# 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards

The 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, ceremony was held on April 1, 2012, at Magicopolis in Santa Monica, California to identify the worst films the film industry had to offer in 2011, according to votes from members of the Golden Raspberry Foundation. Razzies co-founder John J. B. Wilson has stated that the intent of the awards is "to be funny." The nominations were announced on February 25, 2012. Taking a break from Razzie tradition of announcing both the nominees and winners before the Academy Awards functions by one day, it was decided in January 2012 to delay both the Razzie nomination announcements and ceremony by several weeks in order for the actual Razzie ceremony to be held on April Fools' Day. The actual nominations however, still had some connection to the Oscars ceremony, as they were announced the night before the Academy Awards were held.
Adam Sandler received a Razzie record six nominations as an individual and a total of twenty-three nominations for films he was involved with.
Voting for Worst Screen Ensemble was not just determined by members of the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation. Voting for the award was opened up to the general public online and conducted by the website Rotten Tomatoes. A grand total of 35,117 votes were cast.
Jack and Jill was nominated for twelve awards (including twice each in Worst Supporting Actor and Worst Supporting Actress) and won in every category. This was the first time in the history of the Razzies that one film won every award. The film also holds the record for most Razzie wins (beating Battlefield Earth) and most wins in a single year (beating I Know Who Killed Me). The only other film to win was another Happy Madison film Just Go with It, with only two Razzies earned for Worst Director and Worst Actor.

## Winners and nominees

| Category | Recipient |
| Worst Picture | Jack and Jill (Columbia) |
| Worst Picture | Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (Columbia) |
| Worst Picture | New Year's Eve (New Line Cinema) |
| Worst Picture | Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Paramount) |
| Worst Picture | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (Summit) |
| Worst Actor | Adam Sandler in Jack and Jill and Just Go with It as Jack Sadelstein and Dr. Danny Maccabee (respectively) |
| Worst Actor | Russell Brand in Arthur as Arthur Bach |
| Worst Actor | Nicolas Cage in Drive Angry, Season of the Witch, and Trespass as Milton, Behmen von Bleibruck, and Kyle Miller (respectively) |
| Worst Actor | Taylor Lautner in Abduction and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 as Nathan Harper and Jacob Black (respectively) |
| Worst Actor | Nick Swardson in Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star as Bucky Larson |
| Worst Actress | Adam Sandler (in drag) in Jack and Jill as Jill Sadelstein |
| Worst Actress | Martin Lawrence (in drag) in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son as Big Momma |
| Worst Actress | Sarah Palin (as herself) in The Undefeated |
| Worst Actress | Sarah Jessica Parker in I Don't Know How She Does It and New Year’s Eve as Kate Reddy and Kim Doyle (respectively) |
| Worst Actress | Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 as Bella Swan |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Al Pacino (as himself) in Jack and Jill |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Patrick Dempsey in Transformers: Dark of the Moon as Dylan Gould |
| Worst Supporting Actor | James Franco in Your Highness as Prince Fabious |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Ken Jeong in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, The Hangover Part II, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and Zookeeper as Mailman, Leslie Chow, Jerry "Deep" Wang, and Venom (respectively) |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Nick Swardson in Jack and Jill and Just Go with It as Todd and Eddie Simms (respectively) |
| Worst Supporting Actress | David Spade (in drag) in Jack and Jill as Monica |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Katie Holmes in Jack and Jill as Erin Sadelstein |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers: Dark of the Moon as Carly Spencer |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Brandon T. Jackson (in drag) in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son as Charmaine |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Nicole Kidman in Just Go with It as Devlin Adams |
| Worst Screen Couple | Adam Sandler and either Katie Holmes, Al Pacino, or himself (in drag) – Jack and Jill |
| Worst Screen Couple | Nicolas Cage and anyone sharing the screen with him in any of his three 2011 movies (Drive Angry, Season of the Witch, and Trespass) |
| Worst Screen Couple | Shia LaBeouf and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley – Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
| Worst Screen Couple | Adam Sandler and either Jennifer Aniston or Brooklyn Decker – Just Go with It |
| Worst Screen Couple | Kristen Stewart and either Taylor Lautner or Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 |
| Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel | Jack and Jill (Rip-off/Remake of Glen or Glenda) (Columbia) |
| Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel | Arthur (Warner Bros.) |
| Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel | Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (Rip-off of Boogie Nights and A Star Is Born) (Columbia) |
| Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel | The Hangover Part II (Warner Bros.) |
| Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (Summit) |
| Worst Director | Dennis Dugan for Jack and Jill and Just Go with It |
| Worst Director | Michael Bay for Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
| Worst Director | Tom Brady for Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star |
| Worst Director | Bill Condon for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 |
| Worst Director | Garry Marshall for New Year's Eve |
| Worst Screenplay | Jack and Jill (screenplay by Adam Sandler and Steve Koren, story by Ben Zook) |
| Worst Screenplay | Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (written by Adam Sandler, Allen Covert, & Nick Swardson) |
| Worst Screenplay | New Year's Eve (written by Katherine Fugate) |
| Worst Screenplay | Transformers: Dark of the Moon (screenplay by Ehren Kruger, based on the toy line by Hasbro) |
| Worst Screenplay | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer) |
| Worst Screen Ensemble | The entire cast of Jack and Jill |
| Worst Screen Ensemble | The entire cast of Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star |
| Worst Screen Ensemble | The entire cast of New Year's Eve |
| Worst Screen Ensemble | The entire cast of Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
| Worst Screen Ensemble | The entire cast of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 |

## Criticism

Despite being heavily critically panned, the awards received some criticism for the nomination Jack & Jill in the Worst Prequel, Remake of Rip-off or Sequel category described as a "Remake/Ripoff of Glen or Glenda" despite bearing no resemblance beyond that they both feature male actors portraying both male and female characters; this was widely viewed as an excuse to nominate the film in every category.

## Films with multiple nominations

These films garnered multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Films |
| 12 | Jack and Jill |
| 8 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
| 8 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 |
| 6 | Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star |
| 5 | Just Go With It |
| 5 | New Year's Eve |
| 3 | Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son |
| 2 | Arthur |
| 2 | Drive Angry |
| 2 | The Hangover Part II |
| 2 | Season of the Witch |
| 2 | Trespass |