40th Golden Raspberry Awards

{{short description|Award ceremony presented by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation in 2019}}

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 40

| award = Golden Raspberry Awards

| awarded_for = Worst in film

| image =

| caption =

| date = Cancelled (originally March 14, 2020) (Online version on March 16, 2020)

| site = Los Angeles, California

| film = Cats

| most_wins = Cats (6)

| most_nominations = Cats (9)

| last = 39th

| next = 41st

}}

The 40th Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, was an awards ceremony that identified the worst the film industry had to offer in 2019, according to votes from members of the Golden Raspberry Foundation. Razzies co-founder John J. B. Wilson has stated that the intent of the awards is "to be funny."{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/razzie-awards-12-year-old-worst-actress-ryan-kiera-armstrong |title=The Razzies Responded After Being Slammed for Nominating a 12-Year-Old for "Worst Actress" |last=Mack |first=David |work=BuzzFeed News |date=January 24, 2023 |access-date=January 25, 2023 |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125000357/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/razzie-awards-12-year-old-worst-actress-ryan-kiera-armstrong |url-status=live}} The nominees were announced on February 8, 2020, one day prior to the 92nd Academy Awards. The ceremony, the date of which was later announced to be March 14, 2020,{{cite web |title=Razz Newz |url=https://www.razzies.com/razz-newz.html |access-date=4 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220042120/https://www.razzies.com/razz-newz.html |archive-date=2020-02-20 |publisher=Golden Raspberry Award Foundation }} was ultimately cancelled amid the concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/razzie-awards-canceled-coronavirus-concerns-1284273 |title=Razzie Awards Canceled Amid Coronavirus Concerns |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 14, 2020 |access-date=2020-03-14 }} The organizers announced the ceremony's winners online on March 16, 2020.{{cite web |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/razzie-awards-2020-winners-cats-dominates-40th-golden-raspberry-awards/ |title=Razzie Awards 2020 Winners: Cats Dominates 40th Golden Raspberry Awards |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=2020-03-16}} No nominees were announced for the "Worst of the Decade Awards", despite being the tradition for the final ceremony of the decade. In contrast, critically acclaimed sequel Toy Story 4 became the first Pixar film to be nominated for a Razzie Redeemer Award.

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on February 8, 2020.{{cite news|last= |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/08/paw-performance-cats-cast-dominate-razzie-award-nominations|title=Paw performance: Cats dominates Razzie nominations|date=2020-02-08|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-02-10 |issn=0261-3077}}{{cite news|last= |url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/02/08/arts/08reuters-awards-razzies.html|title='Cats' and Its Furry Stars Nominated for Razzie Worst Film Awards|date=2020-02-08|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-02-10|issn=0362-4331}}{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/cats-razzie-nominations-bad-film-awards-oscars-2020-a9324671.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209152731/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/cats-razzie-nominations-bad-film-awards-oscars-2020-a9324671.html |archive-date=2020-02-09 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Cats leads Razzie nominations 2020 for bad film awards|date=2020-02-08|website=The Independent |access-date=2020-02-10}}{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/awards/2020/02/08/razzies-nominations-2020/|title='Cats,' 'Rambo: Last Blood' lead Razzie lead 2020 Razzies nominations|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=2020-03-10}}{{cite web |author1=Christy Piña |author2=Annie Howard |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/razzie-award-nominations-2020-complete-list-nominees-1267859 |title=Razzie Awards: 'Cats,' 'Rambo: Last Blood,' 'Madea Family Funeral' Lead With 8 Nods Each|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 7, 2020 |access-date=2020-02-28}}

File:Tim Bevan (cropped).jpg, Worst Picture co-winner]]

File:TomHopper10TIFF.jpg, Worst Picture co-winner, Worst Director winner and Worst Screenplay co-winner]]

File:John Travolta Cannes 2018 (cropped).jpg, Worst Actor winner]]

