Razzies calls 2017 a year when “Hollywood’s recycled trash heap attained an all-time high” and saw a “toxic-level lack of originality”
Those walking, talking piles of poop who proudly claimed “we’re No. 2!” in “The Emoji Movie” were named the winners (or should we say, the losers?) of the Worst Picture of 2017 in the 38th annual Golden Raspberry Award’s aka Razzies.
“Leading this year’s list of movie-misfires is the emoticon-based, talking poop opus,” the Razzies said in a statement, adding that the panned film came in a year when “Hollywood’s recycled trash heap attained an all-time high” and saw a “toxic-level lack of originality.”
Voting Razzie members (1,009 film buffs, entertainment journalists and other strongly opinionated movie goers from 49 states and 25 foreign countries) cast their ballots online, selecting five final contenders in nine categories.
Also Read: ‘The Emoji Movie’ Review: There Are No Words
Worst actor of the year went to someone who’s been nominated lots of times, tried, but never won, “proving practice does make a perfect Razzie recipient,” the announcement said. The winner/loser — Tom Cruise for his role in “The Mummy.”
Leading “actress” went to Tyler Perry for his tenth appearance as Medea in “BOO! 2: A Medea Halloween.” Supporting awards were “won” by Kim Basinger for “Fifty Shades Darker” and Mel Gibson for “Daddy Home 2,” a performance which the London Guardian called “a grinning death’s head of unfunniness.”
WINNER: Tom Cruise, “The Mummy”
Johnny Depp, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales”
Jamie Dornan, “Fifty Shades Darker”
Zac Efron, “Baywatch”
Mark Wahlberg, “Daddy’s Home 2” and “Transformers: The Last Knight”
Javier Bardem, “Mother!” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales”
Russell Crowe, “The Mummy”
Josh Duhamel, “Transformers: Last Knight”
WINNER: Mel Gibson, “Daddy’s Home 2”
Anthony Hopkins, “Collide” and “Transformers: The Last Knight”
Any Combination of Two Characters, Two Sex Toys or Two Sexual Positions, “Fifty Shades Darker”
Any Combination of Two Humans, Two Robots or Two Explosions, “Transformers: The Last Knight”
WINNER: Any Two Obnoxious Emojis, “The Emoji Movie”
Johnny Depp and His Worn Out Drunk Routine, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Careers Tell No Tales”
Tyler Perry and Either the Ratty Old Dress or Worn Out Wig, “BOO! 2: A Madea Halloween”
