Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 1 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Claudia Puig USA Today (Top Critic)

Given the appeal of his first movie, Rodriguez had a big act to follow. Spy Kids ' progeny, though slightly lacking in the warmth of the first, should no doubt please audiences.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post (Top Critic)

Rodriguez seems to have forgotten that making a spectacle is not the same thing as creating a sense of wonder.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

80

An imaginatively joyous adventure.
Full Review » 1 year ago
KJ Doughton Film Threat

80

The best example in recent memory of what happens when an independent-minded director is allowed to exercise his talents with the backing and support of a Hollywood support system.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

75

How fitting that the subtitle of this sequel is Island of Lost Dreams, for Rodriguez has let his vivid imagination run even more amok in waking, cinematic life.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Judith Egerton Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

75

Rodriguez's movie, jammed with gizmos and visual effects, looks more like a bigbudget extravaganza from a Hollywood studio than a relatively modest $40 million movie.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

60

Imaginativo e divertido, explora o talento de seus jovens protagonistas para criar um filme capaz de encantar toda a familia.
Full Review » 9 years ago
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews

75

...just as enjoyable for adults as it is for kids...
Full Review » 9 years ago
Jeffrey Chen Window to the Movies

60

Not quite as charming as the first one.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Nick Rogers State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)

75

The only thing we don't know after watching Spy Kids 2 is whether Robert Rodriguez's constantly churning brain leaves him any time to sleep at night.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Harry Guerin RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

80

It's going to be a real hoot watching this duo growing up.
Full Review » 9 years ago
John J. Puccio DVDTown.com

70

...not quite up to the originality of the first film, but its sheer exuberance is good enough to keep youngsters enthralled and most adults at least mildly entertained.
Full Review » 9 years ago
John R. McEwen Film Quips Online

70

...Adequately entertaining but nothing special. Not exactly a ringing endorsement, but hey, it's August.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile

James Bond for kids, Spy Kids 2 is an energetic, inventive and zappy adventure filled with colour, gadgets and larger than life characters. It's a blast of a movie.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Brian J. Arthurs Beach Reporter (Southern California)

Even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment, Spy Kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man.
Full Review » 10 years ago
James Rocchi Netflix

80

Kid-friendly, fun sequel is packed with zip-bang-pow style.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Jean Lowerison San Diego Metropolitan

It's fun to watch, if perhaps a little too heavy in the gadget department for its own good.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Margaret A. McGurk Cincinnati Enquirer

75

It's all great fun, and drives forward at a dizzying pace typical for writer-director Robert Rodriguez.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Kevin A. Ranson MovieCrypt.com

75

... an over-the-top, kick-butt family film that leans toward the excess but is still a worthy sequel... making adults feel like kids again while making kids feel a bit more grown up.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Josef Braun Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

Just about the surest bet for an all-around good time at the movies this summer.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Ian Waldron-Mantgani UK Critic

75

It's fast-moving, overwhelming fun, full of gadgets, creatures and general whizz-bang. It could have gone disastrously wrong, but I like it.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Karina Montgomery Cinerina

50

Rodriguez is a shining example of Local Boy Makes Good but we don?t want him becoming the next George Lucas, now, do we? I doubt that is the problem.
Full Review » 10 years ago
D.K. Holm DVDTalk.com

Spy Kids 2 lacks the element of surprise that delighted its original audiences.
Full Review » 10 years ago
James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk

75

a fantastically ridiculous kids' adventure-fantasy filled with bizarre creatures, outlandish gadgets, and anything and everything else Rodriguez's supple imagination could conjure up
Full Review » 10 years ago
Mark Palermo Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

While not quite the pop-art spectacle of the original, Spy Kids 2's understanding that the movies children cherish most don't speak down to them makes it furious fun.
Full Review » 10 years ago