Francis Ford Coppola had this to say about this dubious honor…
“I am thrilled to accept the Razzie award in so many important categories for Megalopolis, 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!” he wrote in part. “In this wreck of a world today, where ART is given scores as if it were professional wrestling, I chose to NOT follow the gutless rules laid down by an industry so terrified of risk that despite the enormous pool of young talent at its disposal, may not create pictures that will be relevant and alive 50 years from now.”
The Golden Raspberry Awards, also known as the Razzies, are a satirical awards show, and an award, that represents the worst in cinema. The Razzies predate the Academy Awards by 40 years and were co-founded by UCLA film graduates and industry veterans John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy. The 45th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony took place on February 28, 2025, honoring the worst films released in 2024.
THE RAZZIE AWARD WINNERS 2025…
Worst Picture
Borderlands: A big-budget video-game-based bomb that racked up 90 percent negative reviews at Rotten Tomatoes (and suffered an estimated $100+ million loss)
Joker: Folie à Deux: A highly anticipated comic-book-based sequel that had its protagonists express their mental illness and villainy — by singing and dancing! Madame Web: A comic-book-based movie originally released a year ago that spent the rest of 2024 being touted everywhere as “a serious Razzie contender” (WINNER)
Megalopolis (aka WTF the Movie): An incoherent $120 million mess from the fabled director of The Godfather
Reagan: A love letter to the 40th president that “borrowed” its plot structure from Citizen Kane (with Jon Voight imitating Bullwinkle’s nemesis Boris Badenov as its narrator)
WORST Actor
Jack Black / Dear Santa
Zachary Levi / Harold and the Purple Crayon
Joaquin Phoenix / Joker: Folie à Deux
Dennis Quaid / Reagan Jerry Seinfeld / Unfrosted (WINNER)
WORST Actress
Cate Blanchett / Borderlands
Lady Gaga / Joker: Folie à Deux
Bryce Dallas Howard / Argylle Dakota Johnson / Madame Web(WINNER)
Jennifer Lopez / Atlas
WORST Supporting Actor
Jack Black (Voice Only) Borderlands
Kevin Hart / Borderlands
Shia LaBeouf (in drag) / Megalopolis
Tahar Rahim / Madame Web Jon Voight / Megalopolis, Reagan, Shadow Land & Strangers (WINNER)
WORST Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose / Argylle & Kraven the Hunter
Leslie Anne Down (as Margaret Thatcher) / Reagan
Emma Roberts / Madame Web Amy Schumer / Unfrosted (WINNER)
FKA twigs / The Crow
WORST Director
S.J. Clarkson / Madame Web Francis Ford Coppola / Megalopolis(WINNER)
Todd Phillips / Joker: Folie à Deux
Eli Roth / Borderlands
Jerry Seinfeld / Unfrosted
WORST Screen Combo
Any Two Obnoxious Characters (But Especially Jack Black) / Borderlands
Any Two Unfunny “Comedic Actors” / Unfrosted
The Entire Cast of Megalopolis / Megalopolis Joaquin Phoenix & Lady Gaga / Joker: Folie à Deux (WINNER)
Dennis Quaid & Penelope Ann Miller (as “Ronnie and Nancy”) / Reagan
WORST Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel
The Crow Joker: Folie à Deux (WINNER)
Kraven the Hunter
Mufasa: The Lion King
Rebel Moon 2: The Scargiver
WORST Screenplay
Joker: Foil à Deux
Kraven the Hunter Madame Web (WINNER)
