Meg 2: The Trench
Warner Bros. | Release Date: August 4, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
24
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Original-CinThom ErnstAug 7, 2023
Director Ben Wheatley gives the summer blockbuster the finger, and it’s the funniest damn thing I’ve seen this year. Meg 2: The Trench is flawed to perfection; a satirical pummeling of commercial cinema and the first out of gate with a Barbie send-up. Read full review
70
The New York TimesCalum MarshAug 3, 2023
The director having fun is the presiding feeling here — which may account for why the movie is so frequently amusing, and occasionally delightful. Read full review
67
ConsequenceLiz Shannon MillerAug 3, 2023
Still, as giant shark movies go, it’s a far more coherent entry in the genre than others, with effects work that’s several notches above the rest. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchKatie WalshAug 3, 2023
It’s an odd viewing experience, to have the second half of a movie not necessarily redeem the bland first half but rather find its sea legs, leaning into the slippery silliness of a summer shark flick. With a blue drink in hand and movie theater air conditioning blasting like salty sea air, there are worse ways to spend an August afternoon. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineDerek SmithAug 3, 2023
If your hook is the promise of seeing Jason Statham go mano a mano with prehistoric sea behemoths, then leaning into the ludicrous is the only way to go. Read full review
61
PolygonJesse HassengerAug 3, 2023
If Wheatley seems a bit lost as to how to wring the maximum amount of suspense from this material, he at least maintains a location-hopping cornball sci-fi zip. Read full review
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