Best Picture
Waltz with Bashir

Best Actor
Sean Penn, Milk

Best Actress
Sally Hawkins, Happy Go Lucky

Best Supporting Actor
Eddie Marsan, Happy Go Lucky

Best Supporting Actress
Hanna Schygulla, The Edge of Heaven

Best Director
Mike Leigh, Happy Go Lucky

Best Screenplay
Mike Leigh, Happy Go Lucky

Best Foreign Language Film
Not awarded since the years best film is a foreign language film.

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Wow. It's like the same people over and over again.


ETA: Well, at least the supporting choices are different.

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Here are the rest of the nominees:

BEST NON-FICTION FILM
“Man on Wire,” directed by James Marsh

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM:
“Razzle Dazzle,” directed by Ken Jacobs

To be quite honest, these are boring winners that are trying to be exciting. Waltz winning Best Picture is quite a surprise and totally different, but then we have Sean and Sally sweeping the lead awards. Though the supporting wins are quite a wake up call... I'm surprised they didn't give Happy Go Lucky the award for Best Picture with all of the awards the NSFC gave them. Though I am happy for Man on Wire and especially Razzle Dazzle. I'm was quite happy to see this film recognized. I have always wanted to see it since I saw the trailer, but it hasn't come to the U.S. yet... It's about a dance teacher who is like Michael Scott from The Office and it is shot like The Office... In fact, here's the very funny trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZS9fHB3WGQ

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Originally posted by bocaboy7:
To be quite honest, these are boring winners that are trying to be exciting. Waltz winning Best Picture is quite a surprise and totally different, but then we have Sean and Sally sweeping the lead awards. Though the supporting wins are quite a wake up call... I'm surprised they didn't give Happy Go Lucky the award for Best Picture with all of the awards the NSFC gave them. Though I am happy for Man on Wire and especially Razzle Dazzle. I'm was quite happy to see this film recognized. I have always wanted to see it since I saw the trailer, but it hasn't come to the U.S. yet... It's about a dance teacher who is like Michael Scott from The Office and it is shot like The Office... In fact, here's the very funny trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZS9fHB3WGQ

I don't think that this RAZZLE DAZZLE is the one you're thinking of. The one you want to see (and rightly so, it is a good movie) is directed by Darren Ashton.

I'm very happy about this year's choices! The National Society of Film Critics is the group that most consistently reflects my tastes (Pan's Labyrinth, There Will Blood, etc.) Waltz is powerful and also my favorite picture this year (with the current Gaza crisis, it couldn't be timelier!), as is Eddie Marsan's supporting performance: his crazed driving instructor was even scarier than Heath Ledger's nihilistic Joker! As the mother of a slain lesbian, Hanna Schygulla was magnificent in The Edge of Heaven and it's great that she was recognized. On another note, let me say that I get very tired each year of people on this site complaining of boredom when there's a consensus among groups and critics about who deserves recognition, as this year with Penn and Hawkins: why not better spend your time intelligently and eloquently discussing the films and performances that were meaningful for you.

BEST PICTURE
1. Waltz with Bashir, directed by Ari Folman (26)
2. Happy-Go-Lucky (20)
3. WALL-E (20)

BEST NON-FICTION FILM
1. Man on Wire, directed by James Marsh (55)
2. Trouble the Water (34)
3. Encounters at the End of the World (26)

BEST DIRECTOR
1. Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky (36)
2. Gus Van Sant, Milk & Paranoid Park (20)
3. Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire (16)

BEST ACTOR
1. Sean Penn, Milk (87)
2. Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler (40)
3. Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino (38)

BEST ACTRESS
1. Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky (65)
2. Melissa Leo, Frozen River (33)
3. Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy (31)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky (41)
2. Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight (35)
3. Josh Brolin, Milk (29)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Hanna Schygulla, The Edge of Heaven (29)
2. Viola Davis, Doubt (29, on fewer ballots)
3. Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona (24)

BEST SCREENPLAY
1. Happy-Go-Lucky, by Mike Leigh (29)
2. A Christmas Tale (24)
3. Synecdoche, New York (17)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Slumdog Millionaire, Anthony Dod Mantle (29)
2. The Flight of the Red Balloon (22)
3. The Dark Knight (18)
4. Still Life

