7th Hawai’i Critics Nominations

Female-led films led the Hawai’i critics nominations with Barbie and Poor Things coming out on top. It’s also one of the few groups to give attention to Ferrari in any measurable way.

Nominations Tallies

(13) Barbie
(11) Poor Things
(9) Ferrari, Maestro, Oppenheimer
(7) American Fiction, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
(6) Killers of the Flower Moon
(5) Past Lives
(4) Godzilla Minus One
(3) Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Holdovers, Joy Ride, Napoleon, Talk to Me, A Thousand and One
(2) The Boy and the Heron, The Creator, The Iron Claw, The Marvels, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Robot Dreams, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
(1) 65, 80 for Brady, Air, Albert Brooks: Defending Your Life, American Symphony, Anatomy of a Fall, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Decade of the Dead, Elemental, Evil Dead Rise, Extraction 2, The Flash, Four Daughters, Growing Up Local, Hokulea: Finding the Language of the Navigator, John Wick: Chapter 4, Little Richard: I Am Everything, M3GAN, Meg 2: The Trench, Migration, My Partner, Nyad, Rustin, Shortcomings, Silent Night, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, The Taste of Things, They Cloned Tyrone, The Three Musketeers – Part 1: D’Artagnan, Totally Killer, Uncle Bully’s Surf School, The Zone of Interest

The Nominations

Best Picture

American Fiction
Barbie
Ferrari
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Animated Film

The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Director

Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Adam Driver – Ferrari
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best Actress

Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor Things

Best Supporting Actor

Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
John Magaro – Past Lives
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress

Penélope Cruz – Ferrari
Viola Davis – Air
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

Best Original Screenplay

Barbie
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
Maestro
Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Ferrari
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Song

Dance the Night – Barbie
I’m Just Ken – Barbie
Peaches – The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Road to Freedom – Rustin
What Was I Made For? – Barbie

Best Original Score

American Fiction
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Editing

Barbie
Ferrari
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Cinematography

Barbie
Ferrari
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Art Direction

Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Napoleon
Poor Things

Best Costume Design

Barbie
Ferrari
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Poor Things

Best Makeup

Ferrari
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Sound

Ferrari
Maestro
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Visual Effects

The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Foreign Language Film

Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One
The Taste of Things
The Three Musketeers – Part 1: D’Artagnan
The Zone of Interest

Best Documentary

Albert Brooks: Defending Your Life
American Symphony
Four Daughters
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best First Film

American Fiction
Joy Ride
Past Lives
Talk to Me
A Thousand and One

Best New Filmmaker

Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Adele Lim – Joy Ride
Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou – Talk to Me
A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One
Celine Song – Past Lives

Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance

Jack Black – The Super Mario Bros. Movie
.Bradley Cooper – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Kumail Nanjiani – Migration
Robert Pattinson – The Boy and the Heron
Jason Schwartzman – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Stunt Work

Extraction 2
The Iron Claw
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Silent Night

Best Sci-Fi Film

The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Marvels
Robot Dreams

Best Horror Film

Evil Dead Rise
Godzilla Minus One
M3GAN
Talk to Me
Totally Killer

Best Comic Book Film

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Marvels
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem