M3GAN 2.0
Universal Pictures | Release Date: June 27, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 42 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
19
Negative:
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenJun 25, 2025
Pure horror fans might object, but I found this model of M3gan, also directed by Gerard Johnstone, to be just as amusing as the prototype—with a firmer sense of what it wants to do. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesAmy NicholsonJun 27, 2025
It’s a magpie movie that’s happy to give audiences the tinselly things they want — i.e., two robots clobbering the Wi-Fi out of each other. But Johnstone creates openings for his own shaggy sense of humor. I’m excited to keep tabs on the promising New Zealander. Read full review
80
The TimesKevin MaherJun 26, 2025
It’s bigger, brasher, more inventive, more “roboty”, certainly more entertaining, but missing just a sliver of the first instalment’s raw-bones charm. Read full review
80
Time OutPhil de SemlyenJun 25, 2025
M3GAN 2.0 continues to offer up a goofy brand of cautionary tale, too: against AI, tech dependence, and Silicon Valley types who want to stick a chip in their brains. You can take that seriously as you want to, just don’t be surprised to find yourself watching it again on your cellphone one day. Read full review
80
The TelegraphRobbie CollinJun 25, 2025
Its loopy verve is reassuringly human. Read full review
80
ColliderEmma KielyJun 25, 2025
Some will definitely not be able to buy into the ridiculousness of it all, but if you can, you’ll be rewarded with a great time at the cinema. If you thought after the first movie that this killer doll was just a viral blip in the movie world, M3GAN 2.0 is here to tell you in the most deliciously over-the-top way that you are very wrong. Read full review
80
EmpireJohn NugentJun 25, 2025
M3GAN 2.0 is more absurd, self-aware silliness: a riot of timely tech paranoia, with almost no horror but a ton of successful comedy. Slay, queen! Read full review
75
Boston GlobeOdie HendersonJun 25, 2025
I would be much harder on this movie if I didn’t have such a good time watching it. Admittedly, it’s ridiculous, but I absorbed all of its haphazard chaos with a huge smile on my face. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJustin ClarkJun 25, 2025
Imagine John Waters at the helm of a Terminator 2 remake and you have an inkling of just how wild a pivot M3GAN 2.0 is from its predecessor. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyJordan HoffmanJun 25, 2025
The actual plot of this movie is confusing and idiotic (I really had no idea what the main baddie was trying to accomplish), but luckily, this is not an obstacle to having fun. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithJun 27, 2025
Wittily written and directed by Gerard Johnstone, who directed but did not write the first film, the follow-up is notably clever, amusing, ambitious and densely plotted. Unlike its predecessor and most works from the horror-thriller production company Blumhouse, it combines a high-concept premise with a highly complicated story. Read full review
70
Total FilmEmily GarbuttJun 25, 2025
A lot of campy, silly fun, just like its predecessor, with a few plucky upgrades – just don't go looking for an incisive commentary on AI. Read full review
65
Paste MagazineJesse HassengerJun 25, 2025
It’s a little too pre-programmed and self-conscious to be truly witty, yet the tone it strikes and the genre space it carves out feels undeniably itself: part comedy, part sci-fi mayhem, with remnant notes of shlocky horror. Read full review
65
SlashfilmBJ ColangeloJun 25, 2025
The original "M3GAN" was a drag show. "M3GAN 2.0" is a drag show where a straight bachelorette hijacks the VIP table. But since she tips well, is a respectful ally, and has a non-ironic appreciation for "Above the Law," she can stay. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comPeyton RobinsonJun 27, 2025
M3GAN 2.0 doesn’t seem to set out to do much more than show off and get laughs, and it accomplishes it well enough. The film is bigger, but not better, delivering precisely what fans of the sassy android will come to the theatres to see. Read full review
63
Washington PostTy BurrJun 26, 2025
Writer-director Gerard Johnstone and co-writer Akela Cooper, both returnees, keep the pace fast enough to paper over the incomprehensible plot and, more important, retain the first movie’s self-mocking humor. The result is enjoyably over-the-top summer junk, which, honestly, a lot of us could use right now. Read full review
60
The Film VerdictAlonso DuraldeJun 27, 2025
While this sassy cyborg with the deadpan baby voice remains a brilliant comic creation, the movie’s messaging is muddled. For all of the laughs and thrills, we’re left with a satire about technology that still wants to play nice with AI. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeJun 27, 2025
