2024 Critics Choice Movie Awards Winners Reactions: What Fans Are Saying

As the 2024 Critics Choice Awards unfolded on Sunday night, our forum posters let loose with their frank opinions regarding who was feted and who went home empty-handed. In typical fashion, their reactions ran the gamut from celebratory to exasperated as winners were revealed across 21 movie categories.

Below is just a sampling of what was dished in the forums during the live telecast, which was broadcast on The CW and hosted by Chelsea Handler. Take a look, then dive in if you dare.

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BEST PICTURE
“American Fiction”
“Barbie”
“The Color Purple”
“The Holdovers”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Maestro”
X – “Oppenheimer”
“Past Lives”
“Poor Things”
“Saltburn”

Derrick Eoghan Oisín O’Callaghan: Congratulations to “Oppenheimer”!

jujutoobootie: CCA is still a joke.

Victor: Knew Barbenheimer would dominate the awards. They’re too big to ignore.

Moviebuff22: “Killers of the Flower Moon” is flopping.

BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper – “Maestro”
Leonardo DiCaprio – “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Colman Domingo – “Rustin”
X – Paul Giamatti – “The Holdovers”
Cillian Murphy – “Oppenheimer”
Jeffrey Wright – “American Fiction”

Moviebuff22: PAUL GIAMMATI YES.

Chitanda170: OMG, Paul, I’m so happy. His performance is much more captivating than Cillian’s.

Stank83: The critics are clearly trying to shake things up.

Elle: Cooper is done for sure!

John Berchmans: Cooper flopped so hard. What an awful campaign.

Victor: PAUL GIAMATTI YOU’RE A KING. I’M SO HAPPY FOR YOU. SAG NEXT PLEASE.

BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone – “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Sandra Hüller – “Anatomy of a Fall”
Greta Lee – “Past Lives”
Carey Mulligan – “Maestro”
Margot Robbie – “Barbie”
X – Emma Stone – “Poor Things”

Aint2Proud2Beg: That’s some BS.

rainstorm: I KNEW IT!!! EMMA WE ARE GETTING YOU THAT OSCAR.

LionSimba: Beautiful Emma! Yes yes yes! The best!

FreemanGriffin: Terrible choice! I hated her performance, just awful! I simply loathe “Poor Things.”

OppenHammer: Love it! The actual lead showcase performance got it.

Atypical: Alright, Emma! We have a race.

Mladen: I love how CCA has shaken the lead races. Happy for Paul and Emma.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sterling K. Brown – “American Fiction”
Robert De Niro – “Killers of the Flower Moon”
X – Robert Downey Jr. – “Oppenheimer”
Ryan Gosling – “Barbie”
Charles Melton – “May December”
Mark Ruffalo – “Poor Things”

James Gibson: Yawn.

Atypical: Sad for Charles Melton.

ejaru1810: Both supporting races are over.

nevkm: It’s gonna be a boring season.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – “Oppenheimer”
Danielle Brooks – “The Color Purple”
America Ferrera – “Barbie”
Jodie Foster – “Nyad”
Julianne Moore – “May December”
X – Da’Vine Joy Randolph – “The Holdovers”

Mary: Love this for her!

rainstorm: Anyone who thinks that Da’Vine is not winning the Oscar is delusional.

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Abby Ryder Fortson – “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.”
Ariana Greenblatt – “Barbie”
Calah Lane – “Wonka”
Milo Machado Graner – “Anatomy of a Fall”
X – Dominic Sessa – “The Holdovers”
Madeleine Yuna Voyles – “The Creator”

jarg: Congrats to Sessa!

Keth: Awesome! What a performance. Take note, Oscar!

Atypical: They let that kid from “Belfast” give an acceptance speech but not Dominic Sessa? Boooooo.

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
“Air”
“Barbie”
“The Color Purple”
“The Holdovers”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
X – “Oppenheimer”

mporter455: Thought they’d go “Barbie” – wow, “Oppenheimer” has SAG Ensemble locked.

BEST DIRECTOR
Bradley Cooper – “Maestro”
Greta Gerwig – “Barbie”
Yorgos Lanthimos – “Poor Things”
X – Christopher Nolan – “Oppenheimer”
Alexander Payne – “The Holdovers”
Martin Scorsese – “Killers of the Flower Moon”

FreemanGriffin: No surprise there.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Air” (Alex Convery)
X – “Barbie” (Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach)
“The Holdovers” (David Hemingson)
“Maestro” (Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer)
“May December” (Samy Burch)
“Past Lives” (Celine Song)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“All of Us Strangers” (Andrew Haigh)
X – “American Fiction” (Cord Jefferson)
“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (Kelly Fremon Craig)
“Killers of the Flower Moon” (Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese)
“Oppenheimer” (Christopher Nolan)
“Poor Things” (Tony McNamara)

FreemanGriffin: Awful choices – truly wrong – oh well, here’s hoping the Oscars and BAFTA do a better job with both screenplay categories.

Elle: I am shocked “Killers of the Flower Moon” blanked.

BEST SONG
“Dance the Night” – “Barbie”
X – “I’m Just Ken” – “Barbie”
“Peaches” – “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”
“Road to Freedom” – “Rustin”
“This Wish” – “Wish”
“What Was I Made For?” – “Barbie”

vinny: YES! I am LIVING for this. A win for Ryan Gosling in a weird sort of way. #CanyoufeeltheKenergy

Batmanforever: Noooo, not the worst song. Dua Lipa and Billie Eilish, we are sorry.

Atypical: Whew! Didn’t expect Billie & Finneas to lose.

1LuckyLady: “Dance the Night” is much better than that hot mess.

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
X – “Barbie”
“The Color Purple”
“Maestro”
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor Things”
“Priscilla”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“The Creator”
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
X – “Oppenheimer”
“Poor Things”
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”

xohours: “Oppenheimer” winning VFX and “Barbie” winning Makeup/Hair is ironic since neither were shortlisted at the Oscars.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“The Boy and the Heron”
“Elemental”
“Nimona”
X – “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”
“Wish”

John Berchmans: Glad to see “Spider-Verse” bounce back after the Golden Globes.

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
X – “Anatomy of a Fall” (French/German)
“Godzilla Minus One” (Japanese)
“Perfect Days” (Japanese)
“Society of the Snow” (Spanish)
“The Taste of Things” (French)
“The Zone of Interest” (German/Polish)

Barbra Please: What will win at the Oscars instead? “Anatomy” is literally sweeping the season.

1LuckyLady: Ugh what a bleh year. Only “Anatomy of a Fall” really stood out.

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