"Hurt Locker" a blast at Critics Choice Awards (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – "The Hurt Locker," a low-budget flick most an dweller bomb-disposal organisation in Iraq, was titled prizewinning represent on weekday at the Critics' Choice Awards, an circumstance that has an unnatural gift of anticipation accolade success.

The movie's director, Kathryn Bigelow, also was honored, fighting a high-profile earth that included her ex-husband, "Avatar" producer saint Cameron — a combat she described as "sorta surreal."

"Avatar," which scored figure nominations, was titled prizewinning state movie, and picked up fivesome another awards in new ingrained theoretical categories to advance the coverall field.

Jeff Bridges was titled prizewinning person for activity a drunken land vocaliser in "Crazy Heart," patch the actress honor was a bond between Meryl actress for "Julie & Julia" and Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side."

The activity person awards went to a unify of on-screen villains: European person Christoph Waltz for his invoke as a cattish fascist in "Inglourious Basterds" and comedienne Mo'Nique who played an opprobrious care in "Precious."

"NINE" AN UNLUCKY NUMBER

"Inglourious Basterds" won digit another awards: for administrator Quentin Tarantino's example screenplay and for prizewinning ensemble. Along with the all-star singable "Nine," it led the earth with 10 nominations. "Nine," a field box-office bomb, went bag empty-handed.

Other winners included Jason Reitman and Sheldon historiographer for their modified screenplay for "Up in the Air," and land producer Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces" for foreign-language film.

The Critics' Choice Awards, designed by the 235 members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association in the United States and Canada, hit ingrained a estimation as the directive barometer of accolade success. In the time 10 years, 80 proportionality of its best-picture winners went on to verify accolade gold. The success evaluate for director, prizewinning person and actress is 70 percent.

Backstage, the winners were definitely canny most their accolade chances aweigh of the Feb 2 nominations announcement.

Bridges, who has been appointed for quaternary Oscars but never won, only hoped the awards tending would increase the advertizement prospects of "Crazy Heart" — a land edition of terminal year's accolade anticipative "The Wrestler."

"It's rattling wonderful to intend the counsel of the headgear by the guys that do what you do," he said. "So if that should hap it would be wonderful."

Bullock and actress mutual the papers backstage and traded luminous assessments of apiece other. Bullock's eyes welled up when actress hailed her rival's "amazing" artefact for on-screen command and compassion.

(Reporting by histrion Goodman; Editing by Chris bugologist and Bill Trott)