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Power In Numbers...
Say you're a nameless, mediocre critic. How else to gain power and fame than give rave reviews to undeserving, awful movies? Move to Chicago, New York, or Los Angeles and join one of these "prestigious" film critics' groups.


Critics' Groups Awards
Category National Board of Review New York Film Critics Circle Los Angeles Film Critics Association Boston Society of Film Critics Broadcast Film Critics Assoc. National Society of Film Critics Chicago Film Critics Association*
Date of Announcement 12/9/96 12/12/96 12/14/96 12/16/96 01/02/97 01/05/97 03/10/97
Best Film Shine Fargo Secrets & Lies Trainspotting Fargo Breaking the Waves Fargo
Best Director Joel Coen
(Fargo)
Lars Von Trier
(Breaking the Waves)
Mike Leigh
(Secrets & Lies)
Mike Leigh
(Secrets & Lies)
Anthony Minghella
(The English Patient)
Lars Von Trier
(Breaking the Waves)
Joel Coen
(Fargo)
Best Actor Tom Cruise
(Jerry McGuire)
Geoffrey Rush
(Shine)
Geoffrey Rush
(Shine)
Geoffrey Rush
(Shine)
Geoffrey Rush
(Shine)
Eddie Murphy
(The Nutty Professor)
Biily Bob Thornton
(Sling Blade)
Best Actress Frances McDormand
(Fargo)
Emily Watson
(Breaking the Waves)
Brenda Belthyn
(Secrets & Lies)
Brenda Belthyn
(Secrets & Lies)
Frances McDormand
(Fargo)
Emily Watson
(Breaking the Waves)
Frances McDormand
(Fargo)
Best Supporting Actor Edward Norton
(Primal Fear)
Harry Belafonte
(Kansas City)
Edward Norton
(Primal Fear)
Edward Norton
(Primal Fear)
Cuba Gooding Jr.
(Jerry Maguire)
(tie) Martin Donovan
(The Portrait of a Lady)
Tony Shalhoub
(Big Night)
Cuba Gooding Jr.
(Jerry Maguire)
Best Supporting Actress Juliette Binoche
(The English Patient)
Courtney Love
(The People vs. Larry Flynt)
Barbara Hershey
(The Portrait of a Lady)
Courtney Love
(The People vs. Larry Flynt)
Joan Allen
(The Crucible)
Barbara Hershey
(The Portrait of a Lady)
Irma P. Hall
(A Family Thing)

*Click here to see the full list of nominations and winner for the Chicago Film Critics' Association.


Comments to: Sugi Sorensen
Last Revised: March 11, 1997