43rd Razzie® Award Nominations

The 43rd Razzie nominations are out and three genre works are contenders in several categories. The first two are named in the press release:

The year’s most ridiculed movie, Morbius (with Worst Actor nominee Jared Leto in the title role) collected five nods. Disney’s wholly unnecessary (and oddly creepy) live action/CGI remake of Pinocchio pulled our voters’ strings to make it into six categories.

Morbius is based on a Marvel superhero character of the same name.

Tom Hanks, not ordinarily associated with stinkers, acted his way into two categories, as Worst Actor for his performance as Gepetto in Disney’s Pinocchio, and as Worst Supporting Actor as Col. Parker in the non-genre Elvis.

The third genre contender is The King’s Daughter, based on Vonda McIntyre’s historical fantasy The Moon and the Sun. It also yielded nominees for Worst Actress and Worst Supporting Actress.

The 43rd Razzie “winners” will be unveiled on Oscar Eve — Saturday, March 11th.
 
43rd Annual Golden Raspberry (Razzie®) 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 [a Razzie BOGO]
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  / Written for the Screen by Andrew Dominik,
    Adapted from the “Bio-Novel” by Joyce Carol Oates
Disney’s Pinocchio / Screenplay by Robert Zemeckis & Chris Weitz
   (Not Authorized by the Estate of Carlo Collodi)
Good Mourning  / “Written” by Machine Gun Kelly & Mod Sun
Jurassic World: Dominion / Screenplay by Emily Carmichael
   & Colin Treverrow,Story by Treverrow & Derek Connolly
Morbius / Screen Story and Screenplay by Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless

Update 01/25/2023: Added The King’s Daughter per correction in comments. // Lined out Ryan Kiera Armstrong in the Worst Actress category: “Razzie awards remove 12-year-old from worst actress category after backlash” in the Guardian.

4 thoughts on “43rd Razzie® Award Nominations

  1. Unfortunately, The King’s Daughter is also genre, based on Vonda McIntyre’s historical fantasy The Moon and the Sun.

  2. I didn’t recognize that one — I have revised the post, it’s an important addition, but as you say, an unfortunate one.

  3. I was shocked the Razzies nominated a 12-year-old. Glad other people were upset enough to raise hell on the socials.

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