File:Hilary-Duff Naperville-IL-USA-2010-10-16 photoby-Adam-Bielawski.jpg, Worst Actress winner]]

File:James Corden at 2015 PaleyFest (cropped).jpg, Worst Supporting Actor winner]]

File:Rebel Wilson (6707611099) (cropped).jpg, Worst Supporting Actress winner]]

File:LeeHall 2 LR (cropped).jpg, Worst Screenplay co-winner]]

File:Eddie Murphy by David Shankbone.jpg, Razzie Redeemer Award winner]]

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|+40th Golden Raspberry Award nominees

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Cats (Universal) – Debra Hayward, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Tom Hooper
The Fanatic (Quiver) – Daniel Grodnik, Oscar Generale, Bill Kenwright
The Haunting of Sharon Tate (Saban) – Lucas Jarach, Daniel Farrands, Eric Brenner
A Madea Family Funeral (Lionsgate) – Ozzie Areu, Will Areu, Mark E. Swinton
Rambo: Last Blood (Lionsgate) – Avi Lerner, Kevin King Templeton, Yariv Lerner, Les Weldon

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Tom Hooper – Cats
Fred Durst – The Fanatic
James Franco – Zeroville
Adrian Grünberg – Rambo: Last Blood
Neil Marshall – HellboyReferred to as Hellboy 2019 on [https://www.razzies.com/razz-newz.html the official nomination list].

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John Travolta – The Fanatic and Trading Paint as Moose and Sam Munroe (respectively)
James Franco – Zeroville as Vikar
David Harbour – Hellboy as Hellboy / Anung Un Rama
Matthew McConaughey – Serenity as Baker Dill
Sylvester Stallone – Rambo: Last Blood as John J. Rambo

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Hilary Duff – The Haunting of Sharon Tate as Sharon Tate
Anne Hathaway – The Hustle and Serenity as Josephine Chesterfield and Karen Zariakas (respectively)
Francesca Hayward – Cats as Victoria
Tyler Perry – A Madea Family Funeral as Mabel "Madea" Simmons
Rebel Wilson – The Hustle as Penny Rust

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James Corden – Cats as Bustopher Jones
Tyler Perry – A Madea Family Funeral as Joe
Tyler Perry – A Madea Family Funeral as Uncle Heathrow
Seth Rogen – Zeroville as Viking Man
Bruce Willis – Glass as David Dunn / The Overseer

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Rebel Wilson – Cats as Jennyanydots
Jessica Chastain – Dark Phoenix as Vuk
Cassi Davis – A Madea Family Funeral as Aunt Bam
Judi Dench – Cats as Old Deuteronomy
Fenessa Pineda – Rambo: Last Blood as Gizelle

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Any two half-feline/half-human hairballs – Cats
Jason Derulo and his CGI-neutered "bulge" – Cats
Tyler Perry and Tyler Perry (or Tyler Perry) – A Madea Family Funeral
Sylvester Stallone and his impotent rage – Rambo: Last Blood
John Travolta and any screenplay he accepts

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Rambo: Last Blood (Lionsgate)
Dark Phoenix (20th Century Fox)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Warner Bros.)
Hellboy (Lionsgate)
A Madea Family Funeral (Lionsgate)

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Cats – Lee Hall and Tom Hooper; based on the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which was based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot
The Haunting of Sharon Tate – Daniel Farrands
Hellboy – Andrew Cosby; based on the Dark Horse Comics character by Mike Mignola
A Madea Family Funeral – Tyler Perry
Rambo: Last Blood – Matthew Cirulnick and Sylvester Stallone; based on the character created by David Morrell

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Eddie Murphy – from previously proclaimed Worst Actor of the Decade at the 30th Golden Raspberry Awards in 2010 to Dolemite Is My Name
Jennifer Lopez – From 10-time Razzie nominee (including for Worst Actress of the Decade in 2010), 2-time winner to Hustlers
Keanu Reeves – From 6-time Razzie nominee to John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and Toy Story 4
Adam Sandler – From 9-time Razzie winner, including for Worst Actor two consecutive years to Uncut Gems
Will Smith – From 4-time Razzie winner to Aladdin

