“Toronto movie critics have voted Spike Jonze’s screenwriting satire Adaptation as the best film of 2002, making the wide-open Oscar nominations race even tougher to call. The 25 members of the Toronto Film Critics Association showered Adaptation with kudos in their annual list of year-end prizes, citing the film for best picture, best male performance, best supporting male performance, and best screenplay… Critic and industry groups traditionally kick-start the Oscar nominations process, and this year they’ve been all over the map in assigning glory.”