Literary adaptations had a good night at the Critics Choice Awards, with Paul Thomas Anderson’s film One Battle After Another taking home three of the awards given annually to outstanding movies and television shows.
One Battle After Another, loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel, Vineland, won best picture, and Anderson took home the trophies for best director and best adapted screenplay. Anderson was previously nominated for a Critics Choice Award in 2015 for his screenplay based on Pynchon’s Inherent Vice.
Jessie Buckley won the prize for best actress in a film for Hamnet, based on Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel, while the award for best supporting actor went to Jacob Elordi for his role as Frankenstein’s monster in Frankenstein, based on Mary Shelley’s classic Gothic novel.
Adolpho Veloso won the prize for best cinematography for Train Dreams, Clint Bentley’s adaptation of Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella.
The Peacock adaptation of Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy won the award for best TV movie, while Sarah Snook took home the trophy in the category of best actress, limited series or TV movie for All Her Fault, the miniseries adaptation of Andrea Mara’s 2021 novel.
The Critics Choice Awards, voted on by members of the Critics Choice Association, are often seen as predictors of the Academy Awards. The Oscar nominees are scheduled to be announced on Jan. 22.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