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property}}

Films with multiple wins and nominations

The following ten films received multiple nominations:

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scope="col" \|Nominations ! scope="col" align="center"\| Film
9 \| Cats
rowspan="2" \| 8 \| A Madea Family Funeral
Rambo: Last Blood
5 \| Hellboy
4 \| The Haunting of Sharon Tate
rowspan="2" \| 3 \| The Fanatic
Zeroville
rowspan="3" \| 2 \| Dark Phoenix
The Hustle
Serenity

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|+Films with multiple nominations at the 40th Golden Raspberry Awards

scope="col" |Nominations

! scope="col" align="center"| Film

| Cats

rowspan="2" | 8

| A Madea Family Funeral

Rambo: Last Blood

| Hellboy

| The Haunting of Sharon Tate

rowspan="2" | 3

| The Fanatic

Zeroville

rowspan="3" | 2

| Dark Phoenix

The Hustle

Serenity

The following films received multiple wins:

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scope="col" width="55"\| Wins ! scope="col" align="center"\| Film
6 \| Cats
2 \| Rambo: Last Blood

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|+Films with multiple wins at the 40th Golden Raspberry Awards

scope="col" width="55"| Wins

! scope="col" align="center"| Film

| Cats

| Rambo: Last Blood

Criticism

The Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property nominations were also heavily criticized. WhatCulture criticized the nominations, saying that "It feels as though voters just wanted to nominate Joker for the enormous social media publicity it would generate, and then shaped a dubious awards category around it. Dragged Across Concrete is an even weirder pick, though, both because of its low-budget nature and the fact that there's not that much carnage in it. Michael Bay's 6 Underground is clearly a far worthier nominee than either of those films, given how much obvious human collateral damage is racked up amid the chaotic action sequences."{{Cite web |last=Pooley |first=Jack |date=2020-02-08 |title=Razzies 2020: 10 Nominees That Make No Sense |url=https://whatculture.com/film/razzies-2020-10-nominees-that-make-no-sense |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=WhatCulture.com |language=en}}

Planned ceremony

In June 2019, Comedy Dynamics (a company founded by Brian Volk-Weiss) announced that it would produce the awards ceremony. Also, it was to be broadcast live on a "Comedy Dynamics Network", which would have marked the first time a Golden Raspberry ceremony was watched by public through a live telecast.{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/razzies-televised-2020-first-time-ever/|title=Razzies Will Be Televised For First Time Ever In 2020|date=2019-06-21|website=ScreenRant |access-date=2020-02-10}}{{cite news |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |title=Comedy Dynamics To Produce First-ever Televised Razzie Awards |url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/comedy-dynamics-razzie-awards-television-nacelle-mo-murphy-john-wilson-brian-volk-weiss-1202635729/ |access-date=4 April 2020 |work=Deadline |date=20 June 2019 }}

The unusual scheduling of the 92nd Academy Awards (usually held towards the end of February) on February 9 affected the 2020 edition of the Golden Raspberry Awards. The organizers announced the nominees on February 8, 2020, one day prior to the AMPAS event. The organizers later announced that the year's Razzie ceremony would be held on March 14; it would have been the second ceremony held after the Academy Awards, spurning the tradition of announcing the winners on the eve of the Oscars ceremony.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was going to go on as scheduled.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/razzies-proceed-as-planned-coronavirus-cancellations-1284373|title=Razzies to Proceed as Planned Despite Coronavirus Outbreak|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 12, 2020 |access-date=2020-03-12}} The organizers later ultimately announced that the ceremony was cancelled, citing bans on mass gatherings that were enacted by local authorities in the wake of the outbreak. The organizers eventually announced winners online on March 16, 2020, through their website and their YouTube channel.