The Razzie 2018 nominations – those given to the worst films and performances of the last year – have arrived, and excuse us, but Jennifer Lawrence???
Darren Aronofsky‘s mother! might have pushed the limits about what anyone could be expected to sit through for a film, but that had nothing to do with Jennifer Lawrence’s acting. The total suspension of reality in the third act (not to mention the [SPOILER] baby eating), on the other hand….
Rude.
Nominated in the Worst Actress category, Lawrence is up against Emma Watson (The Circle), Katherine Heigl (Unforgettable), Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades Darker) and Tyler Perry (Boo 2! A Madea Halloween), presumably because his character is a woman (a.k.a. Madea).
Elsewhere, The Mummy, Fifty Shades Darker, Transformers: The Last Night and The Emoji Movie all, er, cleaned up in the nominations. The esteemed body of voters at The Raspberry Awards are really not fans of Johnny Depp, or the Captain Jack Sparrow act he’s been wheeling out for 14 years.
But the Jennifer Lawrence / mother! thing is still confusing a few people.
mother! has plenty of problems, but Jennifer Lawrence’s performance is not one of them. A Razzie nomination reflects poorly on the awards, not her.
— Chris Schilling (@schillingc) January 22, 2018
Okay, #Razzies, I didn’t like #mother! either. But #JenniferLawrence was amazing in it, and she in no way deserves your nomination.
— Andrea Thompson (@areelofonesown) January 22, 2018
A lot of talk about the Razzies in my timeline this morning, so it’s worth pointing out that my favorite movie of 2017, Aronofsky’s MOTHER!, has three nominations, including a ridiculous Worst Director one. pic.twitter.com/65JDTpvqaN
— Matt Barone (@MBarone) January 22, 2018
The Razzies once nominated Stanley Kubrick as Worst Director for THE SHINING, so…
— Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken) January 22, 2018
Here’s the full list of nominations.
Worst Picture
Baywatch
The Emoji Movie
Fifty Shades Darker
The Mummy
Transformers: The Last Knight
Worst Actress
Katherine Heigl, Unforgettable
Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades Darker
Jennifer Lawrence, mother!
Tyler Perry, Boo 2!: A Madea Halloween
Emma Watson, The Circle
Worst Actor
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
Worst Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, mother! and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Russell Crowe, The Mummy
Josh Duhamel, Transformers: The Last Knight
Mel Gibson, Daddy’s Home 2
Anthony Hopkins, Collide and Transformers: The Last Knight
Worst Supporting Actress
Kim Basinger, Fifty Shades Darker
Sofia Boutella, The Mummy
Laura Haddock, Transformers: The Last Knight
Goldie Hawn, Snatched
Susan Sarandon, A Bad Moms Christmas
Worst Screen Combo
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
Any Two Obnoxious Emojis, The Emoji Movie
Johnny Depp & His Worn-Out Drunk Routine, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Tyler Perry & Either The Ratty Old Dress or Worn-Out Wig, Boo 2!: A Madea Halloween
Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
Baywatch
Boo 2!: A Madea Halloween
Fifty Shades Darker
The Mummy
Transformers: The Last Knight
Worst Director
Darren Aronofsky, Mother!
Michael Bay, Transformers: The Last Knight
James Foley, Fifty Shades Darker
Alex Kurtzman, The Mummy
Anthony (Tony) Leonidis, The Emoji Movie
Worst Screenplay
Baywatch
The Emoji Movie
Fifty Shades Darker
The Mummy
Transformers: The Last Knight
The winners will be announced on March 3, the day before the Oscars. It’s tradition.
