ROTTEN TOMATOES: Razzies Announce Their "Winners"

Razzies Announce Their "Winners"

The Love Guru nabs 3 big ones

by RT Staff | February 21, 2009

No awards season would be complete without the Golden Raspberry Awards (AKA The Razzies), awarded each year to the very worst movies to hit Hollywood. This year's winners were announced on Saturday evening, and multiple-nominee The Love Guru took home not only top honors, but a couple others as well, and Paris Hilton received three Razzies as well.

Leading the pack in nominations was Disaster Movie (2 percent on the Tomatometer), which managed to earn six nominations; The Hottie & the Nottie (5 percent), up for honors in five categories; and Uwe Boll's In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, which also earned the Teutonic Terror a Worst Career Achievement Razzie.

The complete list of nominees:

Worst Picture

Disaster Movie & Meet the Spartans (double nominee from the same writer-directors)

The Happening

The Hottie & The Nottie

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

The Love Guru -

Worst Actor

Larry the Cable Guy, Witless Protection

Eddie Murphy, Meet Dave

Mike Myers, The Love Guru -

Al Pacino, 88 Minutes & Righteous Kill

Mark Wahlberg, The Happening & Max Payne

Worst Actress

Jessica Alba, The Eye & The Love Guru

The cast of The Women (Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Meg Ryan)

Cameron Diaz, What Happens in Vegas

Paris Hilton, The Hottie & The Nottie -

Kate Hudson, Fool's Gold & My Best Friend's Girl

Worst Supporting Actor

Uwe Boll (as himself), Uwe Boll's Postal

Pierce Brosnan, Mamma Mia! -

Ben Kingsley, The Love Guru & War, Inc. & The Wackness

Burt Reynolds, Deal & In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Verne Troyer, The Love Guru & Uwe Boll's Postal

Worst Supporting Actress

Carmen Electra, Disaster Movie & Meet the Spartans

Paris Hilton, Repo! The Genetic Opera -

Kim Kardashian, Disaster Movie

Jenny McCarthy, Witless Protection

Leelee Sobieski, 88 Minutes & In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Worst Screen Couple

Uwe Boll and any Actor, Camera, or Screenplay

Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher, What Happens in Vegas

Paris Hilton and either Christine Lakin or Joel David Moore, The Hottie and the Nottie -

Larry the Cable Guy and Jenny McCarthy, Witless Protection

Eddie Murphy and Eddie Murphy, Meet Dave

Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel

The Day the Earth Blowed Up Real Good

Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull -

Speed Racer

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Worst Director

Uwe Boll, 1968: Tunnel Rats, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale and Uwe Boll's Postal -

Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans

Tom Putnam, The Hottie & the Nottie

Marco Schnabel, The Love Guru

M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening

Worst Screenplay

Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans

The Happening

The Hottie and the Nottie

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

The Love Guru -

Worst Career Achievement

Uwe Boll

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Oh Dae Su writes:
on Feb 22 2009 12:37 AM

Only thing I dont get is Ben Kingsly was nominated for The Wackness, which was actually a good film and performance

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Feb 22 2009 12:37 AM

Ah man, I think this list is pretty spot on but I still think people are giving Kingdom of the Crystal SKull too much crap, not a very good movie but not that bad.

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count_of_monte_cristo writes:
on Feb 22 2009 01:14 AM

In reply to this comment (#2336356)
completely agree , theyre just coming off as *******s there

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Joey M. writes:
on Feb 22 2009 01:16 AM

Finally, Kingdom of the crystal skull gets a deserving awards.

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thejuggernautlives writes:
on Feb 22 2009 01:45 AM

The Razzies are starting to lose credibility with me (lol, I couldn't say that with a straight face.)

Anyway, I can't believe that Disaster Movie/Meet the Spartans got no credit for being so terrible. Also, I agree with jokerboy, people hate on Indy 4 way too much, when there were many more terrible movies, and that one wasn't that bad. Indy 4 and Speed Racer (yes I liked that one too) being nominated was pretty stupid. Also, War Inc and The Wackness shouldn't have been included in his nomination. He did good in both of those. At least Uwe Boll and Paris Hilton got properly recognized, though I still kinda want to see Repo! The Genetic Opera.

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danterandal19 writes:
on Feb 22 2009 02:09 AM

The "Razzies" are pretty much a joke anyway- they mostly just hate on whatever it's fun and popular to hate. Was "The Love Guru" terrible? Yes, but it's miles ahead of "Disaster Movie"- but because it's popular to kick Mike Myers while he's down, 'Love Guru" won the most awards. And honestly, if Paris Hilton ever decides to be in a movie with any sort of credibility (and god forbid that she gives a decent performance)- she'll be nominated here for Worst Actress- and win too.

I think I'm just bitter that 88 Minutes didn't take any awards home- (Obligatory "Spinal Tap" Reference") 2 words: **** Sandwich.

