The uber-small Hawaii Film Critics Society went with Barbie for their top film of the year, an outside-the-box choice. They also didn’t just toss it one award, giving it one shy of Oppenheimer‘s leading total.
Award Tallies
(5) Oppenheimer
(4) Barbie
(3) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
(2) Ferrari, Past Lives, Poor Things
(1) 80 for Brady, American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., The Creator, Godzilla Minus One, Growing Up Local, The Holdovers, John Wick: Chapter 4, Maestro, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, Talk to Me
The Awards
Best Picture
Barbie
Best Animated Film
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Director
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Best Actor
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Best Actress
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Best Supporting Actor
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Best Supporting Actress
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Best Original Screenplay
Past Lives
Best Adapted Screenplay
Oppenheimer
Best Song
What Was I Made For? – Barbie
Best Original Score
Oppenheimer
Best Editing
Oppenheimer
Best Cinematography
Ferrari
Best Art Direction
Barbie
Best Costume Design
Poor Things
Best Makeup
Poor Things
Best Sound
Ferrari
Best Visual Effects
The Creator
Best Foreign Language Film
Anatomy of a Fall
Best Documentary
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Best First Film
American Fiction
Best New Filmmaker
Celine Song – Past Lives
Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance
Jason Schwartzman – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Stunt Work
John Wick: Chapter 4
Best Sci-Fi Film
Godzilla Minus One
Best Horror Film
Talk to Me
Best Comic Book Film
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Hawaiian Film
Growing Up Local
Worst Film of 2023
80 for Brady
Best Overlooked Film
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Hawaii Film Critics Society Data
First Awards: 2016 (8)
