2019: Cats
A complete flop, which is disappointing considering fans of the 1981 original waited impatiently for the film’s release. The 2019 film featured a star-studded ensemble cast, including James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, and Taylor Swift, to name a few. So what went terribly wrong? Everything!
Following its release, the film received negative reviews from both critics and fans. Everything about the film was wrong, from the CGI effects to the plot, “Cats” was a box-office bomb that grossed a mere $75 million, losing Universal Pictures as much as $114 million. When you have such a Tony award-winning play, why try turning it into a film? Let it be!
2021: Diana: The Musical
The NetFlix version of the year’s biggest Broadway bomb, Diana: The Musical “won” in five categories: Worst Picture; Worst Actress, Worst Supporting Actress, Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay.
This year the Razzie winner featured some of the year’s most ridiculed dialogue and lyrics – Including rhyming “Camilla” with both “Manilla” and “Godzilla”. Yikes!
2020: Absolute Proof
Mike Lindell's Shakespearean descent into insanity has been well documented, mostly by himself. This 'docu-movie' proved to be a total snooze fest. Lots of made-up data without credible sources or more commonly sources not even provided.
Every single shred of so-called "evidence" this infomercial presents has been stomped on, destroyed, and debunked before. What is equally weird is the music. Most of it sounds like student film horror movie material, but it is paced in the strangest places and with inappropriate volumes.
2018: Holmes & Watson
As soon as you see Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are doing another film together, you know that it’s gonna be so bad it’s good! Then again, Step Brothers were on another level of comedic genius. Not to mention Talladega Nights. Not that we’re trying to relive the glory days, but it seems Holmes & Watson just didn’t quite hit the funny bone as hard as their previous cinematic endeavors.
A parody of Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective duo, Holmes and Watson, unfortunately, was awarded the Golden Raspberry of 2018. We feel it’s best summed up in this review on Rotten Tomatoes: “It’s lazy, it’s unfunny and it’s a good thing critics didn’t get to review Holmes & Watson before the end of the year: Worst Movie of 2018? Elementary, my dear Watson.” Ouch!
2017: The Emoji Movie
Sure, emojis are part of daily life, so much so that Hollywood actually thought, "why not make a movie about it? Let’s use ALL the CGI! Let’s make a blockbuster!" Unfortunately, it was a flop. Despite calling on the star power and credentials of James Corden, Patrick Stewart, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, and the fabulous Christina Aguilera, it was a case of Sisyphus eternally pushing a boulder uphill, but always falling short.
Yes, the bouncing yellow animated emojis got kids to drag their unwilling parents along, making $217.8 million at the box office, but we’ve got a feeling the next time someone suggests a film about emojis, it’s going straight into the trash. Helen O’Hara from Empire gave a review which is cutting, but most probably deserved – “it’s tempting to sum up in thumbs down emoji.”