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Razzie Nominations Honor the Year’s Worst Movies

February 3rd, 2010

Yes, the Oscar nominations didn’t vary much from what had been expected, although I’m pleased that District 9 picked up a best picture nomination – that, despite the fact that its last act sort of devolved into a giant-robots romp. And it’s always nice to see director/provocateur Quentin Tarantino get attention.

I’m bummed that Duncan Jones Moon, one of the year’s most intriguing films, nad also one of 2009’s best from a newcomer, isn’t in the mix. Sam Rockwell, still underrated, gave another terrific performance, this time as a troubled astronaut with, uh, some identity issues (I don’t want to give anything away, as so many people have yet to see the film; I’d bet that the DVD release is going to boost the movie’s fortunes). The story, although certainly hinting at sci-fi classics, including 2001 and the original Solaris, was refreshing, and utterly compelling.

But, on to the more entertaining movie awards nominations – the RAZZIES, for the worst films of 2009. It’s a good thing that Sandra Bullock didn’t limit her work in 2009 to All About Steve. And it’s encouraging to see the overlong, poorly acted, embarrassingly scripted, sexist and tremendously annoying Transformers sequel get slapped around so decisively, with seven nominations. Yeah, I know: Michael Bay is crying all the way to the bank.

Herewith, the list. The 30th Annual RAZZIE Awards ceremony will be held in Hollywood on March 6, the night before the Oscars. For more details, go to the official Razzies site.

Worst Picture:
All About Steve
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Land of the Lost
Old Dogs
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Worst Actor:
Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas — Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
Will Ferrell — Land of the Lost
Steve Martin — Pink Panther 2
Eddie Murphy — Imagine That
John Travolta — Old Dogs

Worst Actress:
Beyonce Knowles — Obsessed
Sandra Bullock — All About Steve
Miley Cyrus — Hannah Montana: The Movie
Megan Fox — Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Sarah Jessica Parker — Did You Hear About The Morgans?

Worst Screen Couple:
Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas — Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper — All About Steve
Will Ferrell and any co-star, creature or “comic riff” — Land of the Lost
Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox or any Transformer — Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson or Taylor Lautner — Twilight Saga: New Moon

Worst Supporting Actress:
Candice Bergen — Bride Wars
Ali Larter — Obsessed
Sienna Miller — G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Kelly Preston — Old Dogs
Julie White — Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Worst Supporting Actor:
Billy Ray Cyrus — Hannah Montana: The Movie
Hugh Hefner — Miss March
Robert Pattinson — Twilight Saga: New Moon
Jorma Taccone — Land of the Lost
Marlon Wayans — G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel:
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Land of the Lost
Pink Panther 2
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Twilight Saga: New Moon

Worst Director:
Michael Bay — Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Walt Beeker — Old Dogs
Brad Silberling — Land of the Lost
Stephen Sommers — G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Phil Traill — All About Steve

Worst Screenplay:
All About Steve
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Land of the Lost
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Twilight Saga: New Moon

Worst Picture of the Decade:
Battlefield Earth
Freddy Got Fingered
Gigli
I Know Who Killed Me
Swept Away

Worst Actor of the Decade:
Ben Affleck
Eddie Murphy
Mike Myers
Rob Schneider
John Travolta

Worst Actress of the Decade:
Mariah Carey
Paris Hilton
Lindsay Lohan
Jennifer Lopez
Madonna
The Best Reviewed Film of 2009? The Hurt Locker

January 8th, 2010

The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow‘s gripping and emotionally exhausting drama following the ups and downs (and tragedies) of a U.S. military bomb squad in Iraq, was the overall best-reviewed movie of 2009.

That’s according to MetaCritic, the movie review aggregator, which this week published an extensive analysis of the 2009 year in film, based on critical response.

Bigelow’s film received a Metascore rating of 94.

Up topped the list of 2009’s wide releases, with a Metascore of 88.

