Pike's performance is overrated. It's a great, iconic character and she does well. But it's not a great performance. She's mostly riding on the strength of the most fun, evil, twisted role of the year.
Best Actor
Michael Keaton - Birdman (Detroit Film Critics)
Michael Keaton - Birdman (Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Assocation)
Michael Keaton - Birdman (Online Film Critics Society)
Michael Keaton - Birdman (San Franciso Film Critics Circle)
Michael Keaton - Birdman (Kansas City Film Critics Circle)
Michael Keaton - Birdman (Boston Society of Film Critics)
Michael Keaton - Birdman (Washington DC Critics)
Michael Keaton - Birdman (National Board of Review) (tie)
Brendan Gleeson - Calvary (Boston Online Film Critics)
Ralph Fiennes- The Grand Budapest Hotel (Indiana Film Journalists Assocation)
Tom Hardy - Locke (LA Film Critics)
Oscar Isaac - A Most Violent Year (National Board of Review) (tie)
Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler (St. Louis Film Critics)
Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler (San Francisco Film Critics)
David Oyelowo - Selma (African-American Film Critics Association)
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything (New York Film Critics Online)
Timothy Spall - Mr. Turner (New York Film Critics Circle)
Best Actress
Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Belle (African-American Film Critics Association)
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood (LA Film Critics)
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl (Kansas City Film Critics Circle)
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl (Online Film Critics Society)
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl (St. Louis Film Critics)
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl (Detroit Film Critics)
Julianne Moore - Still Alice (National Board of Review)
Julianne Moore - Still Alice (Washington DC Critics)
Julianne Moore - Still Alice (San Franciso Film Critics Circle)
Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night and The Immigrant (New York Film Critics Circle)
Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night and The Immigrant (Boston Society of Film Critics)
Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night (Boston Online Film Critics)
Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night (New York Film Critics Online)
Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night (San Francisco Film Critics)
Reese Witherspoon - Wild (Indiana Film Journalists Assocation)
Reese Witherspoon - Wild (Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Assocation)