If their dismal reviews wasn’t punishment enough, for the 39th year, the Razzie Awards seek to recognize the achievements of the worst movies of the year. And for 2019’s crop of nominees, John Travolta’s “Gotti” and Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly’s “Holmes & Watson” both received the “honor” of being nominated for Worst Picture of 2018.
Melissa McCarthy might be nominated for an Oscar on Tuesday morning, but on Monday morning, she scored a nomination for Worst Actress for both “The Happytime Murders” and “Life of the Party,” and the former also landed among the five Worst Picture nominees. The box office bomb “Robin Hood” and Helen Mirren’s “Winchester” rounded out the nominees.
Even the first family found a way into the nominees, with Donald Trump and Melania Trump both getting nominated for portraying themselves in the documentary “Fahrenheit 11/9” from Michael Moore. And unlike the Oscars, the Razzies also feature a category for Worst Screen Combo. This year, “Johnny Depp and his fast-fading film career” were nominated for his voice work in “Sherlock Gnomes,” as were the combo of puppets and humans in “The Happytime Murders” during “those creepy sex scenes.”
Each year on the eve of the Oscar nominations announcement, the Razzies ask you to “Own Your Bad” and encourage winners to graciously come and accept their gold-colored “$4.97 trophy” shaped like a raspberry. In the past actors like Dwayne Johnson and Sandra Bullock have proudly accepted the award, even when Bullock was in the midst of an Oscar race for “The Blind Side.”
See the full list of nominees below and via Razzies.com.
WORST PICTURE
“Gotti”
“The Happytime Murders”
“Holmes & Watson”
“Robin Hood”
“Winchester”
WORST DIRECTOR
Etan Cohen, “Holmes & Watson”
Kevin Connolly, “Gotti”
James Foley, “Fifty Shades Freed”
Brian Henson, “Happytime Murders”
The Spierig Brothers (Michael and Peter), “Winchester”
WORST ACTRESS
Jennifer Garner, “Peppermint”
Amber Heard, “London Fields”
Melissa McCarthy, “The Happytime Murders” and “Life of the Party”
Helen Mirren, “Winchester”
Amanda Seyfried, “The Clapper”
WORST ACTOR
Johnny Depp (voice), “Sherlock Gnomes”
Will Ferrell, “Holmes & Watson”
John Travolta, “Gotti”
Donald J. Trump (as himself), “Death of a Nation” and “Fahrenheit 11/9”
Bruce Willis, “Death Wish”
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jamie Foxx, “Robin Hood”
Ludacris (voice), “Show Dogs”
Joel McHale, “Happytime Murders”
John C. Reilly, “Holmes & Watson”
Justice Smith, “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kellyanne Conway (as herself), “Fahrenheit 11/9”
Marcia Gay Harden, “Fifty Shades Freed”
Kelly Preston, “Gotti”
Jaz Sinclair, “Slender Man”
Melania Trump (as herself), “Fahrenheit 11/9”
WORST SCREENPLAY
“Death of a Nation”
“Fifty Shades Freed”
“Gotti”
“Happytime Murders”
“Winchester”
WORST REMAKE, RIPOFF or SEQUEL
“Death of a Nation” (remake of “Hillary’s America”)
“Death Wish”
“Holmes & Watson”
“The Meg” (ripoff of “Jaws”)
“Robin Hood”
WORST SCREEN COMBO
“Any two actors or puppets (especially in those creepy sex scenes),” “Happytime Murders”
“Johnny Depp and his fast-fading film career,” “Sherlock Gnomes”
“Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly (trashing two of literature’s most beloved characters),” “Holmes & Watson”
“Kelly Preston and John Travolta (getting ‘Battlefield Earth’-type reviews!),” “Gotti”
“Donald J. Trump and his self-perpetuating pettiness,” “Death of a Nation” and “Fahrenheit 11/9”