The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association has kicked off the critics’ kudos season with a most uninspired list of nominations. I say uninspired because, aside from a random nomination for Maya Rudolph in the lead actress category, there doesn’t seem to be a single damn original bone in the group’s body.
“Up in the Air” led the way with 8 nominations and is pretty much on track to be the critics’ darling of the year, while “Precious” and “The Hurt Locker” each landed 7 each. I imagine a similar tally will be attributed to those films when the Oscar nominees are announced. Which raises the question: Are the D.C. critics trying to emulate AMPAS here? I never follow them closely, not beyond the requisite announcement posts each year (I tend to get REALLY burned out on all the critics’ awards, frankly).
But seriously. They had to see more than 33 films this year, right? Because out of 70 possible nominees, that’s how many films were spread across the field. Kind of sad, really.
Check out the full list of nominees after the jump. And the group’s list of winners last year here.