• wins the Best Picture Award from any American Critics Group
  (NBR, LAFCA, NYFCC, NSFC, BFCA, Satellites, OFCS, SFCA,
  and the Critics Associations from San Diego, Florida, Dallas, Chicago)
  (Awards for Best Comedy, Best Family Film, Best Animated Film, Best Foreign Film, .... do not count)
  
  

  and has a Golden Globe nomination for screenplay
  
  

  must win a major Golden Globe

  (picture, director, actor, actress, screenplay)

otherwise, the film is considerd to be a Too Early Front Runner.