Los Angeles Film Critics Select Best Picture of 2002
December 16th, 2002
"About Schmidt," a funny-sad tale about a middle-aged man battling to regain his purpose in life, emerged a big winner during the weekend when the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. named the New Line Cinema release its best picture of 2002. The film also collected awards for best screenplay and best actor in Jack Nicholson. Nicholson, who plays a retired insurance actuary whose "golden years" threaten to swamp him in grief and loss when his wife unexpectedly dies, shared best-actor honors with Daniel Day-Lewis, who stars as a comically evil, cleaver-wielding gang leader in 1860s New York in Miramax Films' "Gangs of New York." As the first major critics organization to announce its year-end awards, the LAFCA vote may establish several front-runners in the coming Oscar race as well as throw a spotlight on a couple of dark horses for voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. If so, then the other big winner in Saturday's vote was Focus Features' "Far From Heaven." The critics named the film's Julianne Moore as best actress; the best musical score nod went to "Heaven's" Elmer Bernstein; and best cinematography went to "Heaven's" Ed Lachman. "Heaven" was also runner-up in the best-picture category. For best actress, the critics cited Moore not only for her role in "Heaven," but her performance in Paramount and Miramax's "The Hours." The L.A. critics' selected Spain's Pedro Almodovar as its best director for "Talk to Her."
(Source: Hollywood Reporter)
(Source: Hollywood Reporter)
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