Razzie Awards 2023: The Worst of the Worst
While Hollywood is gearing up to announce its Oscar nominations tomorrow, honoring 2022’s best films and performances, the satirical awards organization Razzie Awards - formerly the Golden Raspberry Awards - shine a light on the “worst” movies of the year.
Leading the field this year is Andrew Dominik’s controversial Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde, with eight nominations. The film is nominated for Worst Picture and Dominik for Worst Director and Worst Screenplay. We disagree on this one.
But then again, it’s worth remembering that the unidentified Razzie voters enjoy trashing films they frequently haven’t seen (you don’t need to have seen all the movies to vote) and have previously nominated Stanley Kubrick as Worst Director for The Shining and Ennio Morricone for The Thing score. Credibility is not their stock in trade.
Just behind Blonde is (the admittedly dire) Good Mourning, a "comedy" by "rapper" and "singer" Machine Gun Kelly, which tallies seven nods.
More surprisingly, the joke awards have also given double Oscar winner Tom Hanks three nominations: Worst Supporting Actor in Elvis, Worst Actor for his turn as Geppetto in Disney’s live-action Pinocchio and Worst Screen Couple for him and “His Latex-Laden Face (and Ludicrous Accent)" in Elvis.
Disney’s Pinocchio is up for six awards, the highly memed Morbius received five nominations and The King’s Daughter got three.
One mean-spirited decision stands out this year: the Razzies have seen it fitting to nominate 12-year-old Firestarter actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong for Worst Actress. Punching down, much?
Here is the full list of nominations:
Worst Picture
Blonde
Disney’s Pinocchio
Good Mourning
The King’s Daughter
Morbius
Worst Actor
Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly), Good Mourning
Pete Davidson (Voice Only), Marmaduke
Tom Hanks (As Gepetto), Disney’s Pinocchio
Jared Leto, Morbius
Sylvester Stallone, Samaritan
Worst Actress
Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Firestarter
Bryce Dallas Howard, Jurassic Park: Dominion
Diane Keaton, Mack & Rita
Kaya Scodelario, The King’s Daughter
Alicia Silverstone, The Requin
Worst Remake / Rip-off / Sequel
Blonde
BOTH 365 Days Sequels – 365 Days: This Day & The Next 365 Days
Disney’s Pinocchio
Firestarter
Jurassic World: Dominion
Worst Supporting Actress
Adria Arjona, Morbius
Lorraine Bracco (Voice Only), Disney’s Pinocchio
Penelope Cruz, The 355
Bingbing Fan, The 355 & The King’s Daughter
Mira Sorvino, Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Worst Supporting Actor
Pete Davidson (Cameo Role), Good Mourning
Tom Hanks, Elvis
Xavier Samuel, Blonde
Mod Sun, Good Mourning
Evan Williams, Blonde
Worst Screen Couple
Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) & Mod Sun, Good Mourning
Both Real Life Characters in the Fallacious White House Bedroom Scene, Blonde
Tom Hanks & His Latex-Laden Face (and Ludicrous Accent), Elvis
Andrew Dominik & His Issues with Women, Blonde
The Two 365 Days Sequels (both Released in 2022)
Worst Director
Judd Apatow, The Bubble
Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) & Mod Sun, Good Mourning
Andrew Dominik, Blonde
Daniel Espinosa, Morbius
Robert Zemeckis, Disney’s Pinocchio
Worst Screenplay
Blonde
Disney’s Pinocchio
Good Mourning
Jurassic World: Dominion
Morbius