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Though the concept is no longer fresh, Spy Kids 2 is still an agreeable and energetic romp.
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Rodriguez seems to be trying too hard to cram in too much - more gadgets, more characters, more noise, more color. But bigger, brighter and faster isn't necessarily better. October 24, 2011 | Full Review…
Rodriguez seems to be trying too hard to cram in too much - more gadgets, more characters, more noise, more color. But bigger, brighter and faster isn't necessarily better.
Christy Lemire
Rodriguez seems to have forgotten that making a spectacle is not the same thing as creating a sense of wonder. August 20, 2002
Rodriguez seems to have forgotten that making a spectacle is not the same thing as creating a sense of wonder.
Michael O'Sullivan
I didn't like the first one enough to recommend it. I liked this one even less. August 12, 2002
I didn't like the first one enough to recommend it. I liked this one even less.
Richard Roeper
Given the appeal of his first movie, Rodriguez had a big act to follow. Spy Kids ' progeny, though slightly lacking in the warmth of the first, should no doubt please audiences. August 9, 2002
Given the appeal of his first movie, Rodriguez had a big act to follow. Spy Kids ' progeny, though slightly lacking in the warmth of the first, should no doubt please audiences.
Claudia Puig
With Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, the Spy Kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape: a James Bond series for kids. August 9, 2002 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
With Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, the Spy Kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape: a James Bond series for kids.
Roger Ebert
There's enough here to keep the sequel rocking, providing you can leave the adult in you at the door. August 9, 2002 | Rating: B
There's enough here to keep the sequel rocking, providing you can leave the adult in you at the door.
Robert Denerstein
Move over 007 - there are new kids in town -- the Spy Kids - - and they're here for the long haul. November 15, 2019 | Full Review…
Move over 007 - there are new kids in town -- the Spy Kids - - and they're here for the long haul.
Debbie Lynn Elias
If [it] sounds like the usual preoccupations of pop-culture parody, what lifts it above is Rodriguez's ability to create a self-contained world all of its own restless, wacky, beautiful to look at and with a genuine emotional warmth. January 30, 2018 | Full Review…
If [it] sounds like the usual preoccupations of pop-culture parody, what lifts it above is Rodriguez's ability to create a self-contained world all of its own restless, wacky, beautiful to look at and with a genuine emotional warmth.
Mark Steyn
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams is certainly trippy and inventive, but the film is way too long, a little too flat and not nearly as enjoyable as the original. January 29, 2012 | Rating: 5/10 | Full Review…
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams is certainly trippy and inventive, but the film is way too long, a little too flat and not nearly as enjoyable as the original.
R.L. Shaffer
An imaginatively joyous adventure. December 28, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
An imaginatively joyous adventure.
Nell Minow
Rodriguez tends to learn from his mistakes and made a truly superior film to the first. April 29, 2009 | Full Review…
Rodriguez tends to learn from his mistakes and made a truly superior film to the first.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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