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had to offer in

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. The awards are based on votes from members of the Golden Raspberry Foundation. The nominees were announced on February 8, 2020, one day prior to the

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. The ceremony, the date of which was later announced to be March 14, 2020, was ultimately cancelled amid the concerns over the

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. The organizers announced the ceremony's winners online on March 16, 2020. No nominees were announced for the "Worst of the Decade Awards", despite being the tradition for the final ceremony of the decade.

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on February 8, 2020. TomHopper10TIFF

Films with multiple wins and nominations

The following ten films received multiple nominations: The following films received multiple wins:

Criticism

The ballot itself was heavily criticized for overlooking critically panned films while nominating limitedly distributed pictures. For instance, ''The Fanatic'' was nominated in the main categories despite the award's official website posting that the film was eligible for the Barry L. Bumstead special award, who is given to limited distributed films. There was also criticism for the pre-nomination of James McAvoy's well-received performance in the otherwise poorly received film ''

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''. His performance ended up not being nominated. Bruce Willis's performance was criticized for being nominated in the Worst Supporting Actor category despite it having been a main role. The critically panned ''

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'', despite two nominations for Worst Supporting Actress and Worst Prequel, Remake, Sequel or Rip-off, was criticized for overlooking the film in other categories, such as Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Director for

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in his directorial debut. The Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property nominations were also heavily criticized.

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criticized the nominations, saying that "It feels as though voters just wanted to nominate '' Joker'' for the enormous social media publicity it would generate, and then shaped a dubious awards category around it. ''Dragged Across Concrete'' is an even weirder pick, though, both because of its low-budget nature and the fact that there's not that much carnage in it.

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's '' 6 Underground'' is clearly a far worthier nominee than either of those films, given how much obvious human collateral damage is racked up amid the chaotic action sequences."

Planned ceremony

In June 2019, Comedy Dynamics (a company founded by Brian Volk-Weiss) announced that it would produce the awards ceremony. Also, it was to be broadcast live on a "Comedy Dynamics Network", which would have marked the first time a Golden Raspberry ceremony was watched by public through a live telecast. The unusual scheduling of the

(usually held towards the end of February) on February 9 affected the 2020 edition of the Golden Raspberry Awards. The organizers announced the nominees on February 8, 2020, one day prior to the

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event. The organizers later announced that the year's Razzie ceremony would be held on March 14; it would have been the second ceremony held after the

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, spurning the tradition of announcing the winners on the eve of the Oscars ceremony. Despite the

, the ceremony was going to go on as scheduled. The organizers later ultimately announced that the ceremony was cancelled, citing bans on mass gatherings that were enacted by local authorities in the wake of the outbreak. The organizers eventually announced winners online on March 16, 2020, through their website and their

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Notes

References

External links

* {{Golden Raspberry Awards

Golden Raspberry The Golden Raspberry Awards (also known as the Razzies and Razzie Awards) is a parody award show honoring the worst of cinematic under-achievements. Co-founded by UCLA film graduates and film industry veterans John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy, ...

Golden Raspberry Awards The Golden Raspberry Awards (also known as the Razzies and Razzie Awards) is a parody award show honoring the worst of cinematic under-achievements. Co-founded by UCLA film graduates and film industry veterans John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy, ...

Golden Raspberry Awards ceremonies