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The Critics Pics

Filmfestivals.com asked 10 critics around the world to make their choices: Best Feature, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Foreign Language Film. Half of the critics are from Europe and the other half American; all but one gave their reasons. Just click on their names to find out what sold them on their choices and how they compare to yours. If you've forgotten the nominees, see the list below the critics' chart.

The 73rd annual Academy Awards is set for March 25, have you made your picks yet?

Best Picture Best Director Best Actress Best Actor Best Foreign Language Film
Hans Beerekamp (Netherlands) Traffic Ang Lee Julia Roberts Ed Harris The Taste of Others
Peter Brunette (US) Erin Brockovich Ang Lee Ellen Burstyn Javier Bardem Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Michel Ciment (France) Traffic Steven Soderbergh Julia Roberts Tom Hanks Amores Perros
Klaus Eder (Germany) Traffic Ang Lee Laura Linney Javier Bardem Amores Perros
Howard Feinstein (US) Crouching Tiger Ang Lee Ellen Burstyn Javier Bardem Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Alexander Horwath (Austria) Crouching Tiger Ang Lee Joan Allen Javier Bardem The Taste of Others
Dave Kehr (US) Traffic Steven Soderbergh Laura Linney Tom Hanks Amores Perros
Derek Malcolm (UK) Traffic Ang Lee Laura Linney Ed Harris Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Peter Rainer (US) Crouching Tiger Ang Lee Laura Linney Javier Bardem Amores Perros
Henry Sheehan (US) Traffic Steven Soderbergh Laura Linney Tom Hanks Amores Perros

Best Picture
Chocolat by Lasse Hallstrom 
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee 
Erin Brockovich by Steven Soderbergh
Gladiator by Ridley Scott
Traffic by Steven Soderbergh

Best Director
Billy Elliot by Stephen Daldry
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee
Erin Brockovich by Steven Soderbergh
Gladiator by Ridley Scott
Traffic by Steven Soderbergh

Best Foreign Language Film
Amores Perros by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
by Ang Lee
Divided We Fall
by Jan Hrebejk
Everybody Famous!
by Dominique DeRuddere
The Taste Of Others
by Agnès Jaoui

Best Actress in a Lead Role
Joan Allen - The Contender
Juliette Binoche - Chocolat
Ellen Burstyn - Requiem For A Dream
Laura Linney - You Can Count On Me
Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich

Best Actor in a Lead Role
Javier Bardem - Before Night Falls
Russell Crowe - Gladiator
Tom Hanks - Cast Away
Ed Harris - Pollock
Geoffrey Rush - Quills

ChocolatCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
GladiatorTraffic

Erin BrockovichAmores Perros
Cast Away The Taste Of Others

The ContenderYou Can Count On Me
Pollock
Before Night Falls

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