And the worst-reviewed movie of 2009? Sex romp Miss March (Metascore: 7), followed closely by horror comedy Transylmania, and Sandra Bullock vehicle All About Steve (Metascore: 8), which tied with kung-fu disaster Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li for a Metascore of 17.

The Hurt Locker (91) was also the best-reviewed film in the category of limited releases, followed by 35 Shots of Rum (91), Still Walking (89), Goodbye Solo (89) and Tulpan (88).

Metacritic also surveyed various critics’ Top 10 lists, and determined that the films receiving the most mentions in those lists were The Hurt Locker, Up in the Air, A Serious Man, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Up.

Here’s that list (the Miami Herald was the only Florida newspaper included in the survey):
* Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten) – Where the Wild Things Are
* Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones) – A Serious Man
* Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov) – A Single Man
* Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow) – The Exiles
* Boston Globe (Ty Burr) – A Serious Man
* Boston Globe (Wesley Morris) – 35 Shots of Rum
* Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert) [unranked list]
* Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips) – Up
* Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer) [unranked list]
* Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman) – Up in the Air
* Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum) – The Hurt Locker
* The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt) – The White Ribbon
* The Hollywood Reporter (Sheri Linden) – The White Ribbon
* The Hollywood Reporter (Ray Bennett) – Up in the Air
* The Hollywood Reporter (Michael Rechtshaffen) – Up in the Air
* The Hollywood Reporter (Stephen Farber) – Up in the AIr
* The Hollywood Reporter (Frank Scheck) – Up in the Air
* LA Weekly (Scott Foundas) – The White Ribbon
* Los Angeles Times (Betsy Sharkey) – Up in the Air
* Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan) – Bright Star
* Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez) – Up in the Air
* New Orleans Times-Picayune (Mike Scott) – The Hurt Locker
* New York Daily News (Joe Neumaier) – Up in the Air
* New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman) – The Hurt Locker
* New York Magazine (David Edelstein) – Summer Hours
* New York Post (Lou Lumenick) – Up in the Air
* New York Post (Kyle Smith) – Inglourious Basterds
* The New York Times (Manohla Dargis) [unranked list]
* The New York Times (Stephen Holden) – Up in the Air
* The New York Times (A.O. Scott) – Where the Wild Things Are
* The New Yorker (David Denby) [unranked list]
* The New Yorker (Anthony Lane) [unranked list]
* Newsweek (David Ansen) – The Hurt Locker
* The Onion A.V. Club (Noel Murray) – Inglourious Basterds
* The Onion A.V. Club (Keith Phipps) – A Serious Man
* The Onion A.V. Club (Nathan Rabin) – Big Fan
* The Onion A.V. Club (Tasha Robinson) – Where the Wild Things Are
* The Onion A.V. Club (Scott Tobias) – 35 Shots of Rum
* The Oregonian (Shawn Levy) – An Education
* The Oregonian (Mike Russell) – In the Loop
* The Oregonian (Marc Mohan) – Hunger
* ReelViews (James Berardinelli) – Avatar
* Rolling Stone (Peter Travers) – Precious
* Salon (Stephanie Zacharek) – Summer Hours
* Salon (Andrew O’Hehir) – Hunger
* San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle) – Inglourious Basterds
* San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Hartlaub) – The Hurt Locker
* Slate (Dana Stevens) [unranked list]
* St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Joe Williams) – (500) Days of Summer
* Time Magazine (Richard Corliss) – The Princess and The Frog
* Time Out New York (David Fear) – 35 Shots of Rum
* Time Out New York (Joshua Rothkopf) – A Serious Man
* Time Out New York (Keith Uhlich) – The Limits of Control
* Village Voice (J. Hoberman) – The Hurt Locker
* Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern) – The Hurt Locker
* Washington Post (Ann Hornaday) – The Hurt Locker

Metacritic didn’t, however, tabulate the results of various critics group awards, unless I just didn’t see it on the site.

For all the lists and ratings (and extensive graphs) surveyed by Metacritic, click here.

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Razzie Nominations Honor the Year’s Worst Movies

The Best Reviewed Film of 2009? The Hurt Locker