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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. Oct 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. Aug 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. Aug 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. Aug 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. Aug 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. Aug 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
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. Jan 29, 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. Jan 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. Dec 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. Apr 29, 2009 | Full Review…
Rodriguez tends to learn from his mistakes and made a truly superior film to the first.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Following up his enormous hit from last year, writer-director Robert Rodriguez does the impossible -- he makes a big Hollywood sequel into a personal pet project. May 26, 2006 | Full Review…
Following up his enormous hit from last year, writer-director Robert Rodriguez does the impossible -- he makes a big Hollywood sequel into a personal pet project.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The best example in recent memory of what happens when an independent-minded director is allowed to exercise his talents with the backing and support of a Hollywood support system. Dec 6, 2005 | Rating: 4/5
The best example in recent memory of what happens when an independent-minded director is allowed to exercise his talents with the backing and support of a Hollywood support system.
KJ Doughton
Rodriguez's sequel to the family-fun adventure expands even more and is visually advanced. Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams goes beyond its normal concept and is loosely yet efficient. With a much more expanded cast of supporting actors and its usual charm makes for a slight improvement than its predecessor. 4.5/5
Super Reviewer
A marginal improvement on its predecessor but its still lacking any charm and like the first it isn't that exciting
as good as the first if not slightly better. the monsters were a fun touch, and the furthering of the OSS storyline with the kids division was fun as well. cheesy, but fun to watch with the kids.
Spy Kids 2 is a great sequel and a very fun one too, maybe better than the first. The plot was very funa nd kids will love it, but most parents will be bored, but its called Spy kids, not Spy Adults. The characters are the same and just as fun, with even new characters who you either love or hate. Your kids will fall in love with this stff, because when i was a kid, i sure did, and I still do.
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