Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: August 7, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
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20
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinAug 7, 2013
Skippable 3-D aside, it's a serviceable, limber follow-up to 2010's "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief." Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Aug 7, 2013
Here and there, some of this starts to feel a little less like homework and more like fun. Though part one used up many of the good monsters—like Medusa and the hydra—part two is a fleeter entertainment, free of origin-story requirements. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianM. E. RussellAug 6, 2013
In the films at least, there's something so naked about the Potter/Percy story parallels that's it's hard not to sit there as a viewer and get distracted playing connect the dots. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesBruce IngramAug 6, 2013
The big action set pieces fizzle. And that’s not good for a fantasy adventure movie, especially when the fantasy component is frequently undercut by sub-standard special effects. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenAug 6, 2013
The Thor Freudenthal-helmed sequel lacks the energetic zip of its predecessor. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia PuigAug 6, 2013
Nathan Fillion is the movie's brightest spot as Hermes, re-envisioned as a UPS manager. He makes a quip about how the best TV series always get canceled, in a nod to Firefly, the iconic sci-fi show in which he starred. Read full review
50
VarietyPeter DebrugeAug 6, 2013
An epic showcase for mediocre CGI and slapdash screenwriting. Read full review
50
The New York TimesAndy WebsterAug 6, 2013
“Sea of Monsters” is diverting enough...but it doesn’t begin to approach the biting adolescent tension of the Harry Potter movies. Read full review
50
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreAug 6, 2013
The quest, which takes our heroes to the Sea of Monsters, aka The Bermuda Triangle, is generic in the extreme. The fights/escapes all lack any sense of urgency and peril. Read full review
50
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallAug 6, 2013
That first movie was obviously a calculated grab for Harry Potter-type movie success but didn't feel like a rip-off. This one skews younger, to an easier-to-please demographic, closely resembling other fantasies since. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubAug 6, 2013
There are plenty of bad films to get riled up about in the summer. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters isn't one of them. This is harmless tween-centric fun. Read full review
42
The PlaylistGabe ToroAug 7, 2013
The little action in 'Percy Jackson' wouldn’t be out-of-place in a superhero film, which is to say it’s mostly functional, and sometimes quite diverting. Read full review
40
Total FilmNeil SmithAug 9, 2013
The final showdown whisks up the requisite excitement, but the open-ended coda feels like an optimistic throw of the dice from the franchise showing meagre signs of Harry Potter longevity. Read full review
40
The GuardianXan BrooksAug 9, 2013
The kids are charmless, the adults bemused. Read full review
40
EmpireIan NathanAug 9, 2013
The CG does its part of the bargain, but even more than the brighter, breezier original this is a pale imitation of Potter. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriAug 7, 2013
This is some weak, watered-down stuff. Read full review
40
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottAug 7, 2013
The stakes in this latest, disappointing Harry Potter wannabe never feel as high as they should, or as important as its characters seem to think they are. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzAug 6, 2013
What makes mythology so great is its sense of danger, the threat of real loss. This version of “Percy” has none of that. Read full review
40
Time OutNick SchagerAug 6, 2013
Despite the usual end-of-world crisis and Mount Olympus MVP characters, there’s no sense that anything’s truly at stake; rather, it feels as if the filmmakers are coasting on the fumes of teen-angst fantasy and making up their fairy-tale rules (Cyclopes are fireproof!) as they go along. Read full review
40
The DissolveScott TobiasAug 6, 2013
Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters continues a tradition of adequacy that could be described as “epic-ish” or “majestic-esque.” Read full review
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