K-pop girl group Apink member Chorong and “The Golden Holiday” have been voted worst actor and film in South Korea in 2020, respectively.
Korean newspaper Sports Kyunghyang conducted a survey for the 4th Raspberry Film Festival, patterned after the Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, in the US, among 25 reporters who cover Korean films. Covered were films released from Dec. 1, 2019 to Nov. 30 this year. Each reporter cast three votes per category for the worst acting and worst film.
Chorong topped the category of worst acting, getting eight votes or 32 percent. Sports Kyunghyang reported that nine years after debuting in Apink in 2011, Chorong made her film debut in “Road Family,” released in Korea on July 9 this year. Chorong was criticized for her “robot acting” and she was described as the worst dark horse who appeared in an era of the emergence of idol actors and she needs training in acting.
Actor and model Bae Jung-nam ranked second in the worst acting category, receiving seven votes (28 percent). Bae starred in the 2020 movies “Okay Madam” and “Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP.”
Actor Oh Ji-ho and actress Bae Suzy tied for third place with four votes each (16 percent). Oh Ji-ho received bad reviews for acting skills and selection of film projects, and scored for appearing in any movie without standards. Bae Suzy starred in the film “Ashfall,” released in December 2019, together with Lee Byung-hun and Ha Jung-woo. She made her film debut in “Architecture 101” in 2012 but her acting skills have not shown growth, the report stated.
The title worst movie went to Kwak Do-won’s “The Golden Holiday,” which was shot in the Philippines, and released in Korea on Sept. 29 this year. The movie received 9 votes out of 25 (36 percent). “The Golden Holiday” was an action comedy but according to critics, it was not funny at all. The movie was produced with a budget of 9.1 billion ($8.33 million). It needed to sell 2.5 million tickets to break even but only sold 530,000.
Chorong’s “Road Family” was voted the second worst Korean film of the year, receiving eight votes (32 percent). The film, which only sold 5,477 tickets, was scored for poor acting.
Sung Hoon and Kim So-eun’s film "Are You in Love?” placed third. “The Cursed Lesson” received six votes while “Ashfall,” “The Therapist: Fist of Tae-baek” and “Search Out” got three votes each to complete the list of worst Korean movies of the year.