The New York Film Critics Circle anointed Milk as its Best Picture of Year, recognizing the film as well as two of its stars, Sean Penn and Josh Brolin. Penn joins Penelope Cruz and Sally Hawkins as winners from both the New York and Los Angeles critics groups, which usually go out of their way to disagree with each other. With this win and its strong showing at yesterday’s Critics Choice nominations, Milk has joined The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire as Oscar’s three sure things this year. Meanwhile, the small British comedy Happy-Go-Lucky picked up two awards. Here’s the entire list of honorees:
Best Film: Milk
Best Director: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, Milk
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Screenplay: Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married
Best Animated Film: Wall-E
Best Foreign Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Best First Film: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Best Cinematographer: Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Documentary: Man on Wire
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