12 critics. That’s all the stands between you and an award with the Detroit film critics. They handed out two ties, to be expected with such a small group. As are such idiosyncratic choices.

Awards Tallies

(2) Cyrano

The Awards

Best Picture

Cyrano

Best Animated Feature

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Best Director

Lin-Manuel Miranda – tick, tick…BOOM!

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage – Pig

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Best Supporting Actor

Jon Bernthal – King Richard

Best Supporting Actress

Ariana DeBose – West Side Story

Best Original Screenplay

Don’t Look Up

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Power of the Dog

Best Documentary

TIE:
Flee
Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Best Ensemble

The French Dispatch

Breakthrough

TIE:
Woody Norman (Actor) – C’mon, C’mon
Emma Seligman (Writer/Director) – Shiva Baby

Best Use of Music

Last Night in Soho

Detroit Film Critics Society Data

Year Founded: Spring 2007
First Awards: 2007 (15)