It doesn’t always work – a two-hour runtime that’s a little too long, world-saving stakes that are a little too big, funny lines that are a little too not funny – but it’s a mostly watchable second-tier event movie that, in a world of inconsequential sequels that fail to justify their existence, will do. Read full review
60
NMEJordan BassettJun 26, 2025
Ironically for a film about AI-powered killer dolls, M3GAN 2.0 has lot of heart. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAlissa WilkinsonJun 26, 2025
Maximalism has its place, but it wears out its welcome here. Read full review
60
VarietyOwen GleibermanJun 25, 2025
M3GAN 2.0 is amusing at moments, overblown at others. Here’s hoping that “M3GAN 3.0” is brasher, funkier, crazier. Read full review
60
IGNTom JorgensenJun 25, 2025
M3GAN 2.0 hotswaps horror for sci-fi/action to mixed results, but M3GAN’s absolutely heinous wit and killer moves leave her, and not the new genres, the star of the show. Read full review
60
Screen RantMary KasselJun 25, 2025
M3GAN 2.0 doesn't lose this completely, but the more polished and grown-up world doesn't fit as easily into the silly sense of humor that made M3GAN so popular. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubAnna McKibbinJun 25, 2025
It seems that Johnstone and his collaborators learned the wrong lesson from M3GAN‘s shocking success. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJun 27, 2025
M3gan 2.0 is a baffling movie, relying less on the conceptual humor of its predecessor and more on occasional quips and a few genuinely silly gags. Read full review
50
Screen DailyNikki BaughanJun 25, 2025
Returning director Gerard Johnstone does not feel the need to rewrite the code, delivering a tried-and-tested mix of action, effects and comedy. Yet the whole thing now feels overly self-aware, resulting in a lumbering actioner that lacks the novelty value of its predecessor. Read full review
50
Little White LiesKambole CampbellJun 25, 2025
Despite occa­sion­al­ly indulging its worse instincts, there’s still a sur­pris­ing amount of fun to be had with M3GAN 2.0 – a big­ger and fun­nier sequel which could stand to pull back on both of those elements. Read full review
50
USA TodayBrian TruittJun 25, 2025
Rather than being clever like the original movie, a horror-tinged sci-fi satire/parental cautionary tale, sequel "M3GAN 2.0" is the type of combo goofy comedy/undercooked action flick that would earn an epic sick burn from M3GAN herself. Read full review
50
The Associated PressMark KennedyJun 25, 2025
Two hours later, it’s not clear if this is really an upgrade. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyJun 25, 2025
There are amusing moments reminiscent of the original, but in terms of tone and coherence, the movie loses its way. Read full review
50
IndieWireAlison ForemanJun 25, 2025
Useless narrative threads and too many wasted elements give away M3GAN 2.0 as an amateur effort made by a talented horror filmmaker who has not yet mastered action’s specific visual language or skill set. Read full review
42
Original-CinThom ErnstJun 26, 2025
The humour is scattershot, the themes undercooked, and despite some high-tech window dressing, M3GAN 2.0 ultimately feels more refurbished than a technical evolution. Read full review
40
The New YorkerRichard BrodyJun 26, 2025
In striving for more than the original, it achieves far less. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerJun 26, 2025
With M3GAN out of her recognizable body for most of the film, it becomes clear how much of the success of both films comes down to Davis’ delivery. Read full review
40
The Daily BeastNick SchagerJun 25, 2025
Switching genres in a futile effort to justify the series’ continued existence, this misbegotten creation is a leaden and aimless bit of cinematic malware—not to mention the most convoluted 2025 theatrical release to date. Read full review
38
The Seattle TimesChase HutchinsonJun 27, 2025
As "M3GAN 2.0" drags on, it's impossible to shake the sense that Cooper's voice was the key to the original. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 27, 2025
Some of the jokes land. Some do not. And through it all, not a moment of rising threat level or terror registers credibly on anybody’s face. It’s as if they’re all in on the joke, with Williams merely the worst at spoiling the punchline. Read full review
38
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiJun 25, 2025
With “M3GAN 2.0,” the filmmakers have employed a bold strategy: Take a $180-million formula, shred it and forget it. Read full review
30
LooperReuben BaronJun 25, 2025
M3GAN 2.0 is too tiring to sustain enough laughter for even an ironic recommendation. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJun 30, 2025
We’re here for the nasty kills, the clever eviscerations, and the M3GAN vs. AMELIA rumble. And we get very little of any of those things. Read full review
20
Rolling StoneDavid FearJun 25, 2025
The overbaked, underwhelming, narratively restless movie itself is 0.0 percent watchable. Read full review
20
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeJun 25, 2025
Oh no. The sequel to M3gan is absolutely t3rribl3. Read full review
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