It wouldn’t be an Oscar-eve without the release of the Razzie Awards (which happened last night). While the Academy Awards obviously celebrate the (supposedly) best and brightest of the movie industry, the Razzies, its scrappy antidote, of course, examines the worst performances and films of the year. The Razzies take some wild swings on occasion, but, arguably, they got it “right” this year, at least in their zeroing in at the tuneless and chemistry-free S&M relationship adaptation of “Fifty Shades Of Grey.” The E.L. James movie, along with 20th Century Fox’s “Fantastic Four,” swept the awards, managing to tie for Worst Picture. The superhero movie was awarded Worst Director (poor Josh Trank, who has been through enough this year), Worst Remake, Rip-Off Or Sequel, and the aforementioned Worst Picture.
“Fifty Shades Of Grey,” on the other hand, was trashed in several other areas, including Worst Actor and Actress, Worst Combo, and Worst Screenplay; it feels like a damning statement on the film. Elsewhere, Eddie Redmayne’s ridiculously overwrought performance in “Jupiter Ascending” was razzed (he joins that Sandra Bullock, Halle Berry, and other Oscar winners who also have a Razzie) and Sylvester Stallone, somewhat of a target of the Razzie institution over the years, won a Redeemer award for his soulful “Creed” turn.
Full list of winners (losers) below.
WORST PICTURE
WINNER: ”Fantastic Four"
WINNER: "Fifty Shades of Grey"
"Jupiter Ascending"
"Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2"
“Pixels"
WORST ACTOR
WINNER: Jamie Dornan, "Fifty Shades of Grey"
Johnny Depp, "Mortdecai"
Kevin James, "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2"
Adam Sandler, "The Cobbler" and "Pixels"
Channing Tatum, "Jupiter Ascending”
WORST ACTRESS
WINNER: Dakota Johnson, "Fifty Shades of Grey"
Katherine Heigl, "Home Sweet Hell"
Mila Kunis, "Jupiter Ascending"
Jennifer Lopez, "The Boy Next Door"
Gwyneth Paltrow, “Mortdecai"
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Eddie Redmayne, "Jupiter Ascending”
Chevy Chase, "Hot Tub Time Machine 2" and "Vacation"
Josh Gad, "Pixels" and "The Wedding Ringer"
Kevin James, "Pixels"
Jason Lee, "Alvin and the Chipmunks 4: Road Chip"
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER: Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, "Alvin and the Chipmunks 4: Road Chip" and "The Wedding Ringer"
Rooney Mara, "Pan"
Michelle Monaghan, "Pixels"
Jullanne Moore, "Seventh Son"
Amanda Seyfried, "Love the Coopers" and “Pan"
WORST DIRECTOR
WINNER: Josh Trank (and Alan Smithee?), "Fantastic Four"
Andy Fickman, "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2"
Tom Six, "Human Centipede 3: Final Sequence"
Sam Taylor-Johnson, "Fifty Shades of Grey"
Andy and Lana Wachowski, "Jupiter Ascending”
WORST SCREENPLAY
WINNER: ”Fifty Shades of Grey"
"Fantastic Four"
"Jupiter Ascending"
"Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2"
“Pixels"
WORST SCREEN COMBO
WINNER: Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, "Fifty Shades of Grey"
All Four "Fantastics," "Fantastic Four"
Johnny Depp and His Glued-On Mustache, "Mortdcai"
Kevin James and Either His Segway or His Glued-On Mustache, "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2"
Adam Sandler and Any Pair of Shoes, "The Cobbler”
WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF, OR SEQUEL
WINNER: "Fantastic Four”
”Alvin and the Chipmunks 4: Road Chip"
"Hot Tub Time Machine 2"
"Human Centipede 3: Final Sequence"
"Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2"
THE RAZZIE REDEEMER AWARD
WINNER: Sylvester Stallone — from all-time Razzie champ to “Creed"
Elizabeth Banks — from "Movie 43" to "Pitch Perfect 2"
M. Night Shyamalan — from perennial Razzie winner to "The Visit"
Will Smith — from Razzie-winner for "After Earth" to "Concussion"