Toronto critics

Here's a different set of choices from a critics' group, with plenty of love for Rachel Getting Married. (In Contention)

BEST PICTURE: “Wendy and Lucy”
Runners-up: “Rachel Getting Married”; “WALL-E”

BEST ACTOR: Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
Runners-up: Sean Penn, “Milk”; Jean-Claude Van Damme, “JCVD”

BEST ACTRESS: Michelle Williams, “Wendy and Lucy”
Runners-up: Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”; Meryl Streep, “Doubt”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Runners-up: Josh Brolin, “Milk”; Robert Downey, Jr, “Tropic Thunder”; Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Rosemarie DeWitt, “Rachel Getting Married”
Runners-up: Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”; Viola Davis, “Doubt”

BEST DIRECTOR: Jonathan Demme, “Rachel Getting Married”
Runners-up: Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”; Andrew Stanton, “WALL-E”