«Джокер: Божевілля на двох» / Warner Bros.
The jury of the American satirical film award “Golden Raspberry” announced the main contenders for the title of the worst films and actors of 2024 — “Joker 2” leads the list with seven nominations (including acting ones for Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga).
“Joker 2” (“Joker: Folie à Deux”) is a sequel to the hit “Joker” from 2019, in which Lady Gaga joined Joaquin Phoenix as Harley Quinn. The action of the film unfolds in a psychiatric hospital, where Arthur Fleck is awaiting trial for his actions and occasionally delves into bizarre delusions.
The film essentially flopped at the box office, earning just over $200 million worldwide (the same amount as the production budget), and director Todd Phillips in subsequent interviews stated that he is “done with DC”. Interestingly, despite the “dislike” from viewers, “Joker 2” was liked by game designer Hideo Kojima and director Quentin Tarantino — the former stated that the film “will become iconic in 10-20 years”, and the latter called Phoenix’s performance “the best he has seen in his life.”
Apart from “Joker”, six nominations for the “Golden Raspberry 2024” award were received by “Madame Web”, “Borderlands”, “Megalopolis” and “Reagan,” in “Unfrosted” and “The Crow” — two each; and Phoenix and his colleague from the film are in the list of candidates for the worst acting performance along with Cate Blanchett, Dakota Johnson, Jack Black, and Jon Voight (and immediately for four films in a year).
The “winners” of the anti-award will be announced on March 1 (the day before the “Oscar” ceremony).