Saturday, March 1, 2025

Madame Web is the Big Winner (or Loser) at the Razzies

Madame Web, Marvel's floperoo super-hero pic, was the big winner, or loser depending on your point of view at the 45th Golden Raspberry or Razzie Awards, winning Worst Picture, Worst Actress (Dakota Fanning) and Worst Screenplay. Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis won for Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor, Jon Voight, one of Trump's new Ambassadors to Hollywood. Voight also was dishonored for his work in Reagan, Shadowland and Strangers

Francis Ford Coppola

Coppola acknowledged the win in an Instagram post. "I am thrilled to accept the Razzie Award in so many important categories . . . and for the distinctive honor of being nominated as the worst director, worst screenplay, and worst picture at a time when so few have the courage to go against the prevailing trends of contemporary moviemaking!" said Coppola. 

Jerry Seinfeld's pop-tart-themed Netflix comedy Unfrosted won for Worst Actor (Seinfeld, he also directed and co-wrote the screenplay) and Worst Supporting Actress (Amy Schumer).

Pamela Anderson was awarded a Razzie Redeemer Award for recovering from a previous Razzie win. She was named Worst Actress of 1996 for Barb Wire and has achieved a career turnaround with this year's critically acclaimed The Last Showgirl, directed by Coppola's granddaughter Gia Coppola.

The Razzies are voted on by the members of the Golden Raspberry Foundation (1,179 movie buffs, film critics and journalists from 49 states and two dozen foreign countries.) You can join the Foundation by paying a membership fee of $40 to join and an annual renewal fee of $25.

A complete list of winners/losers follows:


Worst Picture

Borderlands
Joker: Folie à Deux
WINNER: Madame Web
Megalopolis
Reagan

Actor

Jack Black, Dear Santa
Zachary Levi, Harold and the Purple Crayon
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker: Folie à Deux
Dennis Quaid, Reagan
WINNER: Jerry Seinfeld, Unfrosted

Actress

Cate Blanchett, Borderlands
Lady Gaga, Joker: Folie à Deux
Bryce Dallas Howard, Argylle
WINNER: Dakota Johnson, Madame Web
Jennifer Lopez, Atlas

Supporting Actor

Jack Black (voice only) Borderlands
Kevin Hart, Borderlands
Shia LaBeouf (in drag), Megalopolis
Tahar Rahim, Madame Web
WINNER: Jon Voight, MegalopolisReaganShadow Land, & Strangers

Supporting Actress

Ariana DeBose, Argylle & Kraven the Hunter
Leslie Anne Down (as Margaret Thatcher), Reagan
Emma Roberts, Madame Web
WINNER: Amy Schumer, Unfrosted
FKA twigs, The Crow

Director

S.J. Clarkson, Madame Web
WINNER: Francis Ford Coppola, Megalopolis
Todd Phillips, Joker: Folie à Deux
Eli Roth, Borderlands
Jerry Seinfeld, Unfrosted

Any Two Obnoxious Characters (But Especially Jack Black), Borderlands
Any Two Unfunny "Comedic Actors," Unfrosted
The Entire Cast of Megalopolis
WINNER: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, Joker: Folie à Deux
Dennis Quaid and Penelope Ann Miller, Reagan

Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel

The Crow
WINNER: Joker: Folie à Deux
Kraven the Hunter
Mufasa: The Lion King
Rebel Moon 2: The Scargiver

Screenplay

Joker: Folie à Deux
Kraven the Hunter
WINNER: Madame Web
Megalopolis
Reagan

Razzie Redeemer Award

Pamela Anderson

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