Following a record-breaking sweep in which he set an all-time high for nominations, 2012 saw an inevitable leveling-off for Adam Sandler at the Razzies, a reminder that show business is fickle and that Adam Sandler starred in way fewer movies this year. With the Golden Raspberry Awards apparently too ambivalent about Hotel Transylvania to add it to their annual list of cinema's worst/most obvious abominations, that left only That's My Boy to further Sandler's streak of producing multiple nods for being awful—a streak that continues to be the most consistent thing Sandler has ever done, aided by the fact that, like the movies that landed him there, it doesn't require him to try.
Other films and people whom the Razzies deemed safe to pick on: former reigning Razzie scapegoat Eddie Murphy; Twilight and all permutations of its ensemble, one last time; Jersey Shore, which slipped in thanks to the cast's cameo in The Three Stooges; perennial Razzie bridesmaid Nicolas Cage, who's now like the Razzie equivalent of Kate Winslet; Tyler Perry, whether partnered with Tyler Perry's drag get-up" (as a nominee for Worst Screen Couple) in Tyler Perry's Madea's Witless Protection, or flying solo in Tyler Perry's Good Deeds and Alex Cross; and Oogieloves In The Big Balloon Adventure, confirming that the Razzies do not appreciate marketing vision when they see it.
Anyway, it's a toss-up as to whether being recognized in almost every category will lead to a Worst Picture victory for That's My Boy, as it did for last year's winner Jack And Jill. It is, however, safe to say it will continue to have absolutely no bearing on Adam Sandler's career choices.
The complete list of nominees:
Worst Picture
Battleship
Oogieloves In The Big Balloon Adventure
That’s My Boy
A Thousand Words
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Worst Actress
Katherine Heigl – One For The Money
Milla Jovovich – Resident Evil 5: Retribution
Tyler Perry (In Drag) – Madea’s Witless Protection
Kristen Stewart – Snow White And The Huntsman & Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Barbra Streisand – The Guilt Trip
Worst Actor
Nicolas Cage – Ghost Rider 2: Spirit Of Vengeance & Seeking Justice
Eddie Murphy – A Thousand Words
Robert Pattinson – Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Tyler Perry (Not in Drag) – Alex Cross & Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds
Adam Sandler – That’s My Boy
Worst Supporting Actress
Jessica Biel – Playing For Keeps & Total Recall
Brooklyn Decker – Battleship & What To Expect When You’re Expecting
Ashley Green – Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Jennifer Lopez – What To Expect When You’re Expecting
Rihanna – Battleship
Worst Supporting Actor
David Hasselhoff (as “Himself”) – Piranha 3-DD
Taylor Lautner – Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Liam Neeson – Battleship & Wrath Of The Titans
Nick Swardson – That’s My Boy
Vanilla Ice (as “Himself”) – That’s My Boy
Worst Screen Couple
Any Combination of Two Cast Members from Jersey Shore – The Three Stooges
Mackenzie Foy (as “Little Renesmee”) & Taylor Lautner – Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart – Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Tyler Perry & His Drag Get-Up – Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witless Protection
Adam Sandler and either Leighton Meester, Andy Samberg or Susan Sarandon – That’s My Boy
Worst Director
Sean Anders – That’s My Boy
Peter Berg – Battleship
Bill Condon – Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Tyler Perry – Good Deeds & Madea’s Witless Protection
John Putch – Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Worst Screen Ensemble
The Entire Cast of Battleship
The Entire Cast of Oogieloves In The Big Balloon Adventure
The Entire Cast of That’s My Boy
The Entire Cast of Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
The Entire Cast of Madea’s Witless Protection
Worst Screenplay
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Battleship
That’s My Boy
A Thousand Words
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2