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
1. Razzle Dazzle, directed by Ken Jacobs

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Originally posted by bsignor:
I'm very happy about this year's choices! The National Society of Film Critics is the group that most consistently reflects my tastes (Pan's Labyrinth, There Will Blood, etc.) Waltz is powerful and also my favorite picture this year (with the current Gaza crisis, it couldn't be timelier!), as is Eddie Marsan's supporting performance: his crazed driving instructor was even scarier than Heath Ledger's nihilistic Joker! As the mother of a slain lesbian, Hanna Schygulla was magnificent in The Edge of Heaven and it's great that she was recognized. On another note, let me say that I get very tired each year of people on this site complaining of boredom when there's a consensus among groups and critics about who deserves recognition, as this year with Penn and Hawkins: why not better spend your time intelligently and eloquently discussing the films and performances that were meaningful for you.

Nice post. I am so happy to see Eddie Marsan and Hanna Schygulla in this line up. Hanna's film came and went here so quickly, I missed the chance to see it in the theatre. It was playing only in one art-house place. I've always been a fan of hers.
I'll never forget Marsan's Scott. He was simultaneously aggravating, sympathetic, and tragic, and he was the perfect foil for Sally Hawkins. I actually love that Best Actress three.
And congratulations to all of the winners and nominees. I'd love to see Mike Leigh in the Oscar race, but, at this point he seems like a real long shot.

Sally Hawkins over Leo and Williams, no way.

Marsan over Ledger, HA!

What a joke.

Happy-Go-Lucky wasn't even that good.

Glad to see Eddie Marsan pick up one of these. Also, makes me wish I would have predicted him over James Franco but I had a hard time predicitng him for best actor when I was not picking Sally Hawkins for best actress. I was wrong on that count too. In fact I was wrong on everything with this critics' group.

Lol.
Well, I didnt even TRY. That's worse than being wrong.

Wall-E tied with Happy-Go-Lucky! I have yet to see Waltz with Bashir but I need to see it!

Go Sally and Eddie! Well deserved wins! Whoa!

Man I was way off! Only got 1 right.

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Originally posted by bocaboy7:
To be quite honest, these are boring winners that are trying to be exciting. Waltz winning Best Picture is quite a surprise and totally different, but then we have Sean and Sally sweeping the lead awards. Though the supporting wins are quite a wake up call... I'm surprised they didn't give Happy Go Lucky the award for Best Picture with all of the awards the NSFC gave them. Though I am happy for Man on Wire and especially Razzle Dazzle. I'm was quite happy to see this film recognized. I have always wanted to see it since I saw the trailer, but it hasn't come to the U.S. yet... It's about a dance teacher who is like Michael Scott from The Office and it is shot like The Office... In fact, here's the very funny trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZS9fHB3WGQ

I don't think that this RAZZLE DAZZLE is the one you're thinking of. The one you want to see (and rightly so, it is a good movie) is directed by Darren Ashton.

Well, that is good to know! Now I feel like an idiot, but now I know that the Razzle Dazzle that I want to possibly see is a good movie, so it's all good!

Crappy winners. Yes it is nice to see new wins..but for me the only good win is Sean Penn.

I am just enjoying these for something completly different ...........

Love all the recognition for "Happy-Go-Lucky," especially for Sally Hawkins (and for the big three sweep!).

Again I admit it is silly but I feel like making some predictions today. My very early predictions for the National Society of Film Critics Awards are...

Best Picture: "White Ribbon"
Best Director: Michael Haneke- "White Ribbon"
Best Actor: Jeremy Renner- "The Hurt Locker"
Best Actress: Gabourey Sidibe- "Precious"
Best Supporting Actor: Richard Kind- "A Serious Man"
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique- "Precious"
Best Screenplay: "A Serious Man"
Best Cinematography: "White Ribbon"
Best Documentary: "Food Inc."
Best Animated Film: "Ponyo"

No foreign language film winner since I see best picture going to a foreign film.

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