Men in Black II (2002)
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Reviews Counted:186
Fresh:71
Rotten:115
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: Lacking the freshness of the first movie, MIB 2 recycles elements from its predecessor with mixed results.
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
US Box Office: $190,418,803
Synopsis: Reuniting director Barry Sonnenfeld with most of the original hit film's cast, MEN IN BLACK II picks up with alien-monitoring secret agent Jay (Will Smith) in a rut. Weary of the isolated life of... [More]
Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Rosario Dawson, Lara Flynn Boyle
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Reviews for Men in Black II
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The one thing this movie has going for it is chemistry and both Smith and Jones work extremely well together onscreen, forming one of those rare action-comedy partnerships that work. Full Review |
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Like a comic book on speed, it’s easy to be seduced by the exuberant energy and frivolous folly… it’s 88 minutes of unadulterated, enjoyable nonsense. But the one thing the writers and director forget about is to tell a coherent story Full Review |
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...falls prey to the syndrome that affects many sequels: the apparently irresistible desire to replicate the formula from the first film. Full Review |
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1/5 |
About the most uninspired rehash of a popular hit I've ever seen. Full Review |
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2/4 |
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64/100 |
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The down-home satire of how we cope with cultural difference has evaporated, replaced by jazzy effects that wear out their welcome by the halfway mark. Full Review |
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The movie's smart, funny and fairly forgettable. Full Review |
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'2' |
Men in Black II could care less whether you believe in it or not, or frankly, whether you bought the ticket and spent your time on the concession line trying to buy Goobers. Full Review |
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2/4 |
The acting is good, the direction is good, the special effects are great, only the jokes are a little flat and far between and nothing very original is offered up here. Full Review |
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D |
Sadly, the movie has no new ideas worth mentioning. Full Review |
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1/10 |
This film is so full of special effects that it seems as if there are only about seven minutes of actual story-telling from which to decipher a plot. Full Review |
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C+ |
We watch and think, 'Yeah. So? What else can they do?' It's not that it's dull so much as that it's familiar. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Men in Black II doesn't replicate the blithely funny and hip attitude of the original. Full Review |
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64/100 |
Like a lot of the movie, the special effects are ‘been there, done that.’ Full Review |
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With MIB2, [Sonnenfeld] triumphs yet again in giving us a quick -- albeit silly -- cinematic fix. Full Review |
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2/4 |
A textbook example of a redundant, middle-of-the-road summer sequel tailored to please the most easily entertained of moviegoers. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
The best thing about Men in Black II is the talking dog. Full Review |
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The problem with the sequel is that Jones is missing from the action for too long. Full Review |
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