2009: Anne Hathaway

"You know what your dress needs, Anne? A tablecloth."

2009: Amy Adams

That color blue is so, so good on her.

2009: Taraji P. Henson

Her hair is so cute, but zoom in -- the intentionally unfinished seams on this dress are BANANAS. The front hem is so uneven.

2009: Kristen Bell

This dress was not made for sitting. It also... maybe barely was made at all.

2009: Laura Dern

A+, milady.

2009: Julius Tennon and Viola Davis

I love her, but this dress sits too low on her and those teeny loose straps were never going to trick us into thinking otherwise.

2009: Elizabeth Banks

I enjoy her unapologetically BIG HAIR.

2009: Angela Bassett

I just realized Keke Palmer could/should play her daughter.

2009: Eva Longoria

The details here look like someone made them out of the debris in their junk drawer.

2009: Katy Perry

I see you under there, thick peep-toe pumps! Gotta be the Louboutins from this era, right?

2009: Evan Rachel Wood

I miss her. Why isn't SHE reigning over a Game of Thrones spinoff, or something? Although actually I don't wish all that incest on her.

2009: Kate Beckinsale

Aw, she looks so nice.

2009: Angelina Jolie

She has always loved a bland neutral.

2009: Sarah Silverman

On brand.

2010: Saoirse Ronan

I totally forgot about The Lovely Bones, but she won this year for that (for Younger Performer). The outfit is totally fine; the bombshell head-styling is so NOT what she does now, in a way that's fascinating to me. Obviously we all grow and change, but this definitely feels like someone who at that time was maturing from having been a child actress and everyone was trying to figure out what that should look like on her.

2010: Sandra Bullock

This looks a bit like she's wearing a rug. And walking on her tiptoes.

2010: Marion Cotillard

Cool skirt, but the most boring idea for a top.

2010: Diane Kruger

This is some messy bodice work.

2010: Emily Blunt

This dress is lovely.

2010: John Krasinski and Emily Blunt

But CLEARLY they were making out in the car and no one told him that her lipstick rubbed off on his mouth, right? Or they DID tell him... after he'd already stepped onto the carpet. Maybe they kissed ON the carpet and I just didn't see a picture of it.

Meryl and Sandra

Speaking of making out!

2010: Carey Mulligan

I remember this haircut! Her current hair suits her much better. That necklace is TOTALLY overwhelming both her and the dress.

2010: Zoe Saldana

And here we have a bubble hem. And more peep-toe platforms. They really were the shoe style of this era. Angeline Jolie had them in every color.

2010: Amy Poehler

I am so glad she warmed up her blonde.

2010: Julianne Moore

The bodice looks like someone got bored halfway through making a throw-pillow.

2010: Nick Jonas

LOOK AT THIS FETAL JONAI.

2011: Jennifer Lawrence

This screamed for a gold shoe, but whatever, she was still new at this point (this was the year of Winter's Bone).

2011: Mila Kunis

This almost feels like... dress sits too low, shoes come too high.

2011: Julianne Moore

SUCH complicated shoes at this point.

2011: Hailee Steinfeld

Complex shoes! Also, this wee moppet is now engaged to an NFL quarterback (Josh Allen of the Bills). TIME.

2011: Khloe Kardashian

More elaborate shoes! Also, Khloe looks like a different person. I always liked this version of her. (I'm not trying to be tacky, but we cannot pretend the Kards don't all tinker with their faces at the VERY least. Khloe's entire head, except I guess for her briefly going back to this hair color, looks nothing like this now. And that is her choice! I'm just saying, I like this face.)

2011: Kim Kardashian

We also have a much earlier Kim iteration.

2011: Keri Hilson

You want elaborate shoes? YOU GOT IT. I totally think she and her hot glue gun collaborated on these.

2011: Keri Hilson

She was correct to try and keep the rest of it simple, but perhaps not correct about WHAT simple thing she picked.

2011: SWINTON

She hardly ever gets the legs out anymore, does she?

2011: Elle Fanning

I thought that was a hole in her armpit, but it's just sweat. I TOO would sweat through this.

2011: Amy Adams

That's super fabric. Boring shoes.

2011: Kodi Smit McPhee

Look at him! You can totally see the adult fashion lover he's going to grow into. I love it.

2011: Natalie Portman

It turns out she was pregnant here, but I don't remember if we knew it yet.

2011: Nicole Kidman

That black ruffle is both sloppy, and somehow doesn't stand out ENOUGH against the blue. The food stinks and the portions are too small, etc.

2011: Michelle Williams

She looks like a nervous child bride.

2011: Emily Blunt

Pretty bodice! I like this hair color best on her, I think.

2011: Annette Bening

She looks divine.

2011: Leslie Bibb and Sam Rockwell

Continuing the theme of couples who've been together longer than I remember!

Critics Choice Awards Time Machine: 2009-2011

We've got a LOT of good throwbacks in here.