Sandler ‘comedy’ nets record haul of 10 Razzies

Adam Sandler and friends have scored a new high — or low — among voters of the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof that presents prizes for the year’s worst movies.

Sandler’s Jack and Jill managed a Razzies first on Sunday, claiming 10 awards to sweep every single category. Along with the movie’s worst picture award, Sandler won for both worst actor and actress for his dual roles in Jack and Jill, in which he plays a family man and his twin sister.

“He didn’t play triplets, but he couldn’t have won more awards if he had,” said Razzies founder John Wilson.

Sandler also shared the Jack and Jill Razzies for worst ensemble, worst screen couple opposite either himself or co-stars Al Pacino or Katie Holmes, and worst screenplay as a co-writer on the movie.

Pacino won as worst supporting actor for playing himself in Jack and Jill, while Sandler pal David Spade was worst supporting actress for his cross-dressing role in the movie.

It’s the only movie in the 32-year history of the Razzies to win every prize.

Sandler’s worst-actor prize came for both Jack and Jill and his earlier comedy Just Go With It. Dennis Dugan, the filmmaker behind both comedies, was named worst director.

Jack and Jill was also picked as worst remake, rip-off or sequel, billed by Razzies voters as a remake or rip-off of Ed Wood’s cross-dressing cult favourite Glen or Glenda?

Despite the usual bad reviews Sandler receives, Just Go With It was a $100m hit like most of his comedies. But even Sandler fans had second thoughts about Jack and Jill, which took in only $74 million, one of the worst results among his mainstream comedies.

“Adam Sandler has a pretty much basic attitude of, ‘No matter how dumb I make it, my fans are going to pay to see it’,” Wilson said. “I guess it’s more about the complete lack of any genuine effort or concern or pride. An attitude of ‘this is good enough’, but when you consider what they’re charging for movie tickets today, it wasn’t good enough.”