Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Warner Bros. Entertainment | Release Date: February 10, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
14
Negative:
8
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsFeb 9, 2012
Anyone old enough to have read Jules Verne or seen the way his work was successfully adapted in the past will suffer worse than the kids in the audience who just came to laugh. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisFeb 9, 2012
Even by the unambitious standards of some children's movies and many movies that star Caine, this one has a difficult time making a case for itself as anything other than an adventure in baby-sitting. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsFeb 9, 2012
Hutcherson spits his lines out as quickly as possible, which you appreciate, because the way the likable Johnson wrestles with his lines ("It looks like the liquefaction has tripled overnight!") you think, well, it's a living. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubNathan RabinFeb 8, 2012
This adventure strands Johnson's famously animated features in eyebrow jail, and squanders his outsized charisma and gift for winking self-deprecation in a thankless worried-stepfather role. It doesn't call for much, beyond a lot of muscles and an ever-present look of concern for his whiny stepson. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovFeb 9, 2012
The result is a goofy-weird mishmash of some pretty swell CGI creatures and some downright lousy screenwriting. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliFeb 9, 2012
For a time, Journey 2 becomes a lost episode of "Lost," then it becomes "King Kong," minus the ape. Then it becomes a ukulele music video featuring the Rock's take on Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's "What a Wonderful World." Read full review
25
Slant MagazineNick SchagerFeb 8, 2012
Prizes computer-generated wizardry above logical plotting or thoughtful character development, a misguided set of priorities exacerbated by the fact that said digital effects prove so chintzy. Read full review
0
Washington PostJohn DeForeFeb 9, 2012
The movie's flexibility with its own rules would be less noticeable if it were busy thrilling us. Read full review
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