The film blonde, a biopic about Marilyn Monroeleads this Monday with 8 nominations the 43rd edition of the Razzie Awards, also called “anti-Oscars” because they distinguish the worst films of each year.
The film, directed by Andrew Dominik and starring Spanish-Cuban Ana de Armas, was selected in some of the most relevant categories, such as worst film, worst director and worst screenplay, announced the Golden Raspberry Awards foundation, which organizes these awards.
Next to blondewhich competed for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival last September, the quintet of productions considered among the worst of 2022 is made up of Pinocchiothe one directed by Robert Zemeckis, with Tom Hanks, not that of Guillermo del Toro, Morbioby Daniele Espinosa Good morningby Machine Gun Kelly and Mod Sun, and The King’s Daughter, by Sean McNamara.
Ana de Armas, nominated this year for a Golden Globe for her performance, was not shortlisted for these comedy awards, where anyone who pays a membership can join the foundation and vote.
After blondethe most ridiculed production of the year was Morbiowhich got 5 nominations -including one for Worst Picture- with Jared Leto nominated for Worst Actor, section in which he will compete with Tom Hanks and his role as Geppetto in the film Pinocchioof Disney.
Disney has released its new version of Pinocchiowork of the director of Back to the Futurethree months before Netflix launched its own adaptation directed by Mexican Guillermo del Toro, already Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee in the animation category for this film, released in theaters in December and available for streaming.
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Rapper Machine Gun Kelly of Good morningthe voice of comedian Pete Davidson in mamarduke and Sylvester Stallone as the hero Nemesis they were also listed by the Razzies as the season’s worst performers.
The female version of this section includes Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic Park: Domination), Diane Keaton (Mac and Rita), Ryan Kiera Armstrong (fire starter), Kaya Scodelario (The king’s daughter) and Alicia Silverstone (The Rechino).
Hanks’ name appears again in the category of Worst Supporting Actor, this time in the role of Colonel Tom Parker in the acclaimed Elviswhere, according to the organization, he was shown “loaded with latex and with a ridiculous accent”.
The Razzie Awards, controversial within the Hollywood industry due to their pejorative nature, include other sections among their categories, such as Worst Screen Combo or Worst “Remake” or Sequel.
The name of the foundation that awards these prizes comes from the English phrase “blowing a raspberry”, which refers to the sound of a puff made to demonstrate that a work is of poor quality. In this case, as a mockery of the American film industry.
Its first edition dates back to 1981 and its delivery, which this year will take place on March 11, always coincides with the eve of the Oscars.
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Source: Clarin
