War of the Worlds
Universal Pictures | Release Date (Streaming): July 30, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
6
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
0
Negative:
7

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
20
EmpireIan FreerAug 5, 2025
A risible attempt to modernise classic science-fiction by adding WhatsApp and political chicanery. This thin, frenetic, soulless adaptation is misguided moviemaking cubed. Read full review
20
The TelegraphEd PowerJul 31, 2025
It is silly, shoddy and features far too much of rapper-turned-leading man Ice Cube staring at a computer screen while looking as if he’s working through a reasonably urgent digestive ailment. Like a heat-ray in reverse, it leeches all the fun out of what should be an epic tale of alien invasion. Read full review
20
VarietyPeter DebrugeJul 31, 2025
When it comes to customer satisfaction, does Amazon’s refund policy apply to stuff like this? Read full review
14
PolygonMatt PatchesAug 12, 2025
The only redeeming quality: Ice Cube now has a place on Mount Razziemore in a movie I can only hope earns its own Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode. Read full review
10
Rolling StoneDavid FearAug 12, 2025
This War of the Worlds isn’t bad or even so-bad-it’s-good. It’s a secret third thing, a hodgepodge of shoddy CGI and dead-eyed reaction shots from Ice Cube that make you feel like you can identify individual brain cells mid-death cycle. Read full review
0
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 13, 2025
War of the Worlds is bad, almost laugh-out-loud bad, and that “almost” is the killer here. Read full review
0
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoAug 11, 2025
Give me a silly movie that knows it’s dumb on a hot summer day every year. This isn’t that. It’s so much dumber than it thinks it is. Read full review
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