Happy Death Day 2U
Universal Pictures | Release Date: February 14, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
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17
Mixed:
11
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
CineVueChristopher MachellFeb 15, 2019
Despite a few sentimental missteps and a second-act move away from horror that will upset some hoping for more slashing, Happy Death Day 2U is a fluffy and surprisingly smart, if shallow, tumble through genre tropes. Read full review
60
VarietyOwen GleibermanFeb 12, 2019
Happy Death Day 2U is more complicated than the first “Happy Death Day,” but in this case more complicated means less fun. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeFeb 12, 2019
Along the way, though, 2U throws enough wrinkles into the first film's action — if you don't remember it well, rewatch it before seeing this — to engage us. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFeb 14, 2019
Happy Death Day 2U is a passable way to throw away 100 minutes if you’re willing to turn off your brain and pretend it’s making sense. Read full review
50
The New York TimesGlenn KennyFeb 14, 2019
Jessica Rothe as Tree is still an appealing presence. But the film is overstuffed with unfunny self-parodying gore slapstick, half-felt sentimentality and semi-meta sci-fi. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzFeb 13, 2019
Credit returning director Christopher Landon and screenwriter Scott Lobdell (Landon co-writes this time) with trying something different with the story. Blame them for not doing something better. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubFeb 12, 2019
The “Happy Death Day” franchise isn’t going to revolutionize filmmaking. But the uplifting vibes — and occasionally absent slasher — haven’t come close to overstaying their welcome. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyFeb 12, 2019
Look, no one is expecting much from a movie called Happy Death Day 2U. Certainly not air-tight logic. But this chapter feels phoned in. And unless you’re really, really desperate for a new horror movie to check out, you might want to think twice about accepting the charges. Read full review
42
IndieWireKate ErblandFeb 12, 2019
When it works, it’s never better than a loving retread of the pleasures of the first film; when it doesn’t, it’s a head-scratcher of the highest order, a film that exists to push forward a franchise that seems to have already lost its way. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleDanielle WhiteFeb 14, 2019
There’s a distinct Eighties vibe that appeals to the intended demographic, especially in the bumbling school administrator Dean Bronson (Zissis, more stooge than villain), the sexual politics between the characters (they are in college after all), and the delicious bitchiness of mean girl Danielle (Matthews). Yet for all its ambition with loopy timelines and dubious scientific explanations, convenient logic only justified in pushing the plot along, the actual world-building falls flat. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfFeb 12, 2019
It's diminishing returns for a horror sequel that grinds the original premise into the ground while shirking on scares. Read full review
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