Men In Black II: Critic Reviews

75%

MovieWeb: 4 reviews

39%

RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian [UK] (Top Critic)

40

After five years, the chemistry has curdled.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

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 » 5 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

60

Not as good as the original.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed

25

A prime example of a terrible summer blockbuster that should have never been made.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Steve Biodrowski ESplatter

...falls prey to the syndrome that affects many sequels: the apparently irresistible desire to replicate the formula from the first film.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Rob Gonsalves eFilmCritic.com

20

About the most uninspired rehash of a popular hit I've ever seen.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Joe Lozito Big Picture Big Sound

50

A virtually identical remake of the 1997 blockbuster which offers almost nothing new.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Derek Adams Time Out

The movie's smart, funny and fairly forgettable.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com

0

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 » 7 years ago
Scott Nash Three Movie Buffs

50

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 » 7 years ago
Jeffrey Overstreet Looking Closer

17

Sadly, the movie has no new ideas worth mentioning.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Tony Medley tonymedley.com

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 » 8 years ago
Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com

50

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 » 8 years ago
Judith Egerton Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

63

Men in Black II doesn't replicate the blithely funny and hip attitude of the original.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Terri Clark Apollo Guide

64

Like a lot of the movie, the special effects are 'been there, done that.'
Full Review » 8 years ago
Susan Michals FilmStew.com

With MIB2, [Sonnenfeld] triumphs yet again in giving us a quick -- albeit silly -- cinematic fix.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

50

A textbook example of a redundant, middle-of-the-road summer sequel tailored to please the most easily entertained of moviegoers.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Greg Maki Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

63

The best thing about Men in Black II is the talking dog.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Matthew Bond Daily Mail [UK]

The problem with the sequel is that Jones is missing from the action for too long.
Full Review » 8 years ago
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews

63

...less a sequel and more a remake...
Full Review » 9 years ago
Tyler Hanley Palo Alto Weekly

75

The chemistry between Smith and Jones is among the best of cinematic comedy duos, and the aliens are quirky and often hilarious.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Wilson Morales BlackFilm.com

Men in Black II is back but with less pizzazz than the first one.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Andrea Chase Killer Movie Reviews

40

[T]here are a few laughs, but there are zero surprises. . . when Michael Jackson makes a cameo as an alien, the only surprise would be that he ISN'T an extra-terrestrial
Full Review » 9 years ago
Steven Snyder Zertinet Movies

63

Men In Black 2 recaptures the fun of a world overrun by aliens but then fails at being memorable, unable to set itself apart from its notable beginnings.
Full Review » 9 years ago
John R. McEwen Film Quips Online

80

Smith and Jones perform together as smoothly as if they never left the studio, and the script sparkles with very much the same fluorescence.
Full Review » 9 years ago