“The Emoji Movie” premiere at the Fox Theatre, Westwood Village. Photo by Kristofer Gonzalez-DeWhitt [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsThe text-messaging-inspired animated flop “The Emoji Movie” has a extra sad face Saturday, winning the dubious Razzie Award for worst picture of the year.
The film dominated the 38th annual Golden Raspberry Awards, with four overall “wins.” The film also scored Razzies for:
— worst screen combo, for “any two obnoxious emojis”;
— worst director for Anthony Leondis; and
— worst screenplay for Leondis, Eric Siegel and Mike White.
The Razzies are an annual pre-Oscar tradition in Hollywood, with members of the Golden Raspberry Foundation bestowing $4.97 trophies upon the worst films and performers of 2017.
Tom Cruise took the prize for worst actor for his role in the action remake “The Mummy.” Tyler Perry scored a rare cross-over win for best actress for his latest turn as Madea in “Boo! 2: A Madea Halloween.”
The award for worst supporting actor went to Mel Gibson for his role as Mark Wahlberg’s father in “Daddy’s Home 2,” while Kim Basinger collected the worst supporting actress statue for “Fifty Shades Darker.”
“Fifty Shades” also earned a prize for worst remake, rip-off or sequel.
The foundation also presented a Special Rotten Tomatoes Award: The Razzie Nominee So Bad You Loved It! to “Baywatch.”
The Razzie announcement was a victory of sorts for “Transformers: The Last Knight,” which was the leading nominee with nine, but didn’t earn a single award.
—City News Service