A Haunted House 2 2014

Andrew Barker, Variety: Marlon Wayans' parody sequel is as inept and puerile as its predecessor, but let no one say its screenwriter and star doesn't give it his all. Read more

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club: Though even the most accomplished improvisers occasionally rely on shtick, Wayans simply recycles the same gags; his "improv" is all shtick, with little riffing and no sense of flow. Read more

Stephan Lee, Entertainment Weekly: You don't walk into a movie like A Haunted House 2 expecting anything remotely scary or serious, but you don't expect to walk out feeling a terrible sense of dread, either. Read more

Jennifer Miller, Film.com: There are almost no redeeming qualities to this movie. It is bad enough to trigger an existential crisis in the heartiest of movie-lovers. Read more

Justin Lowe, Hollywood Reporter: Wayans' performance again relies primarily on mugging it up and outrageous attempts at self-indulgent humor to elicit laughs, topped with copious doses of raunchy sexual innuendo and activity. Read more

Martin Tsai, Los Angeles Times: From Honey Boo Boo to the Kardashians, from Chris Brown to Paula Deen, from Angry Birds to "Hoarders," it spares nothing and no one. Read more

Andy Webster, New York Times: Run in fright. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Unapologetically stupid. Proudly stupid. Aggressively stupid. Read more

Kevin C. Johnson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: This send-up of current horror movies is a go-for-broke hoot, a hot mess of a comedy that doesn't have a lick of sense. And knowing that going in adds to the often knee-slapping laughs. Read more

John Semley, Globe and Mail: A Haunted House 2 is dumber than dumb dumb, which at least has the nerve to be unapologetically dumb. Worse, it's Wayans dumb. Read more

Bruce Demara, Toronto Star: A movie for morons that is offensive on so many levels. It is loud, profane and profoundly stupid. One has to question how a film so awful could even be made, it is that bad. Most regrettably, it is not funny, not even a tiny bit. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: Calling this one an improvement is like saying that being kicked in the shin is better than being punched in the stomach. Either way, it hurts. Read more

Sherilyn Connelly, Village Voice: Though he's not for all tastes, there's something admirable about Wayans's willingness to do anything for a laugh, often reminiscent of Jerry Lewis at his most frantic. Read more

Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture: A Haunted House 2 is not a movie. It is a nervous breakdown. Read more

Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: "A Haunted House 2" is so bombastically stupid that its well-earned R rating doesn't seem sufficient. The movie should come with another warning: The following 87 minutes would be better spent alphabetizing your spice rack. Read more