From 'Wonder Woman' to 'Girls Trip': Our film critics pick their 3 favorite characters of 2017

We asked The Times' film critics to each choose their favorite roles from the past year. Their selections range from blockbuster leading lady Wonder Woman to Moonee, the pint-sized breakout of indie darling "The Florida Project."

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Cyril Woodcock, played by Lesley Manville in "Phantom Thread"

"Don't pick a fight with me. You won't come out alive." The most memorable moment in "Phantom Thread" doesn't belong to its romantic leads - Daniel Day-Lewis as the fashion designer Reynolds Woodcock or Vicky Krieps as his latest paramour, Alma. It belongs to Cyril, Reynolds' sister, confidant, business partner and platonic soul mate, the woman who keeps this beautiful London house and this impeccable operation in order. Manville's performance, a silent symphony of withering glances that channels Judith Anderson in Hitchcock's "Rebecca," is mesmerizing in its ferocity but also in its unexpected flickers of compassion. You don't just fear this woman; you revere her and long for her approval.

Moonee, played by Brooklynn Prince in "The Florida Project"

As Moonee, a 6-year-old little rascal who exercises a reign of (mostly benign) terror over a derelict motel on the outskirts of Orlando,