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After such a brutal year, you might think that the Razzie Awards – the annual awards that celebrate (?) The worst of the worst in cinema last year – can take the day off. You would be wrong.
(Over there will be an award that recognizes the struggle that 2020 was for the industry, with a Special Governor Award for 2020 marking it as “The Worst Calendar Year EVER!”.)
In addition to the year itself, the other big winners / losers on the day of the nominations were 365 days – remember polish Fifty Shades of grey– how did that make people very hot and uncomfortable in the early days of the pandemic? – and the mega-budget Dolittle, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the titular doctor with the gift of the word when it comes to animals. Both films topped the nominee list with six nominations each.
Controversial titles like Sia’s Song and Ron Howard Hillbilly Elegy – which has become a kind of critical punching bag, despite a lot of love from the spectators, if you look at our Audience Score – it has also accumulated many nominees.
And a small editorial note from RT: We protest against any and all all appointments to Hubie Halloween, a only-Rotten Adam Sandler Halloween comedy that is an absolute prank; we have similar feelings about the appointment of Kristen Wiig to Wonder Woman 1984 – his Barbara Minerva was one of the best things in the film, according to many critics.
OK, apart from that, here’s the complete list of nominations for the 41st Golden Raspberry Award. The winners will be announced on Saturday, April 24, 2021.
WORST IMAGE
365 days
Absolute proof
Dolittle
Fantasy Island
Song
WORST ACTOR
Robert Downey, Jr. – Dolittle
Mike Lindell (the guy from “My Pillow”) – Absolute proof
Michele Morrone – 365 days
Adam Sandler – Hubie Halloween
David Spade – The Wrong Missy
WORST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway – The last thing he wanted AND Roald Dahl’s Witches
Katie Holmes – Brahms: The Boy II AND The secret: dare to dream
Kate Hudson – Song
Lauren Lapkus – The Wrong Missy
Anna-Maria Sieklucka – 365 days
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Lucy Hale – Fantasy Island
Maggie Q – Fantasy Island
Kristen Wiig – Wonder Woman 1984
Maddie Ziegler – Song
WORST SUPPORT ACTOR
Chevy Chase – The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
Rudy Giuliani (as “himself”) – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Shia LaBeouf – The tax collector
Arnold Schwarzenegger – Iron mask
Bruce Willis – Violation, Hard Kill AND Slive the night
WORST SCREEN COMBO
Maria Bakalova and Rudy Giuliani (yes, this is really Rudy Giuliani!) – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Robert Downey Jr. and his absolutely convincing “Welsh” accent – Dolittle
Harrison Ford and that totally fake CGI “dog” – Call of the Wild
Lauren Lapkus and David Spade – The Wrong Missy
Adam Sandler and his grating simpleton voice – Hubie Halloween
WORST DIRECTOR
Charles Band – All three films “Barbie and Kendra”
Barbara Bialowas and Tomasz Mandes – 365 days
Stephen Gaghan – Dolittle
Ron Howard – Hillbilly Elegy
Sia – Song
WORST SCREENPLAY
365 days
All three Barbie and Kendra movies
Dolittle
Fantasy Island
Hillbilly Elegy
WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
365 days (Polish Remake / Rip-Off of Fifty Shades of grey)
Dolittle (Redo)
Fantasy Island (Remake / ”Re-Imagining”)
Hubie Halloween (Remake / Rip-Off of Ernest Scared Stupid)
Wonder Woman 1984 (Sequence)
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