Critics Choice Awards: Argo Wins Big

Argo scooped an impressive double at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Critic's Choice Awards last night in Santa Monica, as the political drama took home Best Picture while Ben Affleck was named Best Director, in spite of his shunning yesterday morning by the Academy for the same award.

Silver Linings Playbook took home the most gold however, picking up Best Ensemble, Best Comedy, Best Actor in a Comedy (Bradley Cooper) and Best Actress in a Comedy (Jenifer Lawrence). Daniel Day Lewis received Best Actor for his potrayal of Abraham Lincoln, a performance that many believe will result in another Oscar for Englishman, while Jessica Chastain went home with Best Actress for her role in Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty.

The Critics' Choice Movie Awards are often seen as a precursor to the Academy Awards, and the BFCA prides itself on it's ability to predict forthcoming winners. While Affleck may not be in with a shout for Best Director come February, it'll be interesting to see if the BFCA have gotten Best Picture right again with Argo and other high profile categories.

Here's a full list of the winners:

BEST PICTURE Argo
BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck - Argo

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Tony Kushner - Lincoln

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Wreck-It Ralph

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Searching for Sugar Man

BEST ENSEMBLE
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts Of The Southern Wild

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Claudio Miranda - Life Of Pi

BEST ART DIRECTION
Sarah Greenwood - Anna Karenina

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Jacqueline Durran - Anna Karenina

BEST FILM EDITING
William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor - Zero Dark Thirty

BEST MAKEUP
Cloud Atlas

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Life Of Pi

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
John Williams - Lincoln

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Adele and Paul Epworth – Skyfall, Skyfall

BEST COMEDY
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook

BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR FILM
Looper

BEST ACTION FILM
Skyfall

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION FILM
Daniel Craig - Skyfall

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION FILM
Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games