Awards: Critics Are Wild About Sean Penn Film
Emile Hirsch with director Sean Penn during filming Into the Wild courtesy Paramount Vantage
Nominations for the 13th-annual Critics' Choice Awards have been revealed, and Sean Penn's
Into the Wild leads the pack with seven nods, while
Juno follows closely with six. Racking up five each were
Atonement,
Michael Clayton,
No Country for Old Men,
Sweeney Todd (sorry, Matt Roush!) and
Hairspray.
Vying for best picture are no fewer than 10 films:
American Gangster,
Atonement,
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,
Into the Wild,
Juno,
The Kite Runner,
Michael Clayton,
No Country for Old Men,
Sweeney Todd and
There Will Be Blood - making
Evan Almighty look especially snubbed.
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