The Critics’ Choice Award nominations are in — and they’ve bested the Golden Globes. While the latter nominated zero women in the directing category, “Little Women” helmer Greta Gerwig received a Critics’ Choice nod for Best Director. The Golden Globes also failed to recognized any women-directed films in the Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Motion Picture – Musical of Comedy sections. Meanwhile, “Little Women” is up for the Critics’ Choice prize for Best Picture, and Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell” and Olivia Wilde’s “Booksmart” snagged Best Comedy noms.
Gerwig and Wang also scored Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay nominations, respectively. “Little Women,” based Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, is the story of four sisters coming of age during the Civil War. Inspired by Wang’s own experiences, “The Farewell” sees a family lying to its matriarch about her terminal cancer diagnosis.
Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck’s smash hit “Frozen II” is up for Best Animated Feature, as is Jill Culton and Todd Wilderman’s Yeti story “Abominable.” The Best Foreign Language Film nominees include Mati Diop’s “Atlantics,” a supernatural love story set against the refugee crisis, and Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” which traces the romance between a reluctant bride-to-be and the woman hired to paint her likeness.
Scarlett Johansson received two nominations: Best Actress for her turn as a woman divorcing her husband in “Marriage Story,” and Best Supporting Actress for portraying a young mother resisting the Nazis while raising a son in Hitler Youth in “Jojo Rabbit.”Other Best Actress nominees include Lupita Nyong’o for horror pic “Us,” Awkwafina for “The Farewell,” and Cynthia Erivo for Harriet Tubman biopic “Harriet.”
Laura Dern also scored two nods: she’s up for Best Supporting Actress for playing Johansson’s lawyer in “Marriage Story” and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for “Big Little Lies.”
Phoebe Waller-Bridge and “Fleabag” are continuing their awards season dominance. Waller-Bridge is nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and “Fleabag” for Best Comedy Series. Created by Waller-Bridge and based on her one-woman show, the Amazon series follows a self-destructive woman navigating grief, faith, lust, and love in London. Sian Clifford also nabbed a Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series nod for her role as Fleabag’s sister.
Other notable TV nominees include “PEN15” and “One Day at a Time,” both of which are recognized in the Best Comedy Series category. The former, co-created by stars Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle, centers on middle schooler best friends. The latter, co-created by Gloria Calderon Kellett, offers an updated take on Norman Lear’s sitcom of the same name and tells the story of a Cuban-American family. “Unbelievable” and “When They See Us,” both Netflix miniseries based on real events, are up for Best Limited Series. The Ava DuVernay-created and -directed “When They See Us” is the story of the Exonerated Five. Co-created by showrunner Susannah Grant, “Unbelievable” sees a rape survivor pressured to recant her statement by law enforcement, while, years later, two female cops join forces to catch her assailant.
Head over to The Hollywood Reporter to check out all the Critics’ Choice nominees.
