The winners of the 34th annual Golden Raspberry Awards, popularly known as the Razzies, were announced lasts night. The Razzies are “a logical antidote to Tinsel Town’s annual glut of self-congratulations [created] by John Wilson, author of Everything I Know I Learned at the Movies.” As is traditional, the awards were announced one day before the Oscar Awards.
According to the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation,”the hour long show handed out at least one statuette to four of the five Worst Picture nominees, but Adam Sandler and his unfunny follow up Grown Ups 2 went home empty-handed. Taking three of the top awards was the star-studded, snicker-free sketch comedy Movie 43… and also “winning” 3 gold spray-painted trophies, was the Will and Jaden Smith sci-fi fiasco After Earth…. the combination of father & son [Will and Jaden Smith] was described in the ceremony as being ‘stranded on Planet Nepotism.'”
“For eight of this year’s 9 Razzie categories, nominees and winners were determined by seeking online votes from about 800 G.R.A.F. Members in 47 U.S. states and 15 foreign countries. The nominees and eventual winner for the 9th category, Worst Screen Combo, were determined by votes from over 80,000 users at the popular movie review website Rotten Tomatoes.com.”
This year’s “winners” were:
Worst Picture: Movie 43
Worst Actor: Jaden Smith (in After Earth)
Worst Actress: Tyler Perry in drag (in A Madea Christmas)
Worst Supporting Actor: Will Smith (in After Earth)
Worst Supporting Actress: Kim Kardashian (in Tyler Perry’s Temptation)
Worst Screen Combo: Jaden Smith & Will Smith (in After Earth)
Worst Director: The 13 People Who Directed Movie 43)
Worst Screenplay: Movie 43 (written by 19 “Screenwriters”)
Worst Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel: The Lone Ranger
We detailed the full list of nominees in this article.