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

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierFeb 9, 2012
If there's a book-loving adventuress or adventurer in your house younger than 10, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island provides a lighthearted break from the death-obsessed "Harry Potter" franchise and other literary but limp adventures like the "Narnia" films and "The Lightning Thief." Read full review
60
VarietyRussell EdwardsFeb 7, 2012
A fun though rarely funny family adventure whose lively special effects compensate somewhat for actors who largely sleepwalk through their roles. Read full review
60
EmpireNick de SemlyenJan 30, 2012
Massively throwaway, but funnier and more likable than the first entry. Mainly that's due to an A-list pairing that's as inspired as it is demented. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorAndy KleinFeb 10, 2012
For all the special effects – like its predecessor, this is in 3-D – the film coasts on Johnson being charming and Caine being Caine. Read full review
50
New York PostLou LumenickFeb 10, 2012
With cheesy-looking effects including a ride on the backs of giant bees and dubious literary references, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island comes dangerously close to giving books, never mind 3-D, a bad name. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerFeb 9, 2012
This kind of movie is all about the special effects. They start out great - cool helicopter crash, very convincing giant lizard - but grow more amateurish as the film goes along, with a flight sequence on giant bees proving particularly clunky. Read full review
50
Boxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoFeb 9, 2012
Surrogate fathers and family values are at the foreground, making the film a quick sell to parents - especially as it boasts the added value of literary roots. Read full review
50
MovielineAlison WillmoreFeb 9, 2012
This is a family movie, after all -- but you'll have to sit through some abrasively broad, unfunny exchanges to get there. Dialogue, alas, is the kind of thing that can't be enhanced by the wearing of 3-D glasses. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaFeb 8, 2012
The look of the film is impressive, as are the effects. Overall, however, it's a big, loud, 3-D-drenched jumble. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterMegan LehmannJan 30, 2012
As the band of adventurers skips from one supersized Survivor-like challenge to the next, one can't help feeling the creative potential of Verne's vision is wasted. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonFeb 9, 2012
The island locale rings with reggae music regardless of its proximity to Jamaica, and any action sequence is rendered in painfully deliberate slo-mo. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearFeb 9, 2012
Even "Bwana Devil" showed less crassness in its attempts to wow, however, and the more this cardboard blockbuster piles on the cut-rate F/X, the less anyone - the cast, the filmmaker, you - can muster up the energy to care. Read full review
40
TimeMary PolsFeb 9, 2012
It's silly enough that young teens are unlikely to be drawn to it unless they've got a thing for Hudgens or want to take an early peek at Hutcherson, who will soon be seen as Peeta in "The Hunger Games." He was great as a sulky brat in "The Kids Are All Right" but in Journey 2 he comes across as wooden, dull and though not yet 20, too old for roles like these. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonFeb 7, 2012
The film is endurable owing solely to Johnson, a veteran of bad kids' movies whose sense of when to dial up the charm in such a generic, soulless entertainment remains impeccable. Read full review
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