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.
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 |
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. |