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Monday 7 February 2022

Awards Season 2022: Razzies Nominations


What's that I smell in the air? Could it possibly be the whiff of cinematic feculence? 

Ah yes, it's that time of year again when the Golden Raspberries seek to dishonour the worst films of the previous year. 

So here are the full nominations for the 42nd Annual Razzie Awards:


WORST PICTURE
Diana The Musical
Infinite
Karen
Space Jam: A New Legacy
The Woman In The Window

WORST ACTRESS
Amy Adams (The Woman In The Window)
Jeanna de Waal (Diana The Musical)
Megan Fox (Midnight In The Switchgrass)
Taryn Manning (Karen)
Ruby Rose (Vanquish)

WORST ACTOR
Scott Eastwood (Dangerous)
Roe Hartrampf (Diana The Musical)
LeBron James (Space Jam: A New Legacy)
Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen)
Mark Wahlberg (Infinite)

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ben Affleck (The Last Duel)
Nick Cannon (The Misfits)
Mel Gibson (Dangerous)
Gareth Keegan (Diana The Musical)
Jared Leto (House Of Gucci)

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams (Dear Evan Hansen)
Sophie Cookson (Infinite)
Erin Davie (Diana The Musical)
Judy Kaye (Diana The Musical)
Taryn Manning (Every Last One Of Them)

WORST SCREEN COUPLE
Any Klutzy Cast Member & Any Lamely Lyricized (or choreographed) Musical Number (Diana the Musical)
LeBron James & Any Warner Cartoon Character (or Time-Warner product) He Dribbles on (Space Jam: A New Legacy)
Jared Leto & Either His 17-Pound Latex Face, His Geeky Clothes or His Ridiculous Accent (House of Gucci)
Ben Platt & Any Other Character Who Acts Like Platt Singing 24-7 is Normal (Dear Evan Hansen)
Tom & Jerry (Tom & Jerry: The Movie)

WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
Karen
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Tom & Jerry: The Movie
Twist
The Woman In The Window

WORST DIRECTOR
Christopher Ashley (Diana The Musical)
Stephen Chbosky (Dear Evan Hansen)
Coke Daniels (Karen)
Renny Harlin (The Misfits)
Joe Wright (The Woman In The Window)

WORST SCREENPLAY
Diana The Musical
Karen
The Misfits
Twist
The Woman In The Window

WORST PERFORMANCE BY BRUCE WILLIS IN A 2021 MOVIE
American Siege
Apex
Cosmic Sin
Deadlock
Fortress
Midnight In The Switchgrass
Out Of Death
Survive The Game


With a staggering nine nominations, Diana The Musical leads the pack with nine. Tone-deaf "thriller" Karen (about a hysterical racist white woman who terrorises her new Black neighbours) and Rear Window rip-off The Woman In The Window tie for second place with five apiece. 

Frankly, if any performance did belong on this list, it's Jared Leto. Whilst the whole of House Of Gucci is slightly "heightened", his performance comes from the Joe Dolce School of Acting and feels like it belongs in an entirely different film. It's jarring, annoying, and I genuinely don't understand why Ridley Scott didn't rein him in. 

There's also a very real possibility- although I really hope not- that we might be looking at Leto getting a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nod tomorrow (which will echo Glenn Close last year for her turn in Hillbilly Elegy).

A slightly dodgy claim to fame here: Infinite, which gets three nods, was partially filmed in Cardiff (with a section of Newport Road [a main road in the city centre] closed for several days in October 2019).  I have been meaning to check the film out, just for that scene, but I mightn't bother now...

Also, considering lockdowns and everything that went on, part of me is slightly impressed that Bruce Willis featured in enough cinematic crap to get his own category. 

As is tradition, the Razzies will be handed out the day before the Oscars, meaning that we'll see which of these stinkers walks away with the prizes on Saturday 26th March 2021. 


As is also tradition, I'll be posting my predictions for the main six categories for the 94th Academy Awards a little later today, ahead of the announcement tomorrow afternoon.

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