A highly polished film with top performances and lots of heart-stopping moments.
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01/01/00
Scream 2 (1997)
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Reviews Counted:67
Fresh:53
Rotten:14
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: It is scarier and funnier than the original.
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: The hip, darkly comical sequel to self-aware Scream 2 Sidney Prescott, now in college, once again finds herself the target of a bloodthirsty, cloak-clad, mask-wearing, knife-wielding, psychotic... [More]
Starring: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar
Director: Wes Craven
Reviews for Scream 2
Top CriticThere's a lot more going on here than in Scream... So why isn't it a slam dunk? Because of the writing, which is just lousy in any number of ways.
07/26/09
The weakest entry in the trilogy, but it's still smarter than the majority of horror films that get released each year.
10/15/08
Visceral, witty and appropriately redundant...
07/28/08
Top CriticClever parody of the sequel trend; once again we are treated to a movie mocking its own conventions. Some great comic -- and terrifying -- moments, but suffers for not being as original as the original.
09/23/07
Top CriticIf you liked Scream there's no reason you shouldn't like this sequel.
09/23/07
This disappointing sequel to last year's horror sleeper gets trapped in the clichés it's trying to send up.
09/23/07
Scream 2 is as clever and nerve-wracking as the original; on its own self-referential, crowd-pleasing terms, it's a success.
08/18/07
The film itself is stuck in a cycle of repetition, with slight variations.
06/24/06
Scream 2 isn't nearly as fresh, suspenseful or witty as it's inaugural bloodfest.
12/06/05
The secret to both Scream and Scream 2's success is that neither film condescends to its audience - instead the audience is let in on the joke.
04/09/05
At least as good as the original.
05/11/04
I truly hope that Scream 2 proves to all of the doubters that horror movies are not all the same. They are not all equally bad, and by God, they are not all equally good. However, they don't get any better than Scream 2.
05/22/03
No review available.
05/20/03
It's not just bloody; it's actually interesting.
02/08/03
It's gory, it's absurd, and it's a hoot.
10/15/02
I still got a kick out of Scream 2, and I'm curious to see what Williamson has concocted for the last film of the trilogy.
09/10/02
No review available.
07/12/02
Improves quickly.
03/24/02
If you don't like horror movies and/or you didn't like Scream, you will not like this movie. Otherwise, start pumping out the money, like everyone else is.
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