Utah’s critics have given their seal of approval to Past Lives, an uncommon decision this year.

Award Tallies

(3) Past Lives, Poor Things
(2) The Holdovers, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
(1) All of Us Strangers, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Godzilla Minus One, The Iron Claw, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Marvels, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, The Zone of Interest

The Awards

Best Film

Past Lives (Runner-Up: Poor Things)

Best Animated Feature

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Runner-Up: Robot Dreams)

Best Director

Celine Song – Past Lives (Runner-Up: Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things)

Best Overall Performance (no nominations)

Emma Stone – Poor Things (Runner-Up: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers)

Best Actor

Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers (Runner-Up: Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction)

Best Actress

Emma Stone – Poor Things (Runner-Up: TIE: Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon, Greta Lee – Past Lives)

Best Supporting Actor

Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers (Runner-Up: Charles Melton – May December)

Best Supporting Actress

Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers (Runner-Up: Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest)

Best Original Screenplay

Past Lives (Runner-Up: Barbie)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Runner-Up: TIE: American Fiction, Oppenheimer)

Best Original Score

Killers of the Flower Moon (Runner-Up: Poor Things)

Best Film Editing

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Runner-Up: The Holdovers, Oppenheimer)

Best Cinematography

Poor Things (Runner-Up: Oppenheimer)

Best Visual Effects

Godzilla Minus One (Runner-Up: TIE: The Creator, Poor Things)

Best Non-English Feature

The Zone of Interest (Runner-Up: Godzilla Minus One)

Best Documentary

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Runner-Up: The Mission)

Best Ensemble

The Iron Claw (Runner-Up: The Holdovers)

Best Performance in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Film

Iman Vellani – The Marvels (Runner-Up: Nicolas Cage – Renfield)

Utah Film Critics Data

First Awards: 2002 (22)