Now, Basic Instinct is just one of those films you don’t mess with. It’s iconic, sexy and thrilling for a reason, and this is most likely due to the decade it was released in. Sure, they might have brought Sharon Stone back for the sequel and perhaps even her little white mini, sans underwear, but more than 20 years later, were producers truly that desperate to make some coin?
You know it’s Golden Raspberry-worthy when the director of the original film scoffed at the new script and flat-out refused to direct a film which was going to be somewhat sacrilegious. With reviews like “ludicrous” and “predictable”, it should’ve been instinctual to know not to resurrect a film from another time.
2008: The Love Guru
Now, you’d think that the man who brought us Austin Powers and Shrek, would have quite a store of creative juices. When The Love Guru was released, we all thought he’d dipped into his creative cocktail and was going to deliver a comedy to rival his previous successes. However, this was not the case.
With almost every joke falling flat, The Love Guru was an unfunny pastiche of skits. Dressed in traditional Indian garb and a hippie, 60s vibe going on, Meyers really didn’t think this one through. Critics hated it, and the studio even more so – did you know that it only made $40.8 million worldwide, against a $63 million budget?! That’s what we call, ladies and gentlemen, a flop.
2007: I Know Who Killed Me
We didn’t think there could be a worse film than Bratz, but apparently, there was, according to the panel awarding 2007’s Golden Raspberry. The film beat out Daddy Day Camp, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry and of course, Bratz. Starring Lindsay Lohan - this was after her career peak in the 90s and early 2000s - the film focuses on a student who is abducted and brutally tortured. After her ordeal, she assumes another identity.
The film won Worst Picture, with Lohan herself picking up a few Razzies; among them Worst Actress and Worst Screen Couple. Sometimes with child/teen stars, it’s better they make their money young, invest, and enjoy the funds because they’re set for life without needing further embarrassment.
2005: Dirty Love
Written by and starring Jenny McCarthy, this won’t be the last time Hollywood produces a film about women and their quest to find Mr. Right. Beating films like The Dukes of Hazzard and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, this film really deserved the bottom spot. With a 4% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, lying somewhere between a rock and the comedy graveyard, this is a film you’ll want to miss.
Stephen Holden from The New York Times gave a brutally honest review: “even by the standards of its bottom-feeding genre, Dirty Love clings to the gutter like a rat in garbage” Ouch!
2004: Catwoman
No matter how good stretch leather looks on the gorgeous Halle Berry, it just wasn’t enough to distract audiences from how bad this film was. No plot? No dollars. No dollars? No film studio. What does that mean? Don't make another film, Hollywood, except if it’s a la Christopher Nolan in The Dark Knight Rises and you're actually a director who knows what they're doing.
While Halle Berry did her character justice, the writers just didn’t seem to make it work for the comic-book hero. The “lone bright spot” had a tough time carrying the film, and for that reason, it won 2004’s Golden Raspberry for Worst Picture. However, there was one good thing that came out of it: (bedroom) wall posters of Halle Berry in leather!