The awards race is coming into sharper focus as the nominees for the 29th annual Critics Choice Awards were announced this morning. The critics org selected six titles in the animation race, with Boy and the Heron, Elemental, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Wish repeating their positions on the Golden Globe nomination list.
The two additional titles are Netflix’s Nimona and Paramount/Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which are excellent choices, as both were widely praised for their bold artistic choices, animation styles and storylines. Directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, Nimona was also picked the top queer movie for the year by Out magazine. In the other categories, Spider-Verse received two additional nominations in the Best Visual Effects and Best Score categories. The Super Mario Bros. and Wish movie also nabbed nominations in the Best Song Category with “Peaches” and “This Wish” respectively.
Among the titles that didn’t make the cut are DreamWorks’ Trolls Band Together, Crunchyroll’s Suzume, Illumination’s Migration and The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Netflix/Aardman’s Chicken Run: Dawn of the Egg.
Best Animated Film
The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS, Studio Ghibli)
Elemental (Disney/Pixar)
Nimona (Netflix/DNEG)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Animation)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount/Nickelodeon)
Wish (Disney)
Best Visual effects
The Creator
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Song
“Dance the Night” Barbie
“I’m Just Ken” Barbie
“Peaches” The Super Mario Bros. Movie
“Road to Freedom” Rustin
“This Wish” Wish
“What Was I Made For” Barbie
Best Score
Jerskin Fendrix Poor Things
Michael Giacchino Society of the Snow
Ludwig Göransson Oppenheimer
Daniel Pemberton Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Robbie Robertson Killers of the Flower Moon
Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt Barbie
On the live-action side, Warner Bros.’ Barbie continues its total domination of the award season race, with 18 nominations (including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Comedy, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress).
The 29th annual Critics Choice Awards will air live Sunday January 14, 2024 on The CW from 7-10 pm ET (delayed PT). Chelsea Handler will return for the second consecutive year as host.
