Razzie Redeemer Award

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
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

History

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!

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year	Recipient	From	To
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

2020s

Year	Recipient	From	To
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.

Multiple nominations

• Will Smith – 3 (one win)
• Keanu Reeves – 2

References

1. "Razzie Awards: what are they, when did they start and who's nominated|Metro News". Archived from the original on February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
2. "Razzie, Golden Raspberry Award: new Redeemer Award – news.com.au". Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
3. ""The 35th Annual Golden Raspberry (RAZZIE®) Awards Nominees for the Inaugural Razzie Redeemer Award 2014"". The Razzies. Archived from the original on January 18, 2016.
4. NME.COM. "Ben Affleck wins 'Razzie Redeemer' prize at Golden Raspberry Awards". NME.COM. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
5. "The 36th Annual Golden Raspberry (RAZZIE®) Awards Nominees for the Razzie Redeemer Award 2015". Archived from the original on May 7, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
6. Razzie Awards 2016 Winners Announced Archived March 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Comingsoon.net, Retrieved February 28, 2016
7. "CNN/FB Live Coverage Razzie 37th Nominees!". CNN. January 23, 2017. Archived from the original on June 22, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
8. Razzie Channel (March 2, 2018). "38TH Razzie Award Winners!". Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2018 – via YouTube.
9. "RAZZ NEWZ". The Razzies!. Archived from the original on November 7, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
10. "RAZZ NEWZ". The Razzies!. Archived from the original on November 7, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2019.

External links

• Official Razzie website