UNITED STATES – Dopey? Creepy? Unnecessary?
Bizarre remakes of Snow White and War Of The Worlds in 2025 have topped the Razzies, the anti-Hollywood awards show known formally as the Golden Raspberry Awards that annually shames the industry’s worst films.
Disney’s latest live-action remake of Snow White had been mired in controversies years before its disappointing release nearly a year ago.
Its star Rachel Zegler enraged Disney fans for comments denigrating the beloved 1937 original – even labelling its Prince a stalker.
And the casting of a Latina actress was slammed as “woke” in some corners of social media.
But ultimately it was the film’s bizarre computer-generated dwarfs that drew the most flak, and earned the movie two Razzies.
“Described as frightening, actually terrifying and garishly fake, the winner of the Worst Supporting Actor goes to all seven artificial dwarves,” said Razzies organisers on March 14.
“Artificial intelligence doesn’t have to cost over US$250 million (S$320 million) – maybe US$20.50 or a seven-day free trial period,” they added, referring to the Disney film’s reportedly enormous budget.
The seven cartoonishly gnome-like magical creatures were also named “worst screen combo”.
War Of The Worlds – very loosely based on H.G. Wells’ seminal novel, but told entirely through Zoom calls – was named 2025‘s worst movie, with worst actor honoree Ice Cube also among the film’s five “wins”.
The Amazon-released movie was slammed for its awkward product placement – not least its climactic scene in which a Prime Air drone saves humanity from an alien invasion.
Despite – or perhaps because of – utterly scathing reviews, the film became an unlikely hit for Amazon, thanks to a phenomenon that critics dubbed “hate-watching by bored masochists”.
“Pinching the title of a science-fiction classic and slapping it on another reimagined movie has turned a sci-fi masterpiece into an unintentional laugh riot,” said Razzies organisers.
Rebel Wilson was named “worst actress” for her role in Bride Hard (2025), an action-comedy in which she plays a maid of honour who is secretly an international spy at a wedding hijacked by mercenaries. AFP