Men in Black II

Men in Black II opens this weekend, in case you were living under a rock ;). As I expected, it had a luke-warm reception from critics, scoring 43/100 at MetaCritic.

Some critics liked it, as you’d find with any movie. But, most found it merely all right.

Film Threat / Ron Wells:
Hey, I’m not saying it’s bad. It’s kind of entertaining, what I can recall of it after two days. It’s, uh, okay. Just okay, though.

Chicago Sun-Times / Roger Ebert:
The astonishing success of the original “MiB” was partly because it was fun, partly because it was unexpected. We’d never seen anything like it, while with MiBII, we've seen something exactly like it.

Salon.com / Jeff Stark:
Here's an idea: Let’s just take that same gizmo-packed alien-attack buddy-flick blockbuster from the summer of ’97 ... and make it dumber!

I trust all of those reviewers, but I think this line from the Salon review sums it up best:

Here, you can feel everyone’s expectations: This is going to be a blockbuster, goddammit! It’s Babe Ruth promising a homer, fouling out and running the bases with a big grin on his face anyway. [...]

So, I don’t think it’s a bad movie, but it may be more appropriate for a rental.

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