Since its release, "Foodfight!" has been considered one of the worst films ever made: "Mental Floss" included it in a list of "10 Really Bad Movies that Define 'Bad Movies'" in 2012 and it appeared in a list of the worst movies ever made on "Digital Trends" in 2017 and MSN in 2018. It has also been referred to as one of the worst animated films ever made by Indiewire in 2015 and twice by "Screen Rant", in 2017 and 2020. In 2017, Rebecca Hawkes of "The Daily Telegraph" described "Foodfight!" as "the worst animated children's film ever made".