Space Jam: A New Legacy and the Netflix version of the Princess Diana Broadway musical, Diana, took home the most Golden Raspberry Awards at this year’s event.
The 42nd annual awards – also known as the Razzies – is a tongue-in-cheek response to the Oscars which honours the worst films of the year. Recent winners include Cats, The Emoji Movie, and Sia‘s autism drama Music.
Diana: The Musical, which made Cats “look like a masterpiece”, according to a Razzies press release, won in five categories, including Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay.
It also picked up “tacky, gold-spray-painted statuettes” for Worst Actress (Jeanna de Waal as Princess of Wales), Worst Supporting Actress (Judy Kaye in a dual role), Worst Director (Christopher Ashley).
Another big winner was Space Jam: A New Legacy, the follow-up to the Michael Jordan-starring 1996 film. More of a remake than a sequel, a Razzies press release referred to the Lebron James-starring film as a 115 minute commercial for all things WarnerMedia.
James won for both Worst Actor and Worst Screen Couple (along with his cartoon co-stars), while the film itself was chosen as Worst Remake/Rip-Off or Sequel.
It was previously announced that Bruce Willis had been given a special category called ‘Worst Bruce Willis Performance in a 2021 movie’ after releasing eight films. These included: American Siege, Apex, Cosmic Sin, Deadlock, Fortress, Midnight In The Switchgrass, Out Of Death and Survive The Game.
The one that picked up the award was Cosmic Sin, a film about “seven rogue soldiers who launch a preemptive strike against a newly discovered alien civilisation in the hopes of ending an interstellar war before it starts”.
Other winners included Jared Leto for Supporting Actor, giving a controversial performance as Paolo in House Of Gucci, and four-time past Razzie winner Will Smith, praised for his performance in Oscar favourite King Richard and awarded as this year’s Razzie Redeemer award.
See the full list of winners below:
WORST PICTURE
Diana: The Musical (The Netflix Version)
WORST ACTOR
LeBron James / Space Jam: A New Legacy
WORST ACTRESS
Jeanna de Waal / Diana: The Musical
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Judy Kaye (as BOTH Queen Elizabeth & Barbara Cartland)
Diana: The Musical
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jared Leto / House of Gucci
WORST PERFORMANCE BY BRUCE WILLIS IN A 2021 MOVIE
Bruce Willis / Cosmic Sin
RAZZIE REDEEMER AWARD
Will Smith / King Richard
WORST SCREEN COUPLE
LeBron James and any Warner cartoon character
(or WarnerMedia product) / Space Jam: A New Legacy
WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF OR SEQUEL
Space Jam: A New Legacy
WORST DIRECTOR
Christopher Ashley / Diana: The Musical
WORST SCREENPLAY
Diana: The Musical / Script by Joe DiPietro,
Music and Lyrics by DiPietro and David Bryan
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