The 25 worst movies of 2016, according to critics

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As Hollywood is in the midst of another award season — when studios and publicists are hard at work touting the best movies of the year — deep in the bowels of the review aggregator Metacritic, you can find something different: the movies with the dishonor of getting the worst reviews of the year.

From blockbuster duds like "Independence Day: Resurgence" and "Warcraft" to indie misses like "Man Down" and "The Sea of Trees," plus the epically bad A-list romantic comedy "Mother's Day," there are some movies this year that the critics really, really didn’t like.

Here are the 25 worst-reviewed movies of 2016, as rated by critics' scores on Metacritic:

Note: Movies here are limited to those that had a theatrical release.

25. "Alice Through the Looking Glass"

Metacritic score: 34/100

What a critic said: "I removed my eyeballs from my head as soon as I got back from 'Alice Through the Looking Glass' and cleaned them in a sink." — RogerEbert.com

24. "Ice Age: Collision Course"

Metacritic score: 34/100

What a critic said: "It's time to put this franchise on ice for good." — Time Out London

23. "Zoolander 2"

Metacritic score: 34/100

What a critic said: "The first film scored a few palpable hits, but the new one barely makes the effort." — The New Yorker