28th Golden Raspberry Awards
The 28th Golden Raspberry Awards or Razzies were held on February 23, 2008, in Santa Monica, California, USA, to honor the worst films of 2007. The nominations were announced on January 21. In line with Razzies tradition, both the nominee announcements and ceremony preceded the corresponding Academy Awards functions by one day.
The most nominated film of 2007 was I Know Who Killed Me with nine nominations, followed by I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Norbit with eight each. I Know Who Killed Me was the big winner of the evening, receiving eight awards for a new Razzie record. Eddie Murphy received a Razzie record five personal nominations, all surrounding his work (especially his performance of multiple characters) in Norbit. He ended up winning three awards, one for each character he portrayed. The actress Lindsay Lohan also won three awards for her dual roles in I Know Who Killed Me. The special category introduced this year was Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie.
Awards and nominations
Winner (in bold)
Eddie Murphy, Worst Actor, Worst Supporting Actor, and Worst Supporting Actress winner.
Lindsay Lohan, Worst Actress and Worst Screen Couple winner.
| Category |
Recipient |
| Worst Picture |
I Know Who Killed Me (Sony/TriStar) |
| Bratz (Lionsgate) |
| Daddy Day Camp (Sony/TriStar/Revolution) |
| I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (Universal) |
| Norbit (DreamWorks) |
| Worst Actor |
Eddie Murphy in Norbit (as the character of Norbit) |
| Nicolas Cage in Ghost Rider, National Treasure: Book of Secrets and Next as Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider, Benjamin Franklin Gates and Cris Johnson (respectively) |
| Jim Carrey in The Number 23 as Walter Sparrow |
| Cuba Gooding, Jr. in Daddy Day Camp and Norbit as Charlie Hinton and Deion Hughes (respectively) |
| Adam Sandler in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry as Chuck Levine |
| Worst Actress |
Lindsay Lohan in I Know Who Killed Me (tie) (as the characters of Aubrey Fleming and Dakota Moss) |
| Jessica Alba in Awake, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Good Luck Chuck as Sam Lockwood, Sue Storm/Invisible Woman and Cam Wexler (respectively) |
| Logan Browning, Janel Parrish, Nathalia Ramos and Skyler Shaye in Bratz as Sasha, Jade, Yasmin and Cloe |
| Elisha Cuthbert in Captivity as Jennifer Tree |
| Diane Keaton in Because I Said So as Daphne Wilder |
| Worst Supporting Actor |
Eddie Murphy in Norbit (as the character of Mr. Wong) |
| Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Will Turner |
| Kevin James in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry as Larry Valentine |
| Rob Schneider in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry as Asian Minister |
| Jon Voight in Bratz, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, September Dawn and Transformers as Principal Dimly, Patrick Henry Gates, Jacob Samuelson and John Keller (respectively) |
| Worst Supporting Actress |
Eddie Murphy in Norbit (as the character of Rasputia) |
| Jessica Biel in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Next as Alex McDonough and Liz Cooper (respectively) |
| Carmen Electra in Epic Movie as Mystique |
| Julia Ormond in I Know Who Killed Me as Susan Fleming |
| Nicollette Sheridan in Code Name: The Cleaner as Diane |
| Worst Screen Couple |
Lindsay Lohan and Lindsay Lohan ("as the yang to her own yin") in I Know Who Killed Me |
| Jessica Alba and either Hayden Christensen in Awake, Dane Cook in Good Luck Chuck or Ioan Gruffudd in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer |
| "Any combination of two totally airheaded characters" in Bratz |
| Eddie Murphy (as Norbit) and either Eddie Murphy (as Mr. Wong) or Eddie Murphy (as Rasputia) in Norbit |
| Adam Sandler and either Kevin James or Jessica Biel in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry |
| Worst Remake or Rip-off |
I Know Who Killed Me (rip-off of Hostel, Saw and The Patty Duke Show) |
| Are We Done Yet? (Sony/Columbia/Revolution) (remake of Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House) |
| Bratz (a rip-off if ever there was one!) |
| Epic Movie (20th Century Fox) ("rip-off of every movie it rips off") |
| Who's Your Caddy? (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Dimension) (rip-off of Caddyshack) |
| Worst Prequel or Sequel |
Daddy Day Camp (Sony/TriStar) |
| Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (20th Century Fox) |
| Evan Almighty (Universal) |
| Hannibal Rising (The Weinstein Company) |
| Hostel: Part II (Lionsgate) |
| Worst Director |
Chris Sivertson for I Know Who Killed Me |
| Dennis Dugan for I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry |
| Roland Joffé for Captivity |
| Brian Robbins for Norbit |
| Fred Savage for Daddy Day Camp |
| Worst Screenplay |
I Know Who Killed Me (written by Jeffrey Hammond) |
| Daddy Day Camp (screenplay by Geoff Rodkey and J. David Stem & David N. Weiss) |
| Epic Movie (written by Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer) |
| I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (screenplay by Barry Fanaro and Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor) |
| Norbit (screenplay by Eddie Murphy & Charlie Murphy and Jay Sherick & David Ronn) |
| Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie |
I Know Who Killed Me (Sony/TriStar) |
| Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (20th Century Fox) |
| Captivity (Lionsgate) |
| Hannibal Rising (The Weinstein Company) |
| Hostel: Part II (Lionsgate) |
See also
External links
|
|---|
| History | |
|---|
| Current awards | |
|---|
| Retired awards | |
|---|
Award
ceremonies | |
|---|
-
 Book
-
 Category
|
Eddie Murphy, Worst Actor, Worst Supporting Actor, and Worst Supporting Actress winner.
Lindsay Lohan, Worst Actress and Worst Screen Couple winner.