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Worst actor? Fans rage over Jennifer Lawrence Razzie award nomination

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Transformers: The Last Knight leads the nominations for the Golden Raspberry Awards with nine, while Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp have both scored worst actor nods.

But it's a nomination for Jennifer Lawrence that's really fired up movie fans.

Sci-fi action film The Last Knight has been nominated for a prize in nearly every category at the upcoming awards show, which selects the worst Hollywood has offered up in the last year and is known as the Razzies, including bagging a nod for Worst Picture.

The Michael Bay-directed movie is up against Baywatch, The Emoji Movie, Transformers: The Last Knight and The Mummy in the category, and its main stars, Mark Wahlberg and Sir Anthony Hopkins, also received nominations.

Wahlberg and Hopkins are up for the Worst Actor and Worst Supporting Actor awards respectively, with the former also nominated for his movie Daddy's Home 2.

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He will go up against Tom Cruise (The Mummy), Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean XIII: Dead Men Tell No Tales), Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades Darker) and Zac Efron (Baywatch) for the prize.

But there was some let up for the Transformers movie in the Worst Actress category because the film did not receive a nod, although Laura Haddock was nominated for Worst Supporting Actress.

Fifty Shades Darker closely followed behind with eight nominations, including one for lead actress Dakota Johnson, who is up against Katherine Heigl (Unforgettable), Jennifer Lawrence (Mother!), Tyler Perry (BOO! 2: A Madea Halloween) and Emma Watson (The Circle) in the main actress category.

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But fans aren't happy about Lawrence's nomination for the controversial film, with many taking to Twitter to voice their opposition.

The Razzies nominating Jennifer Lawrence for MOTHER! is right down there with the Razzies nominating Stanley Kubrick for THE SHINING. Blech. https://t.co/V7X9wDxPve

— Matt Singer (@mattsinger) January 22, 2018

mother! has plenty of problems, but Jennifer Lawrence's performance is not one of them. A Razzie nomination reflects poorly on the awards, not her.

— Chris Schilling (@schillingc) January 22, 2018

Jennifer Lawrence is nominated for a Razzie for mother!, further proof that the Razzies are utter codswallop.

— Maxwell Haddad (@cinemaxwell) January 22, 2018

Look, I don’t care what you thought of mother! Jennifer Lawrence doesn’t deserve a Razzie nomination for that film. Plain and simple.

— Will Ashton (@thewillofash) January 22, 2018

Other nods saw both Transformers: The Last Knight's Bay and Fifty Shades Darker's James Foley up for Worst Director, alongside Darren Aronofsky ('Mother!'), Alex Kurtzman ('The Mummy') and Anthony Leonidis ('The Emoji Movie').

The so-called winners of the Razzies will be announced on March 3, the day before the Academy Awards hands out its Oscars for the finest recent performances.

Baywatch is nominated in the Razzie Awards. Photo / YouTube
Baywatch is nominated in the Razzie Awards. Photo / YouTube

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Worst Picture
Baywatch
The Emoji Movie
Fifty Shades Darker
The Mummy
Transformers XVII: The Last Knight

Worst Actress
Katherine Heigl (Unforgettable)
Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades Darker)
Jennifer Lawrence (Mother!)
Tyler Perry (BOO! 2: A Madea Halloween)
Emma Watson (The Circle)

Worst Actor
Tom Cruise (The Mummy)
Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean XIII: Dead Men Tell No Tales)
Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades Darker)
Zac Efron (Baywatch)
Mark Wahlberg (Daddy's Home 2 and Transformers: The Last Knight)

Worst Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem (Mother! and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales)
Russell Crowe (The Mummy)
Josh Duhamel (Transformers XVII: The Last Knight)
Mel Gibson (Daddy's Home 2)
Sir Anthony Hopkins (Collide and Transformers: The Last Knight)

Worst Supporting Actress
Kim Basinger (Fifty Shades Darker)
Sofia Boutella (The Mummy)
Laura Haddock (Transformers: The Last Knight)
Goldie Hawn (Snatched)
Susan Sarandon (A Bad Moms Christmas)

Worst Screen Combo
Any Combination of Two Characters, Two Sex Toys or Two Sexual Positions – Fifty Shades Darker
Any Combination of Two Humans, Two Robots or Two Explosions – Transformers: The Last Knight
Any Two Obnoxious Emojis – The Emoji Movie
Johnny Depp and His Worn Out Drunk Routine – Pirates of the Caribbean XIII: Dead Careers Tell No Tales
Tyler Perry and Either the Ratty Old Dress or Worn Out Wig – BOO! 2: A Madea Halloween

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Worst Remake, Ripoff or Sequel
Baywatch
BOO! 2: A Madea Halloween
Fifty Shades Darker
The Mummy
Transformers: Last Knight

Worst Director
Darren Aronofsky (Mother!)
Michael Bay (Transformers: The Last Knight)
James Foley (Fifty Shades Darker)
Alex Kurtzman (The Mummy)
Anthony (Tony) Leonidis (The Emoji Movie)

Worst Screenplay
Baywatch
The Emoji Movie
Fifty Shades Darker
The Mummy
Transformers: The Last Knight

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