The Hurt Locker just locked down another award.
The Iraq war drama crushed the competition at this year's National Society of Film Critics Awards, taking home prizes Sunday for Best Picture, Director (Kathryn Bigelow) and Actor (Jeremy Renner).
Hurt Locker's triple-play sweep made it the first film since 1997's L.A. Confidential to rack up top accolades from the National Society as well as the Los Angeles and New York critics' groups.
Aside from topping the lists of the New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics, the film was named top movie by reviews in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Las Vegas, as well as at the Satellite Awards and the Gotham Independent Awards.
The flick was also nominated for the Golden Globes and SAG Awards, made the AFI's list of the year's Top 10 films and is a definite Oscar player.
Speaking of sure things, Precious hell mother Mo'Nique and Inglourious Basterds baddie Christoph Waltz continued their domination of the supporting acting categories with wins from the national critics. (Waltz actually finished in a tie with Bright Star's Paul Schneider.) Best Actress props went to French star Yolande Moreau for Seraphine.
Here's the complete list of winners:
- Picture: The Hurt Locker
- Actor: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
- Actress: Yolande Moreau, Seraphine
- Supporting Actor: (tie) Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds; Paul Schneider, Bright Star
- Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, Precious
- Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
- Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
- Foreign-Language Film: Summer Hours
- Nonfiction Film: The Beaches of Agnes
- Cinematography: Christian Berger, The White Ribbon
- Production Design: Nelson Lowry, Fantastic Mr. Fox
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