Unfortunately buried in all the weekendâs Oscars talk were the nominations for the annual Golden Raspberry Awards, whichâunlike the Academyâsingled out the yearâs worst movies besides Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close. In fact, that film somehow didnât even qualify for a Razzie, though there was an ironic tie to yesterdayâs ceremony, where Adam Sandler took part in an Oscars montage championing movies as an art form barely 24 hours after setting Razzie history with a record-breaking 11 nominations.
Topping the listâthe complete version of which you can see hereâwere Sandlerâs performances in Just Go With It and especially Jack And Jill, which scored him nods for both Worst Actor and Worst Actress (where heâll compete against Sarah Palin playing a fantasy version of herself in the documentary The Undefeated). Furthermore, all possible permutations of his screen pairings in both of those movies were nominated for Worst Screen Couple, the specificity of which somehow seems even more cutting than his closest competitor, âNicolas Cage And Anyone Sharing The Screen With Him In Any Of His Three 2011 Movies.â
Anyway, these nominations, when combined with his producing work on Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star, contributed to Sandler easily besting Eddie Murphyâs five nominations for Norbit in 2007, and making Adam Sandler the most Razz-ed star of all time. Furthermore, by popping up in nearly every major category (including a Worst Supporting Actor nod for Al Pacinoâs unbelievable turn as âAl Pacinoâ), his Jack And Jill definitely seems like a lock for Worst Picture of the year, provided it can beat out contenders like Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon, and New Yearâs Eveâwhich, yeah, it probably can. Upon hearing of his impressive sweep, Sandler reportedly mumbled, âSowwyâ in a cutesy baby voice, then put on his flip-flops and shuffled to the fridge.
