Nebraska and Her Lead St. Louis Film Critics Nominations

Heading into the race, it was very clear that there were 2 huge frontrunners for every award this season, you know them better as 12 Years A Slave, and Gravity. They established themselves very early with strong critical acclaim and healthy box office performance, and have been very consistent winners/nominees in the early critics awards.

However, films like Alexander Payne's Nebraska and Spike Jonze's Her have been benefitting from the stigma of not being the frontrunner; slowly and quietly building buzz to eventually become very big players in the later races.

Her especially is getting a nice boost from the critics; it won a joint Best Picture award with Gravity yesterday from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and won top honors from the NBR. This will help its small and unconventional profile when it comes to the top prize; the Oscars.

Nebraska was seen as something of a vehicle for leading man Bruce Dern's performance, but it's been being recognized in various other categories from other awards branches. It's very clear that the people who love this film, really love it.

Anyway, you can take a full list of nominees after the jump