32nd Golden Raspberry Awards


The 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, ceremony was held on April 1, 2012, at Magicopolis in Santa Monica, California to identify the worst films the film industry had to offer in 2011, 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." The nominations were announced on February 25, 2012. Taking a break from Razzie tradition of announcing both the nominees and winners before the Academy Awards functions by one day, it was decided in January 2012 to delay both the Razzie nomination announcements and ceremony by several weeks in order for the actual Razzie ceremony to be held on April Fools' Day. The actual nominations however, still had some connection to the Oscars ceremony, as they were announced the night before the Academy Awards were held.
Adam Sandler received a Razzie record six nominations as an individual and a total of twenty-three nominations for films he was involved with.
Voting for Worst Screen Ensemble was not just determined by members of the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation. Voting for the award was opened up to the general public online and conducted by the website Rotten Tomatoes. A grand total of 35,117 votes were cast.
Jack and Jill was nominated for twelve awards and won in every category. This was the first time in the history of the Razzies that one film won every award. The film also holds the record for most Razzie wins and most wins in a single year. The only other film to win was another Happy Madison film Just Go with It, with only two Razzies earned for Golden [Raspberry Award for Worst Director|Worst Director] and Worst Actor.

Winners and nominees

CategoryRecipient
Worst PictureJack and Jill
Worst PictureBucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Worst PictureNew Year's Eve
Worst PictureTransformers: Dark of the Moon
Worst PictureThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
Worst ActorAdam Sandler in Jack and Jill and Just Go with It as Jack Sadelstein and Dr. Danny Maccabee
Worst ActorRussell Brand in Arthur as Arthur Bach
Worst ActorNicolas Cage in Drive Angry, Season of the Witch, and Trespass as Milton, Behmen von Bleibruck, and Kyle Miller
Worst ActorTaylor Lautner in Abduction and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 as Nathan Harper and Jacob Black
Worst ActorNick Swardson in Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star as Bucky Larson
Worst ActressAdam Sandler in Jack and Jill as Jill Sadelstein
Worst ActressMartin Lawrence in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son as Big Momma
Worst ActressSarah Palin in The Undefeated
Worst ActressSarah Jessica Parker in I Don't Know How She Does It and New Year’s Eve as Kate Reddy and Kim Doyle
Worst ActressKristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 as Bella Swan
Worst Supporting ActorAl Pacino in Jack and Jill
Worst Supporting ActorPatrick Dempsey in Transformers: Dark of the Moon as Dylan Gould
Worst Supporting ActorJames Franco in Your Highness as Prince Fabious
Worst Supporting ActorKen Jeong in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, The Hangover Part II, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and Zookeeper as Mailman, Leslie Chow, Jerry "Deep" Wang, and Venom
Worst Supporting ActorNick Swardson in Jack and Jill and Just Go with It as Todd and Eddie Simms
Worst Supporting ActressDavid Spade in Jack and Jill as Monica
Worst Supporting ActressKatie Holmes in Jack and Jill as Erin Sadelstein
Worst Supporting ActressRosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers: Dark of the Moon as Carly Spencer
Worst Supporting ActressBrandon T. Jackson in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son as Charmaine
Worst Supporting ActressNicole Kidman in Just Go with It as Devlin Adams
Worst Screen CoupleAdam Sandler and either Katie Holmes, Al Pacino, or himself – Jack and Jill
Worst Screen CoupleNicolas Cage and anyone sharing the screen with him in any of his three 2011 movies
Worst Screen CoupleShia LaBeouf and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley – Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Worst Screen CoupleAdam Sandler and either Jennifer Aniston or Brooklyn Decker – Just Go with It
Worst Screen CoupleKristen Stewart and either Taylor Lautner or Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or SequelJack and Jill
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or SequelArthur
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or SequelBucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or SequelThe Hangover Part II
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or SequelThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
Worst DirectorDennis Dugan for Jack and Jill and Just Go with It
Worst DirectorMichael Bay for Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Worst DirectorTom Brady for Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Worst DirectorBill Condon for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
Worst DirectorGarry Marshall for New Year's Eve
Worst ScreenplayJack and Jill
Worst ScreenplayBucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Worst ScreenplayNew Year's Eve
Worst ScreenplayTransformers: Dark of the Moon
Worst ScreenplayThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
Worst Screen EnsembleThe entire cast of Jack and Jill
Worst Screen EnsembleThe entire cast of Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Worst Screen EnsembleThe entire cast of New Year's Eve
Worst Screen EnsembleThe entire cast of Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Worst Screen EnsembleThe entire cast of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1

Criticism

Despite being heavily critically panned, the awards received some criticism for the nomination Jack & Jill in the Worst Prequel, Remake of Rip-off or Sequel category described as a "Remake/Ripoff of Glen or Glenda" despite bearing no resemblance beyond that they both feature male actors portraying both male and female characters; this was widely viewed as an excuse to nominate the film in every category.

Films with multiple nominations

These films garnered multiple nominations:
NominationsFilms
12Jack and Jill
8Transformers: Dark of the Moon
8The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
6Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star
5Just Go With It
5New Year's Eve
3Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
2[Arthur (2011 film)|Arthur]
2Drive Angry
2The Hangover Part II
2Season of the Witch
2Trespass