8th Critics' Choice Awards
{{Short description|8th Critics' Choice Awards ceremony}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 8
| award = Critics' Choice Awards
| date = January 17, 2003
| best_film = Chicago
| website = {{url|https://www.criticschoice.com}}
| last_link = 7th Critics' Choice Awards
| last = 7th
| next_link = 9th Critics' Choice Awards
| next = 9th
}}
The 8th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 17, 2003, honoring the finest achievements of 2002 filmmaking.{{cite web |url=https://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2002.php |title=The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 2002 |publisher=Broadcast Film Critics Association |date=January 17, 2003 |access-date=March 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701004112/https://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2002.php |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
This ceremony is particularly notable for the moment when Best Actor nominee Robin Williams came up on stage after being called upon by Best Actor co-winner Jack Nicholson, who claimed to be "baked", to assist him with his acceptance speech, culminating in what is considered to be the funniest moment in the awards' history.{{cite web |url=https://speakola.com/arts/day-lewis-nicholson-robin-williams-critics-choice-2003 |title=Daniel Day Lewis, Jack Nicholson & Robin Williams: 'It's pretty much been a Buddhist evening for me', Critics' Choice – 2003 |publisher=Speakola |date=January 17, 2003 |access-date=January 17, 2003}}{{cite web |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/nicholson-has-seen-better-award-seasons/article_a954cc50-583d-5e16-ab70-a526cc6d374b.html |title=Nicholson Has Seen Better Award Seasons |last=Simon |first=Jeff |work=The Buffalo News |date=March 11, 2003 |access-date=March 11, 2003}}{{subscription required}}{{cite web |url=https://www.koimoi.com/hollywood-news/jack-nicholson-once-appeared-baked-on-stage-asking-robin-williams-to-give-award-acceptance-speech-on-his-behalf-what-happened-next-is-hysterical/ |title=Jack Nicholson Once Appeared Baked on Stage Asking Robin Williams to Give Award Acceptance Speech on His Behalf & What Happened Next is Hysterical! |publisher=Koimoi |date=December 10, 2020 |access-date=December 10, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bosshunting.com.au/entertainment/movies/jack-nicholson-robin-williams-critics-choice-awards-speech/ |title=WATCH: Jack Nicholson Gets Too High & Needs Robin Williams to Save His Award Speech |last=Lu |first=Garry |work=Boss Hunting |date=January 28, 2023 |access-date=March 18, 2024}} The moment was uploaded on YouTube in July 2009; it currently has over 4 million views.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb7303ukNtk |title=Daniel Day Lewis, Jack Nicholson (Robin Williams) Accepting Critics' Choice |publisher=YouTube |date=July 20, 2009 |access-date=July 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/bb7303ukNtk |archive-date=December 22, 2022 |url-status=live |format=video}}
Top 10 films
Winners and nominees
File:Steven Spielberg by Gage Skidmore.jpg, Best Director winner]]
File:Daniel Day-Lewis, Jaguar, Mille Miglia 2013 cropped.jpg, Best Actor co-winner]]
File:Jack Nicholson 2001xx (cropped).jpg, Best Actor co-winner]]
File:Julianne Moore (15011443428).jpg, Best Actress winner]]
File:Chris Cooper at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg, Best Supporting Actor winner]]
File:Catherine Zeta-Jones VF 2012 Shankbone 2.jpg, Best Supporting Actress winner]]
File:Kieran Culkin by Gage Skidmore.jpg, Best Young Actor/Actress winner]]
File:Charlie Kaufman Fantastic Fest 2015-0257 (27441349145) (cropped).jpg, Best Writer winner]]
| class=wikitable |
valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Picture}}
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Director}} |
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Actor}}
Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting (TIE)
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Actress}} Julianne Moore – Far from Heaven as Cathleen "Cathy" Whitaker
|
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Supporting Actor}}
Chris Cooper – Adaptation. as John Laroche
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Supporting Actress}} Catherine Zeta-Jones – Chicago as Velma Kelly
|
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Young Actor/Actress}}
Kieran Culkin – Igby Goes Down as Jason "Igby" Slocumb Jr.
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Digital Acting Performance}} |
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Acting Ensemble}}
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Writer}} Adaptation. / Confessions of a Dangerous Mind – Charlie Kaufman |
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Animated Feature}}
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Documentary Feature}} |
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Family Film}}
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Foreign Language Film}} |
| valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Composer}}
Catch Me If You Can / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets / Minority Report – John Williams | valign="top" width="50%" | {{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Song}} "Lose Yourself" – 8 Mile |
=Freedom Award=
=Best Picture Made for Television=
Statistics
| class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" background: #f6e39c; |
| scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Nominations
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Film |
|---|
| rowspan="3" | 4 |
| Adaptation. |
| The Hours |
| rowspan="6" | 3 |
| Chicago |
| Gangs of New York |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
| Road to Perdition |
| rowspan="5" | 2 |
| Frida |
| Minority Report |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding |
| The Pianist |
| class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" background: #f6e39c; |
| scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Wins
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Film |
|---|
| 3
| Chicago |
| rowspan="4" | 2
| Adaptation. |
| Catch Me If You Can |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
| Minority Report |
References
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{{BFCA Awards Chron}}
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