Elementary, My Dear Holmes & Watson, You’re the Worst Film of the Year
ByDevon Ivie,
a staff writer covering classic rock and TV
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly.
Photo: Giles Keyte/Columbia Pictures
Before we indulge Hollywood with celebrating the best films of 2018 at tomorrow night’s Oscars ceremony — and then subsequently binging them all for that sweet, sweet righteous feeling — we must first acknowledge the heaping turd bombs the industry also subjected us to last year. And thanks to the 39th Razzie Awards, those official “winners” are in, and allow us to extent our sincere apologies to the victors. Holmes & Watson racked up the most wins with worst picture, worst director, worst remake, ripoff, or sequel, and worst supporting actor for the otherwise dependable accomplice John C. Reilly.
Melissa McCarthy also proved victorious in the worst actress category for her duel work in the really terribleThe Happytime Murders and slightly less terribleLife of the Party, while none other than our president, Donald Trump, won worst actor for Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9. Browse the complete winners losers list below while contemplating your hate-watch.
Worst Picture
Gotti The Happytime Murders Holmes & Watson Robin Hood Winchester
Worst Actress
Jennifer Garner, Peppermint Amber Heard, London Fields Melissa McCarthy, The Happytime Murders and Life of the Party Helen Mirren, Winchester Amanda Seyfried, The Clapper
Worst Actor
Johnny Depp, Sherlock Gnomes Will Ferrell, Holmes & Watson John Travolta, Gotti Donald J. Trump, Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9 Bruce Willis, Death Wish
Worst Supporting Actor
Jamie Foxx, Robin Hood Ludacris, Show Dogs Joel McHale, The Happytime Murders John C. Reilly, Holmes & Watson Justice Smith, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Any Two Actors or Puppets, The Happytime Murders Johnny Depp & His Fast-Fading Film Career, Sherlock Gnomes Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly, Holmes & Watson Kelly Preston & John Travolta, Gotti Donald J. Trump & His Self Perpetuating Pettiness, Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9
Worst Remake, Ripoff, or Sequel
Death of a Nation Death Wish Holmes & Watson The Meg Robin Hood
Worst Director
Etan Cohen, Holmes & Watson Kevin Connolly, Gotti James Foley, Fifty Shades Freed Brian Henson, The Happytime Murders The Spierig Brothers, Winchester
Worst Screenplay
Death of a Nation, Written by Dinesh D’Souza & Bruce Schooley Fifty Shades Freed, Screenplay by Niall Leonard, From the Novel by E.L. James Gotti, Screenplay by Leo Rossi and Lem Dobbs The Happytime Murders, Screenplay by Todd Berger, Story by Berger and Dee Austin Robinson Winchester, Written by Tom Vaughan and the Spierig Brothers
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