Razzie Awards 2023: Blonde leads Golden Raspberry dishonours

If there’s one honour Hollywood egos detest to obtain, it’s a Golden Raspberry Award.

The Razzies are “awarded” to the worst films of the yr, and this season, the main contender is Australian filmmaker Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe not-quite-biopic Blonde.

Blonde, which starred Ana de Armas because the doomed star, nabbed eight nominations together with Worst Picture, Worst Remake/Rip-Off/Sequel, Worst Director and Worst Screenplay.

Cuban actor de Armas managed to flee the indignity and wasn’t nominated. She is definitely within the working for an Oscar nomination tomorrow, a unprecedented feat given how reviled the movie is.

In condemning Blonde, the Razzies mentioned it was main the “pack of cinematic mongrels” because it “‘explores’ the exploitation of Marilyn Monroe by continuing to exploit her posthumously”.

Dominik was personally nominated thrice, for director, screenplay and in Worst Couple underneath the entry, “Andrew Dominik and his issues with women”.

Blonde was tailored by Dominik (Chopper) from a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, a fictionalised biography of Monroe.

Dominik’s movie is visually arty however has attracted strident criticism for its depiction of Monroe as a victimised determine who was repeatedly abused by a string of males in her life, moderately than as an influential pop cultural icon who made empowering choices and constructed a profession. It was a complete stinker.

Blonde at present has a 42 per cent ranking on Rotten Tomatoes with an excellent decrease viewers rating of 32 per cent.

Machine Gun Kelly’s film Good Mourning was an in depth second with seven Razzie nominations, adopted by Disney’s live-action Pinocchio remake with six.

Tom Hanks was nominated twice for 2 completely different roles – Pinocchio and Elvis – whereas vampire comedian ebook film Morbius notched up 5 nods.

The Razzies have been working since 1981 and is historically awarded the day earlier than the Oscars. Sylvester Stallone has the honour of essentially the most wins with 10.

Some winners have taken the awards with good humour, even displaying up on the ceremony to gather the gong, together with Halle Berry for Catwoman, Paul Verhoeven for Showgirls and Sandra Bullock for All About Steve.

Full checklist of Razzie nominees:

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 – Marmaduke

Tom Hanks – 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

365 Days: This Day and The Next 365 Days

Disney’s Pinocchio

Firestarter

Jurassic World: Dominion

Worst Supporting Actor

Pete Davidson – Good Mourning

Tom Hanks – Elvis

Xavier Samuel – Blonde

Mod Sun – Good Mourning

Evan Williams – Blonde

Worst Supporting Actress

Adria Arjona – Morbius

Lorraine Bracco – Disney’s Pinocchio

Penelope Cruz – The 355

Bingbing Fan – The 355 & The King’s Daughter

Mira Sorvino – Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend

Worst Screen Couple

Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) & Mod Sun – Good Mourning

Both Real Life Characters within 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

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 – Andrew Dominik

Disney’s Pinocchio – Robert Zemeckis & Chris Weitz

Good Mourning – Machine Gun Kelly & Mod Sun

Jurassic World: Dominion – Screenplay by Emily Carmichael, Colin Treverrow and Derek Connolly

Morbius – Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless

Originally printed as Blonde leads Razzies with eight nominations