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/ 24 March 2000

Aw, shucks, you shouldn’t have…

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Most obvious miscasting

  • Matthew Broderick as Inspector Gadget in Inspector Gadget

  • Kenneth Branagh as the surrogate Woody Allen in Celebrity

  • Liv Tyler as a 19th-century Russian aristocrat in Onegin

  • Joan Collins as an 18th-century aristocrat in The Clandestine Marriage

  • Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as a couple in Eyes Wide Shut

    Worst case of overacting

  • Ahmed Best as Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

  • Joan Cusack as Jessie in Toy Story 2

  • Christopher Walken as the Hessian Horseman in Sleepy Hollow

  • James Woods as Jack Crow in John Carpenter’s Vampires

    Best role by an arse

  • Rhys Ifans in Notting Hill

  • Ralph Fiennes in The End of the Affair

  • Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut

  • Salma Hayek in Wild Wild West

  • Various actors in Romance

    Fattest neck

  • Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile

  • John Travolta, The General’s Daughter

  • John Travolta, A Civil Action

  • Jean-Claude van Damme, Universal Soldier: The Return

  • Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story 2

    Most stupid name

  • Spencer Armacost (Johnny Depp) in The Astronaut’s Wife

  • Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) in Fight Club

  • Ted Pikul (Jude Law) in eXistenZ

  • Max California (Joaquin Phoenix) in 8mm

  • Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

    Poorest period detail

  • The King’s Road-style punk band performing at CBGBs in 1977 in Summer of Sam

  • Matt Damon’s six-pack in The Talented Mr Ripley

  • The tub of pink hair gel in 1977 in Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

  • The techno soundtrack in Plunkett and Macleane

  • Almost everything in Wild Wild West

    Least-wanted moment

  • Robin Williams making Holocaust victims laugh in Jakob the Liar

  • Tom Hanks battling with a urinary infection in The Green Mile

  • Will Smith and Kenneth Branagh trading cripple and black insults in Wild Wild West

  • Tom Cruise saying “Respect the cock” in Magnolia

  • Wes Craven directing Meryl Streep in Music of the Heart

    Worst starring role

  • Clint Eastwood, True Crime

  • Anjelica Huston, Agnes Browne

  • Geoffrey Rush, House on Haunted Hill

  • Robin Williams, Bicentennial Man

  • Chris Rea, Parting Shots

    Worst sequel

  • I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

  • Gregory’s Two Girls

  • The Rage: Carrie II

  • Next Friday

  • Universal Soldier: The Return

    Briefest appearance

  • Dexter Fletcher, Topsy-Turvy

  • Katrin Cartlidge, Topsy-Turvy

  • Sarah Michelle Gellar, She’s All That

  • Anne Bancroft, The 13th Warrior

  • Brad Pitt, Being John Malkovich

    Award for bad accents

  • Anjelica Huston (Irish) in Agnes Browne

  • Bob Hoskins (Birmingham) in Felicia’s Journey

  • Richard E Grant (Scottish) in The Match

  • John Hannah (Canadian) in The Hurricane

  • Ahmed Best (Gungan) in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

    Saddest self-parody

  • Ray Winstone as Ray in Final Cut

  • Terence Stamp as Wilson in The Limey

  • Robert de Niro as Paul Vitti in Analyze This

  • James Caan as Frank in Mickey Blue-Eyes

  • Yoda in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

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