The Hurt Locker film of 2009, behind Pixar's "Up". The critics' consensus reads, "A well-acted, intensely shot, action filled war epic, Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" is thus far the best of the recent dramatizations of the Iraq War." Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score, gave the film an average score of 94 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name="meta"> The Hurt Locker The Hurt Locker is a 2008 American war thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal released on June 26, 2009. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes,
2009 National Society of Film Critics Awards 2009 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 44th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 2010, honored the best in film for 2009. 1. The Hurt Locker<br> 2. "Summer Hours" ("L'Heure d'été")<br> 3. "Inglourious Basterds" 1. Kathryn Bigelow – "The Hurt Locker"<br> 2. Olivier Assayas – "Summer Hours" ("L'Heure d'été")<br> 3. Wes Anderson – "Fantastic Mr. Fox" 1. Jeremy Renner – "The Hurt Locker"<br> 2. Jeff Bridges – "Crazy Heart"<br> 3. Nicolas Cage – "" 1. Yolande Moreau – "Séraphine"<br> 2. Meryl Streep – "Julie & Julia" and "Fantastic Mr. Fox"<br> 3. Abbie Cornish – "Bright