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The Ice Cube-starring War of the Worlds has been named the worst picture of 2025 by voters of the 46th Razzie Awards. The movie "won" five of the six categories in which it was nominated, including Worst Actor (Ice Cube); Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel; Worst Director (Rich Lee); and Worst Screenplay (Kenny Golde, Marc Hyman).
What Was Announced?
The Ice Cube-starring War of the Worlds has been named the worst picture of 2025 by voters of the 46th Razzie Awards.
The movie "won" five of the six categories in which it was nominated, including Worst Actor (Ice Cube); Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel; Worst Director (Rich Lee); and Worst Screenplay (Kenny Golde, Marc Hyman).
Quick Background
The movie became "a cult hate-watch classic almost immediately," according to the Razzies.
Why Does This Matter?
Based on Wells’ classic novel, director Rich Lee (perhaps inspired by Ed Wood) chose a goofy gimmick, hack dialogue, and a particularly hilarious performance by its lead, Ice Cube, to claim 2025’s largest number of Razzie statues.
Other winners at this year’s Razzie Awards — also known as the Golden Raspberry Awards, which honor the "worst" of the year — include "all seven artificial dwarfs" in Snow White, which took home two Razzies.
Regarding the film, organizers commented: "It cost a fortune and lost a fortune, perhaps cursed by Walt [Disney] himself for having ignored his dying wish for it never to be remade."
Rebel Wilson won for "her not-quite-believable performance as an action hero in Bride Hard with weaponized curling irons," while Scarlet Rose Stallone won "for her modernized performance in the odd western Gunslingers."
Meanwhile, Kate Hudson was named the recipient of this year’s Razzie Redeemer Award for her "pitch-perfect performance" in Song Sung Blue.
Additional Details
Hudson, who is nominated for an Oscar this year for her role in the film, has previously been singled out by the Razzies for her roles in Music, Mother’s Day, and My Best Friend’s Girl after having earned an Oscar nomination for Almost Famous in 2001.
Awards are voted on online by 1,223 Razzie members from all 50 states and more than two dozen countries.
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