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Men in Black II (2002)
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Reviews Counted:186
Fresh:71
Rotten:115
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: Lacking the freshness of the first movie, MIB 2 recycles elements from its predecessor with mixed results.
Theatrical Release:Jul 3, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $190,418,803
Synopsis: Reuniting director Barry Sonnenfeld with most of the original hit film's cast, MEN IN BLACK II picks up with alien-monitoring secret agent Jay (Will Smith) in a rut. Weary of the isolated life of... [More]
Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Rosario Dawson, Lara Flynn Boyle
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
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Reviews for Men in Black II
...falls prey to the syndrome that affects many sequels: the apparently irresistible desire to replicate the formula from the first film.
09/16/08
About the most uninspired rehash of a popular hit I've ever seen.
03/11/08
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04/21/07
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.
04/18/07
Top CriticThe movie's smart, funny and fairly forgettable.
02/09/06
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.
11/02/05
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.
09/30/05
Sadly, the movie has no new ideas worth mentioning.
01/15/05
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.
10/07/04
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.
07/24/04
Men in Black II doesn't replicate the blithely funny and hip attitude of the original.
06/23/04
Like a lot of the movie, the special effects are ‘been there, done that.’
05/09/04
With MIB2, [Sonnenfeld] triumphs yet again in giving us a quick -- albeit silly -- cinematic fix.
02/01/04
A textbook example of a redundant, middle-of-the-road summer sequel tailored to please the most easily entertained of moviegoers.
01/12/04
The best thing about Men in Black II is the talking dog.
01/07/04
The problem with the sequel is that Jones is missing from the action for too long.
12/15/03
...less a sequel and more a remake...
08/01/03
The chemistry between Smith and Jones is among the best of cinematic comedy duos, and the aliens are quirky and often hilarious.
05/20/03
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