive" - Newton Thomas Sigel "Hugo" - Robert Richardson "The Tree of Life" - Emmanuel Lubezki "War Horse" - Janusz Kaminski - winner BEST ANIMATED FEATURE "The Adventures of Tintin" "Arthur Christmas" "Kung Fu Panda 2" "Puss in Boots" "Rango" - winner BEST ACTION MOVIE "Drive" - winner "Fast Five" "Hanna" "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" "Super 8" BEST COMEDY "Bridesmaids" - winner "Crazy, Stupid, Love" "Horrible Bosses" "Midnight in Paris" "The Muppets" BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM "In Darkness" "Le Havre" "A Separation" - winner "The Skin I Live In" "Where Do We Go Now" BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE "Buck" "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" "George Harrison: Living in the Material World" - winner "Page One: Inside the New York Times" "Project Nim" "Undefeated" BEST SONG "Hello Hello" - performed by Elton John and Lady Gaga/written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin - "Gnomeo & Juliet" "Life's a Happy Song" - performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie - "The Muppets" - winner "The Living Proof" - performed by Mary J. Blige/written by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman and Harvey Mason, Jr. - "The Help" "Man or Muppet" - performed by Jason Segel and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie - "The Muppets" "Pictures in My Head" - performed by Kermit and the Muppets/written by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman - "The Muppets" Quote
