The critics also voted Mr. Leigh as best director, while the film's star, Brenda Blethyn, was given the best actress award.
The critics also voted Claude Chabrol's drama "La Ceremonie" as best foreign film.
(Reporters and critics for The New York Times do not vote on the Tony Awards.)
Consequently, the critics of the Independent on Sunday voted it book of the week on 26 March 2006.
The critics also voted an award to Peter Nichols for "Privates on Parade" as best new foreign play.
Competition, 16 Dec 2011: You've read who our critics voted for.
In the 2012 Sight and Sound poll, the critics voted Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera (1929) the 8th best film ever made.
You've read who our critics voted for.
The readers and critics of Downbeat magazine have voted him best composer in six of the last seven years.