The Utah Film Critics released their top picks for 2009. Here they are:
BEST PICTURE
Up in the Air
Runners-up
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
BEST DIRECTOR
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Runner-up
John Hillcoat, The Road
BEST ACTOR
Viggo Mortensen, The Road
Runner-up
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Runner-up
Maya Rudolph, Away We Go
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
Runner-up
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Runner-up
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
BEST SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Runners-up
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Runner-up
Up
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Cove
Runner-up
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FEATURE
Thirst
Runner-up
Sin Nombre