Held at the same time as the Academy Awards in Hollywood, “The Razzies” bestow the dubious “honour” of awarding the years Worst films and performances in film.

WORST PICTURE

• Fantastic Four
• Fifty Shades of Grey
• Jupiter Ascending
• Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
• Pixels

WORST ACTOR

• Johnny Depp, Mortdecai
• Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey
• Kevin James, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
• Adam Sandler, The Cobbler & Pixels
• Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending

WORST ACTRESS

• Katherine Heigl, Home Sweet Hell
• Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
• Mila Kunis, Jupiter Ascending
• Jennifer Lopez, The Boy Next Door
• Gwyneth Paltrow, Mortdecai

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Chevy Chase, Hot Tub Time Machine 2 & Vacation
• Josh Gad, Pixels & The Wedding Ringer
• Kevin James, Pixels
• Jason Lee, Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Road Chip
• Eddie Redmayne, Jupiter Ascending

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Road Chip & The Wedding Ringer
• Rooney Mara, Pan
• Michelle Monaghan, Pixels
• Julianne Moore, Seventh Son
• Amanda Seyfried, Love the Coopers & Pan

WORST REMAKE/RIP-OFF/SEQUEL

• Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Road Chip
• Fantastic Four
• Hot Tub Time Machine 2
• The Human Centipede Part 3 (Final Sequence)
• Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

WORST SCREEN COMBO

• All Four “Fantastics,” Fantastic Four
• Johnny Depp and His Glued-On Moustache, Mortdecai
• Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
• Kevin James and EITHER His Segue OR His Glued-On Moustache,
• Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
• Adam Sandler and Any Pair of Shoes, The Cobbler

WORST DIRECTOR

• Andy Fickman, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
• Tom Six, The Human Centipede Part 3 (Final Sequence)
• Sam Taylor-Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
• Josh Trank, Fantastic Four
• Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski, Jupiter Ascending

WORST SCREENPLAY

• Fantastic Four (screenplay by Simon Kinberg, Jeremy Slater and Josh Trank, Based on the Marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby)
• Fifty Shades of Grey (screenplay by Kelly Marcel, Based on the Novel by E.L. James)
• Jupiter Ascending (written by Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski)
• Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (screenplay by Kevin James & Nick Bakay)
• Pixels (screenplay by Tim Herlihy and Timothy Dowling, Story by Tim Herlihy, Based on a Work by Patrick Jean)

RAZZIE REDEEMER AWARD

• Elizabeth Banks (Razzie “Winner” for Movie 43, Multiple Hit Movies This Year)
• M. Night Shyamalan (Perennial Razzie nominee & “winner,” director of The Visit)
• Will Smith (For following up After Earth with Concussion)
• Sylvester Stallone (All-Time Razzie Champ, award contender for Creed)

Opinions…

I have little choice other than to hope that Fifty Shades Of Grey wins this award as I too, declared it the worst of the year here on nEoFILM, but for the criticism of the leads, Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan for their performances, I disagree with. Granted, they were wooden but so was the film, a film with demanded little more than soap opera performances from the duo. As for Sam Taylor-Johnson’s direction, yes this film had a lot of problems but I suspect that she helped it break away from E.L. James’ novel, which must have helped but this was a hyped-up media juggernaut, not a creative endeavour so how good or bad her work is, is unclear.

Pixels and Jupiter Ascending are both worthy of criticism too and I admit, I don not like to put down a film for the sake of it so I will leave the rest to the judges.