The
critics
have
made
their
choice.

At

2025
Critics
Choice
Awards,
plenty
of
movies
and
TV
shows—ranging
from
pop-u-lar
blockbusters
to
streaming
smash
hits—were
honored
by
the
American-Canadian
Critics
Choice
Association.

In
the
film
department, Wicked
entered
the ceremony
with
a
whopping
11
nominations,
including
Best
Actress
for


Cynthia
Erivo
and
Best
Supporting
Actress
for


Ariana
Grande—but
it
was
director

Jon
M.
Chu
who
took
home
a
trophy
for
Best
Director.

“I
will
be
real
with
you,”
he
said
onstage. “We
get
to
tell
stories
for
our
life.
I’d
been
waiting
to
not
think
about
algebra
or
grammar
ever
again.
I
just
wanted
to
make
movies.
I
wanted
to
work
with
my
friends.
I
wanted
to
share
whatever
it
is
we
had
in
our
heads
that
week,
that
year,
in
our
childhood.”

Jon
added, “I
feel
very
privileged
to
be
here,
to
be
telling
the
stories
to
the
world
with
all
of
you
out
here.”