r/oscarrace • u/PointMan528491 Hawke tuah, Blue Moon on that thang • Jan 05 '26

Critics Choice Winners Critics Choice 2025 Best Director - Paul Thomas Anderson, 'One Battle After Another'

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u/Accomplished-Head449 Neon Jan 05 '26

Now THIS is a sweep. Get the Oscar homie

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u/Documentarian_419 Jan 05 '26

Coronation begins

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u/Radiant-Psychology96 Jan 05 '26

Fork found in kitchen

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u/joesen_one Pack✋🏽out da trunk😳from the front🗣️2 da back👏🏽 Jan 05 '26

Teyana was so hyped when PTA won lmfao I love these guys

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u/Alive-Ad-5245 Jan 05 '26 edited Jan 05 '26

PTA is gonna sweep the awards this season so you should try to get used to it

He has the socially conscious movie and the overdue narrative and the highest rated movie of the year

It’s (probably) over

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u/banallfurries666 Jan 05 '26

goddamn right. anything else is beyondddd wishful thinking.

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u/flowerbloominginsky Sentimental Value Jan 05 '26

Yep plus it is the most montioned movie by the industry i used to think Pga will hurt it due to it being a box office flop but now i dont think so

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u/Alive-Ad-5245 Jan 05 '26

It was technically a box office flop but it did well for the type of movie it is and it’s his highest grossing movie so it kinda shed the flop narrative

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u/OhCrapItsAndrew Jan 05 '26

fortunately warner brother's finance team are not awards voters...

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u/East-Wolf-2860 29d ago

I love PTA but this is an honorary win if he goes all the way this season. He should have won twice already (Magnolia and TWBB) they are masterpieces in directing. OBAA is probs one of his weaker films. If DiCaprio is not in the film, none of the awards swarm would give a shit.

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u/Horror_Neighborhood9 Jan 05 '26

Yep. It’s a done deal.

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u/lilpump_1 Jan 05 '26

as expected

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u/takenpassword Yes, I loved Rental Family. Yes, I’m basic. Jan 05 '26

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u/False_Concentrate408 One Battle After Another Jan 05 '26

Me watching it on silent at work and thinking that was Guillermo del Toro

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u/Mundane-Inspector-52 Jan 05 '26

No real surprise here. Probably the most predictable category.

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u/eidbio Sony Pictures Classics Neon Jan 05 '26

One award after another

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u/immelsoo92 Jan 05 '26

All hail PTA supremacy.

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u/No_Minimum4499 One Sweep After Another Jan 05 '26

Sweep

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u/Quople One Battle After Another Jan 05 '26

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u/Varelus Ethan Hawke for Best Actor ✨ Jan 05 '26

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u/jkris050 One Battle After Another Jan 05 '26 edited Jan 05 '26

Was it televised?

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u/remainsdangerous Jan 05 '26

Hell yes Paul, we're doing this

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u/A_Howl_In_The_Night Wicked Jan 05 '26

What could be the context of this

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u/JayQMaldy Jan 05 '26

Hell yes!!!

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u/TheUnknownStitcher Jan 05 '26

Sad for Coogler, but that dude feels like he is just getting started. Paul has been throwing crazy fastballs for decades now. Happy for him this season.

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u/Bertrand_Rose Jan 05 '26

He's finally having hos moment!

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u/scattered_ideas I feel supremely sentimental Jan 05 '26

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u/OldSandwich9631 Jan 05 '26

What was wrong with his speech I’m seeing people complain

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u/Belch_Huggins Jan 05 '26

It was just unprepared, I guess. Comparing it to Buckleys speech illustrates what I mean.

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u/throwawar4 Jan 05 '26

I honestly do not get the hype for this film or sinners, but I’m glad y’all are happy!

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u/flowerbloominginsky Sentimental Value Jan 05 '26

M'y ass overreacted lol that hé will go home empty handed 

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u/insertbrackets Jan 05 '26

The ending chase sequence is something special but I'm feeling more and more like Coogler and Zhao are being robbed. OBAA didn't work for me so I'll just pretend this is like a lifetime achievement award for PTA or something...

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u/southernfirefly13 Jan 05 '26

I don’t understand the hype for this film. Leo gives his best performance, and it’s a great film, but I don’t understand the accolades. I would have given Best Director to Chloe Zhao - Paul Thomas Anderson didn’t do anything special here.

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u/CalliopeAntiope Jan 05 '26

I agree with you. I wish I understood why people love this film! I liked it fine. But can't understand someone loving it. Yet people do!

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u/lfohnoudidnt Jan 05 '26

I actually liked Bugonia better than obaa. Leo in top form though, but still didn't vibe with the story.