Razzie Redeemer Award | |
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Awarded for | Becoming a respected artist after having previously been nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Golden Raspberry Award Foundation |
First awarded | 2014 |
Currently held by | Fran Drescher (2023) |
Website | Official website of the Golden Raspberry Awards |
The Razzie Redeemer Award is an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards (also known as the Razzies) to a past Razzie Award nominee or winner [1] who becomes "a respected artist" and comes back from critical or commercial failure.
Billed as "the Razzie you want to win", it is the only award issued by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation that can be considered a genuine honor. It was introduced in 2014. [2]
The award was declared absentia at the 41st Golden Raspberry Awards, due to the year 2020 being awarded a Special Governor's Award for the Worst Calendar Year EVER!
Year | Recipient | From | To |
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2014 [3] | |||
Ben Affleck [4] | Razzie winner of Gigli | Oscar darling for Argo & Gone Girl | |
Jennifer Aniston | 4-time Razzie nominee | Golden Globe nominee for Cake | |
Mike Myers | Razzie winner of The Love Guru | Documentary director of Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon | |
Keanu Reeves | 6-time Razzie nominee | Critically acclaimed John Wick | |
Kristen Stewart | Razzie winner of The Twilight Saga | Art house hit Camp X-Ray | |
2015 [5] | |||
Sylvester Stallone [6] | All-time Razzie champ | 2015 Academy Award contender for Creed | |
Elizabeth Banks | Razzie winning director of Movie 43 | Directing the 2015 hit film Pitch Perfect 2 | |
M. Night Shyamalan | Perennial Razzie winner | Directing the 2015 horror hit The Visit | |
Will Smith | Following up Razzie wins for After Earth | Starring in Concussion | |
2016 [7] | |||
Mel Gibson | Worst Supporting Actor nominee for The Expendables 3 | Directing Hacksaw Ridge | |
2017 [8] | |||
A Safe Hollywood-Haven | A history of Razzie-worthy behavior unfitting for an industry of artists... | Where talent is protected, nourished and allowed to flourish with proper compensation | |
2018 [9] | |||
Melissa McCarthy | Multi-Razzie darling | Oscar nominee for her out-of-caricature role in Can You Ever Forgive Me? | |
Peter Farrelly | Razzie winner for one of the directors of Movie 43 and more shallow choices like Dumb and Dumber , etc. | Director and co-writer of the deeper humanistic story and heartfelt Green Book | |
Tyler Perry | Multi-Razzie nominee and winner for his self-imposed Madea trap | Playing Colin Powell in the Oscar and Golden Globe favorite Vice | |
Transformers franchise | The Razzie-targeted heap of metal Transformers | The more innocent and endearing three-dimensional approach taken with Bumblebee | |
Sony Pictures Animation | The crass multi-Razzie winner, The Emoji Movie | The highly acclaimed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse which was loved by critics and audiences alike | |
2019 [10] | |||
Eddie Murphy | Previously proclaimed Worst Actor of the Decade at the 30th Golden Raspberry Awards in 2010 | Dolemite Is My Name | |
Jennifer Lopez | 10-time Razzie nominee (including for Worst Actress of the Decade in 2010), 2-time winner | Hustlers | |
Keanu Reeves | 6-time Razzie nominee | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and Toy Story 4 | |
Adam Sandler | 9-time Razzie winner, including for Worst Actor two consecutive years | Uncut Gems | |
Will Smith | 4-time Razzie winner | Aladdin | |
Year | Recipient | From | To |
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2021 | |||
Will Smith | 4-time Razzie Winner | King Richard | |
Nicolas Cage | 9-time Razzie nominee | Pig | |
Jamie Dornan | Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy | Belfast | |
2022 | |||
Colin Farrell | 2004 Worst Actor nominee | 2022 Best Actor Oscar Front-Runner | |
Val Kilmer | The Island of Dr. Moreau | Val | |
Mark Wahlberg | Transformers: The Last Knight | Father Stu | |
2023 | |||
Fran Drescher | 1998 Worst Actress nominee | Her brilliant shepherding of the actors’ guild through a prolonged 2023 strike with a successful conclusion. |
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