‘Mank’ scores 12 Critics Choice Award nominations, Chadwick Boseman tabbed twice
“Mank,” the stylish black-and-white biopic starring Gary Oldman as “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, led all Critics Choice Award contenders with 12 nominations on Tuesday.
The David Fincher feature received nods for best picture, best director, best actor Oldman, supporting actress Amanda Seyfried, original screenplay and seven others, including ones for cinematography and original screenplay.
Chadwick Boseman picked up two posthumous nominations for his performances in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Da 5 Bloods” — both of which are up for the top prize.
Boseman, the “Black Panther” and “42″ star who died of colon cancer last August, also received dual nominations from the Screen Actors Guild.
The Korean-American family drama “Minari” garnered 10 Critics Choice nominations, including best picture, best actor contender Steven Yeun and supporting actress Youn Yuh-jung, who has already won a handful of film critics awards for her role as a conflicted grandmother.
Other best picture nominees include “News of the World,” “Sound of Metal,” “The Trial of the Chicago Seven,” “Nomadland,” “Promising Young Woman” and “One Night in Miami.” The latter three picked up nominations for their female directors, Chloé Zhao, Emerald Fennell and Regina King, respectively.
Among the unanticipated contenders making the cut were 88-year-old Ellen Burstyn for her supporting performance as Vanessa Kirby’s bitter mother in “Pieces of a Woman” and Zendaya for the romantic drama “Malcolm & Marie.”
One of the most surprising snubs was 12-year-old Helena Zengel, who has been universally praised for her role as a mysterious girl in “News of the World.” Also not in the mix is six-time Academy Award nominee Amy Adams for “Hillbilly Elegy,” although co-star Glenn Close, who has racked up seven Oscar nominations, will compete in the supporting actress category.
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Also failing to make the cut was 86-year-old Sophia Loren for her glowing performance as a Holocaust survivor who watches over the children of prostitutes in “The Life Ahead.” But the film did score three nominations, including best foreign-language film.
The Critics Choice Awards show airs March 8 on The CW.