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frogboy writes:
on Feb 22 2009 02:13 AM

The Razzies are no longer relevant like they used to be. By the time they roll around each year all the good punchlines have already been made at the expense of their nominees. This year's crop of winners really was more miss than hit. I understand all the Guru hate, but the new Indy wasn't bad, just lack-luster to some. Worst remake really belongs to Speed Racer which somehow managed to be both blindingly colorful and dull at the same time. Paris Hilton is a terrible actress, but her role in Repo was made for her and she wasn't half bad. Also, any ratings system that would place Ben Kingsley among all these other people must not be taken seriously. His choices might be poor sometimes, but his performances never are.

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Tyrant writes:
on Feb 22 2009 02:26 AM

I don't get the hate on KotCS, sure it wasn't great, but it wasn't THAT bad.

Shocker, Paris Hilton and Uwe Boll getting razzies, BREAKING NEWS!

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Sploich writes:
on Feb 22 2009 04:34 AM

This is probably more accurate than the Oscars will be. Remember folks that the Razzies aren't about the worst movies as much as they are about the most disappointing movies. The ones that "win" are the ones that turned out worse than expected, thus making them even worse than the ones that weren't meant to be good in the first place (ala Meet the Spartans/Disaster Movie). That's what the thing's been about since the beginning.

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tfortier writes:
on Feb 22 2009 05:39 AM

I think Kingdom of skull crystal got the razzy because of the expectation. It was a huge dissapointement. Even more if you think about the movie afterward... That story stink.

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Matanuki writes:
on Feb 22 2009 06:33 AM

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Agreed, man. The Razzies -lol- are indeed starting to lose, ah, credibility. Crystal Scull wasn't great, but it certainly wasn't this bad. The same goes for a lot of the nominees and winners. I mean, come on, worst of the year? Some of these awards suggest that '08 was a far better year for movies than deserves credit.

Crystal Scull, in my view, is decried so passionately in part because the subject matter veered away from the usual religious iconography. The same thing happened with Temple of Doom, now the second least favorite in the series. But these are odd reasons to hate an Indiana Jones film. Archeology has always been about uncovering the secrets and mysteries of the world while raising new questions and challenging that which is taken for granted as 'Truth'. It is, in fact, the very science that makes the word truth a parenthetical. Jones seeks wonders of a religious past, we love him. Jones explores wonders of pagan ritualism or of an extraterrestial nature and suddenly we hate him or find the story too "far fetched". It's ridiculous.

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Matanuki writes:
on Feb 22 2009 06:35 AM

In reply to this comment (#2336419)
By now, even calling Paris Hilton an "actress" at all is a slap in the face to anyone in every creative medium.

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jomo999 writes:
on Feb 22 2009 07:26 AM

kotcs worse than disaster movie?! garbage. utter garbage.

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Matanuki writes:
on Feb 22 2009 07:39 AM

In reply to this comment (#2336526)
Exactly! I tell ya, outrageous fanatical non-thinking reaches a new low when KOTCS gets worst anything over a creative abortion like Disaster Movie!

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Nighthawk567 writes:
on Feb 22 2009 07:54 AM

The Razzies are joke awards that shouldn't be taken seriously. The Oscars are an awards show that wants to be taken seriously become more of a joke every year. As for the worst remake or sequel category, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull isn't as bad as the other movies in that category, All of those movies were outright stinkers. The movie is definitely a disappointment and a let down. It's not great and doesn't match up to people's epxpectations and media hype that preceded it. Not a horrible movie, just not worthy of the Indiana Jones franchise, The Love Guru was a good choice for worst pictute. That movie is truely unfunny and awful.

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JRW1980 writes:
on Feb 22 2009 08:27 AM

KotCS wasn't so bad to get a Razzie. It's actually a decent movie whereas most of the other movies on the list range from crap to utter crap. Someone mentioned it got one for being such a let down. If that were the case, plenty of other movies would have Razzies. Off the top of my head, Pineapple Express. That movie was supposed to be the funniest movie of the decade the way they advertised it. It got about half a chuckle from one person out of the whole theater at the showing I went to. I personally didn't even crack a smile. A comedy that gets no laughs from hundreds of random people; not good. A Razzie for letdowns would have to go to Pineapple Express in my book.

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Philip Z. writes:
on Feb 22 2009 08:28 AM

I was hoping that The Happening would take home Worst Picture. The Love Guru was semi-entertaining compared to that piece of crap.

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Eric S. writes:
on Feb 22 2009 08:58 AM

I hated KOTCS and The Love Guru, so I'm happy. lol

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nathan_hc writes:
on Feb 22 2009 09:06 AM

I don't care what anyone says. Speed Racer despite its flaws was a damn good movie!!!!

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CalvinandHobbes23 writes:
on Feb 22 2009 09:24 AM

ya indiana jones doesn't deserve to be on there

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