Scream 2 Reviews

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Chris Nashawaty
Entertainment Weekly
March 24, 2011
The rest of the cast of disposable archetypes deadpanned about why ''sequels suck'' -- a particularly funny joke, since this one didn't.
Full Review | Original Score: B
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Leonard Klady
Variety
July 28, 2008
Visceral, witty and appropriately redundant...
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Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader
September 23, 2007
If you liked Scream there's no reason you shouldn't like this sequel.
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Derek Adams
Time Out
June 24, 2006
The film itself is stuck in a cycle of repetition, with slight variations.
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Globe and Mail
July 12, 2002
Original Score: 2.5/4
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Neil Smith
BBC.com
May 29, 2001
While the shocks come thick and fast, the real pleasure comes from the knowing humour and ingenious spoofing of genre tropes.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5
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Janet Maslin
New York Times
January 1, 2000
Scream 2 has so much tongue-in-cheek trickery that it virtually escapes the horror genre.
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Susan Stark
Detroit News
January 1, 2000
If you liked Scream, you're going to like Scream 2, simple as that.
Original Score: 3/4
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Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle
January 1, 2000
The real fun of Scream 2, like Scream, isn't seeing people slaughtered. It's the smart-mouth dialogue and in-joke ironies.
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Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today
January 1, 2000
Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson have sharpened the focus along with their copycat killer's knives.
Original Score: 3/4
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Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
January 1, 2000
A horror movie balancing gore and terror with personality, humor and a nifty gimmick.
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Jay Carr
Boston Globe
January 1, 2000
Scream 2 is a clever and wittily manipulative copycat sequel to Scream.
Original Score: 2.5/4
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Sean P. Means
Film.com
January 1, 2000
Smart and scary like its predecessor, it delivers the shocks and a fair amount of sly wit.
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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
January 1, 2000
A yum-yum cast of pretties pull off the neat trick of affectionately counting the many ways available to horror sequels to suck, without making a sequel that sucks.
Full Review | Original Score: A-
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James Berardinelli
ReelViews
January 1, 2000
The movie is enjoyable.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
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Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
January 1, 2000
Williamson's script is funny and smart.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
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Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
January 1, 2000
Scream 2 is an ingenious, often hilarious, movie that does nothing to diminish the well-deserved cult reputation of its director.
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Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
January 1, 2000
There's enough ingenuity and scariness to please plenty of fans of the first film.
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Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
January 1, 2000
Wes Craven was born to direct this material. One of the most successful of horror filmmakers.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4