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Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News: MIB II hits its marks reliably enough. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: No more than a soulless exercise in repetitive summer blockbusting. Read more
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: The first film was laugh-till- you-can't- remember-what- you're-laughing -at funny, while MIIB prefers gags that take a second or two to absorb but stick around the cerebrum a lot longer. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Runs a quick 80 minutes and yet it still feels padded. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Men in Black 2 might be a retread of the first one, but I still say it's worth seeing. The stars are great in this. Read more
Susan Stark, Detroit News: The picture's definitely entertaining, in fits and starts. It's also joyless. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: If you're looking for a movie as good as the first, you'd better rent 1997's MIB at the local video store. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: Within the trivial, ingratiating scope of its ambition, though, the sequel is pleasant enough. This is a picture that demands nothing of its audience, and not much more from its stars. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: 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. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Men in Black II, with its agreeably slipshod feel, is even slighter than the 1997 original, but as summer blockbusters go, it's shameless fun. Read more
Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Here, director Barry Sonnenfeld continues to drift along with the same arrogant laziness that made his Wild Wild West worthy of inclusion in a time capsule honoring Hollywood's worst tentpole product. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A good-faith attempt has been made to duplicate the original elements, but the mix is wrong, bearings have been lost, the balance is off. Read more
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: MIB II is faithful to its source film, which in turn sprang from a comic book. But this feels more like submission to formula than devotion to inspiration. Read more
Steven Rosen, Denver Post: Returning director Barry Sonnenfeld and stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones try to give us more of the same. But staleness has replaced hipness. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Some motion pictures portray ultimate passion; others create ultimate thrills. Men in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance -- it's the sci-fi comedy spectacle as Whiffle-Ball epic. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Instead of the fresh comic concept of the 1996 blockbuster, we have a calculated piece of product: a lightweight, occasionally laboured copycat skewed to a younger children's demographic to move the action figures and video sales. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: Even with its brief running time of 82 minutes, much of the extravagant but lightweight Men in Black II seems labored. Read more
Chuck Stephens, L.A. Weekly: It isn't without a modicum of felicitous charms. Read more
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: The hang-loose grodiness of [the Men in Black films] has its charms, and the Ray-Banned team of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, at its best, is good vaudeville. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: It's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor, but there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 'Men in Black II creates a new threat for the MIB, but recycles the same premise. Read more
Jeff Stark, Salon.com: Instead of inhabiting the same world of his original, the delightful 1997 Men in Black, or inventing a new world, this update kitschifies it, rendering it into a silly joke. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: In every way an improvement over the original Men in Black. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: The predictable effort makes the movie seem longer than its audience-friendly 88 minutes, and the script deficiencies account for the high number of alien and human supporting players. Read more
Mike Clark, USA Today: Large budget notwithstanding, the movie is such a blip on the year's radar screen that it's tempting just to go with it for the ride. But this time, the old MIB label stands for Milder Isn't Better. Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Good-naturedly cornball sequel. Read more