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. Jonathan Rosenbaum,Chicago Reader
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07/10/2002 @ 12:00 AM
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. Richard Roeper,Ebert & Roeper
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07/09/2002 @ 12:00 AM
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. Peter Rainer,New York Magazine
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07/03/2002 @ 12:00 AM
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. Mike Clark,USA Today
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. Peter Howell,Toronto Star
In every way an improvement over the original Men in Black. Mick LaSalle,San Francisco Chronicle
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. Jeff Stark,Salon.com
MIB II is a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything. That's because relatively nothing happens. Joe Baltake,Sacramento Bee
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. Liam Lacey,Globe and Mail
The picture's definitely entertaining, in fits and starts. It's also joyless. Susan Stark,Detroit News
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. Terry Lawson,Detroit Free Press
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. Steven Rosen,Denver Post
No more than a soulless exercise in repetitive summer blockbusting. Wesley Morris,Boston Globe
'Men in Black II creates a new threat for the MIB, but recycles the same premise. Roger Ebert,Chicago Sun-Times