Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas was the big winner at this year’s Razzie Awards.
The faith-based comedy about the true meaning of Christmas won four awards, including worst picture and worst actor, at the 35th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony on February 21.
The Razzies, which celebrates movie-making mediocrity, took place a short walk from the venue for tonight’s Oscars.
Razzie winners, who rarely turn up, get a $4.79 gold-spray-painted trophy.
Saving Christmas won worst picture, worst actor, worst screenplay and worst screen combo – for Kirk Cameron “and his ego”.
The movie is also only one of two films last year to score a zero rating on the review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.
The tag line on its film poster is “Put Christ back in Christmas”.
Cameron Diaz was named worst actress for two comedies The Other Woman and Sex Tape.
The worst supporting actress prize went to Megan Fox for the reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction had led the field with seven nominations, but won only worst director and worst supporting actor for Kelsey Grammer.
Annie was named the worst remake, rip-off or sequel.
A new category – the Razzie Redeemer award – was introduced this year to reward a former Razzies target who has done good work in the past 12 months.
Ben Affleck was saluted in an online public vote for going from the much-panned Gigli to Oscar-winning Argo and Oscar-nominated Gone Girl.
The actor’s award was announced by real-life nun and veteran film critic Sister Rose Pacatte.
Rose Pacatte told the audience: “We Catholic nuns are all about redemption.”
The regular awards are chosen by 757 voting members in the US and abroad.
For the first time, the paying public was able to attend the irreverent ceremony – held this year at Hollywood’s Montalban theatre.
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2015 Razzie Awards complete list of winners:
WORST PICTURE
- Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
- Left Behind
- The Legend of Hercules
- Teenage Mutant Nunja Turtles
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
WORST ACTOR
- Kirk Cameron, Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
- Nicolas Cage, Left Behind
- Kellan Lutz, The Legend of Hercules
- Seth MacFarlane, A Million Ways to Die in the West
- Adam Sandler, Blended
WORST ACTRESS
- Cameron Diaz, The Other Woman
- Drew Barrymore, Blended
- Melissa McCarthy, Tammy
- Charlize Theron, A Million Ways to Die in the West
- Gaia Weiss, The Legend of Hercules
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Kelsey Grammer, Expendables 3/Legends of Oz/Think Like a Man Too/Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Shaquille O’Neal, Blended
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Expendables 3
- Kiefer Sutherland, Pompeii
- Mel Gibson, Expendables 3
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Megan Fox, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Nicola Peltz, Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Brigitte Ridenour, Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
- Susan Sarandon, Tammy
- Cameron Diaz, Annie
WORST DIRECTOR
- Michael Bay, Transformers: Age of Extinctions
- Darren Doane, Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
- Renny Harlin, The Legend of Hercules
- Jonathan Liebesman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Seth MacFarlane, A Million Ways to Die in the West
WORST SCREENPLAY
- Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
- Left Behind
- Sex Tape
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
WORST SCREEN COMBO
- Kirk Cameron & his ego, Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
- Cameron Diaz & Jason Segel, Sex Tape
- Kellan Lutz & either his abs, his pecs, or his glutes, The Legend of Hercules
- Seth MacFarlane & Charlize Theron, A Million Ways to Die in the West
- Any two robots, actors, or robotic actors, Transformers: Age of Extinction
WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF, OR SEQUEL
- Annie
- Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?
- The Legend of Hercules
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Transformers: Age of Extinction”
THE RAZZIE REDEEMER AWARD
- Ben Affleck – from Gigli to Argo and Gone Girl
- Jennifer Aniston – from Razzie-nominee to Cake
- Mike Myers – from Love Guru to documentary Supermensch
- Keanu Reeves – from Razzie-nominee to John Wick
- Kristen Stewart – from Twilight to Camp X-Ray [youtube jjEPdj7rGFw 650]