Dear Editor,  The votes are in – the Movies.com College Critics Association (CCA) weighed in on the top films of 2004 through the Second Annual College Critics’ Picks Poll.  Below, are the nationwide poll results (CCA is comprised of movie critics representing 137 colleges in the U.S.). We thought these might be helpful to you in adding a college perspective to your award season stories.

The 2004 College Critics’ Picks winners are as follows (alphabetical by category):  

Best Animated Movie The Incredibles

Best Book Adaptation Friday Night Lights

Best Comedy Mean Girls

Best Costume Ron Perlman, Hellboy

Best Date Movie   Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Foreign Film Hero

Best Hero Tie: “Mr. Incredible” and “Spiderman”

Best Horror Movie Dawn of the Dead

Best Leading Female Performance Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Leading Male Performance Jamie Foxx, Ray

Best Movie Nobody Saw Sideways

Best Newcomer/Most Promising Young Actor               Gael Garcia Bernal, The Motorcycle Diaries

Best On-Screen Chemistry                                            Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Sequel Kill Bill Vol. 2

Favorite Movie from Summer Vacation Spiderman

Most Disappointing Film Alexander

Movie Most Likely to End up in a College Curriculum Fahrenheit 9/11