He may have been denied an Oscar nomination yesterday, but Ben Affleck’s luck changed on a dime when he accepted the Critics Choice Award for Best Director.
The director and star of “Argo”, who attended with wife Jennifer Garner, looked completely shocked when his name was announced during the ceremony at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar.
He was even more shocked later in the evening when his film took home the coveted “Best Picture” trophy, beating “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” “Django Unchained,” “Les Miserables,” “Life of Pi,” “Lincoln,” “The Master,” “Moonrise Kingdom,” “Silver Linings Playbook” and “Zero Dark Thirty.”
Affleck confronted the elephant in the room upon winning his trophy, joking: “I would like to thank the Academy,” before adding, “I’m kidding, I’m kidding. This is the one that counts.” He added, “It’s very very cool for me. .. there was a time that a Ben Affleck critics award was a ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch.”
He beat out directors Steven Spielberg, Kathryn Bigelow, Tom Hooper, Ang Lee and David O. Russell.
Other big winners during the Thursday evening event included Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Daniel Day-Lewis, Daniel Craig, Anne Hathaway and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
WINNERS OF THE 18TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS
Best Picture – Argo
Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Actress – Jessica Chastain
Best Supporting Actor – Philip Seymour Hoffman
Best Supporting Actress – Anne Hathaway
Best Young Actor/Actress – Quvenzhane Wallis
Best Acting Ensemble – Silver Linings Playbook
Best Director – Ben Affleck
Best Original Screenplay – Quentin Tarantino
Best Adapted Screenplay – Tony Kushner
Best Cinematography – Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi)
Best Art Direction – Sarah Greenwood/Katie Spencer (Anna Karenina)
Best Editing – William Goldenberg/Dylan Tichenor (Zero Dark Thirty)
Best Costume Design – Jacqueline Durran (Anna Karenina)
Best Makeup – Cloud Atlas
Best Visual Effects – Life of Pi
Best Animated Feature – Wreck-It Ralph
Best Action Movie – Skyfall
Best Actor in an Action Movie – Daniel Craig
Best Actress in an Action Movie – Jennifer Lawrence
Best Comedy – Silver Linings Playbook
Best Actor in a Comedy – Bradley Cooper
Best Actress in a Comedy – Jennifer Lawrence
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie – Looper
Best Foreign Language Film – Amour
Best Documentary Feature – Searching for Sugarman
Best Song – Skyfall
Best Score – John Williams
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