Best Ensemble Cast
- Bale, Adams, Cooper, Lawrence, Renner, C.K., Rohm, et. al. for American Hustle, for capitalizing on sizably showy parts and Russell's stirring of star personas (even Lawrence benefits even though she looks out of place in that role), gaining momentum with the amount of actors on screen.
- Broussard, Chang, Watson, Farmiga, Julien, Mann, et. al. for The Bling Ring, for carving distinct personalities and quiet textures, even those who only have a handful of scenes to do so, nailing the tricky temperament of its central high-schoolers while spryly playing off of one another.
- Gerwig, Sumner, Esper, Driver, Gummer, d'Amboise, et. al. for Frances Ha, for successfully etching a world outside of Frances's own navel-gazing through a conduit of various lively comic personas, all so crucial in telegraphing important character detail and sustaining its bitter humor.
- Metzger, Jasper, Purnell, Solano, Bumb, McDonald, et. al. for I Want Your Love, for stimulating the kind of casual sensitivity to camaraderie and romantic bonds that can only come from a troupe of unprofessional but incisive actors, landing subtle variations on the ways that friends/lovers interact.
- Bernal, Castro, Gnecco, Zegers, Montero, Vadell, et. al. for No, for earnestly selling the film's wavering tone of winking, tongue-in-cheek humor and urgent historical testimony, and for evoking the tangible hazards of pulling off this kind of project under Pinochet's rule.
Honorable Mentions (Alphabetic Order): Behind the Candelabra, Computer Chess, Fill the Void, A Hijacking, In the Fog, Mother of George, Paradise: Love, Prisoners, Something in the Air, The Spectacular Now
Hey, What About: 12 Years a Slave? Solid work from many key players, but not enough interplay with background characters if you ask me; August: Osage County? It's right with my disappointment that a sizable number of its terrific cast couldn't match Streep, Roberts, Cooper, Nicholson, or Shepard, resulting in the occasional out-of-synch sequence. Dallas Buyers Club? Which managed a SAG nomination with a script that neglects anyone that isn't Ron, Rayon or Eve, leaving its recognition there a little puzzling to me since it gives its side players so little to do as a result. Lee Daniels' The Butler? I unfortunately missed it, the combination of a busy semester, faltering Oscar buzz, and worrisome reactions ending in me failing to ever catch up with it. Which is sad, since I kind of loved The Paperboy (it probably would've been a contender for this category if I had ever gotten around to it last year).
Hey, What About: 12 Years a Slave? Solid work from many key players, but not enough interplay with background characters if you ask me; August: Osage County? It's right with my disappointment that a sizable number of its terrific cast couldn't match Streep, Roberts, Cooper, Nicholson, or Shepard, resulting in the occasional out-of-synch sequence. Dallas Buyers Club? Which managed a SAG nomination with a script that neglects anyone that isn't Ron, Rayon or Eve, leaving its recognition there a little puzzling to me since it gives its side players so little to do as a result. Lee Daniels' The Butler? I unfortunately missed it, the combination of a busy semester, faltering Oscar buzz, and worrisome reactions ending in me failing to ever catch up with it. Which is sad, since I kind of loved The Paperboy (it probably would've been a contender for this category if I had ever gotten around to it last year).
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