Scary Movie 2
Dimension Films | Release Date: July 4, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
10
Negative:
14
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
The Wayanses can be crude beyond crude, but they're so clever that their inventiveness takes the place of taste. Read full review
60
New Times (L.A.)M.V. Moorhead
Most of it is incredibly, gleefully crude and tasteless, but it is also good-natured and harmless, and there's a pretty good chance you'll find yourself laughing. Read full review
60
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
It's a lot more tightly focused than the first outing, and for fans of the demented comedy of Elliott and Cross, or the thespian chops of Woods (a last-minute replacement for an ailing Marlon Brando), it's worth putting up with humor that's the filmic equivalent of a big, spit-soaked raspberry. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldCharles Savage
It's a formula and hard to describe as good in any artistic sense, but the viewers who pay to see it -- and many, many people are going to -- will get exactly what they want. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeLoren King
Just a bunch of spotty sketches slapped together that will satisfy no one except the diehards. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
An act of nose-thumbing that never quite figures out how, or even where, to position its thumb. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStephen Miller
A satisfying hatchet job on the spooky -- or as the Wayans see it, kooky -- world of supernatural pictures. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWesley Morris
A pure Frankenstein flick -- ugly, profane, terror-inducing, clumsy, nasty, desperate, stupid, contemptible, horny and brought to life by schlocky, shoddy science and an electric wish to prove that its makers still matter. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
Scary Movie 2 had seven writers. Seven. That's one writer for every big laugh in its stealthy 82 minutes. More frightening: these jokes are worth waiting for. Read full review
40
Mr. ShowbizCody Clark
Whenever the movie's not in the midst of a cinematic spoof it loses considerable steam.
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
All-out burlesque rather than spoof from the outset, the film becomes less and less amusing. Wayans has a wild zaniness that can be hilarious, but how many bodily function jokes, ultra-crude sexual innuendoes and quite a lot of men and women simply punching each other out can one movie endure? Read full review
38
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
The material has a definite "haven't-we-been over-this-before?" feel.
38
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Scary Movie 2 has something for potheads and the potty-mouthed alike. Anyone looking for a true sequel, however, will be disappointed. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
The movie occasionally makes an unexpectereference -- though with more desperation than wit. Read full review
30
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
This crude comedy delivers on the "No Shame, No Mercy" threats from the original. Unfortunately, it all adds up to "No Good." Read full review
30
VarietyRobert Koehler
Technically and comedically strained by the demands of its special effects-filled haunted house setting. Worse, the need to top the first pic's outlandish stunts is ghoulishly unfulfilled and terribly ironic. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The Worst Comedy of the Year race heats up today with the release of Keenen Ivory Wayans' Scary Movie 2. This one is so bad, even Adam Sandler will be impressed. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
Desperately unfunny. Read full review
20
Washington PostStephen Hunter
A pocket of infection on the skin of the American body cultural. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
The whole thing reeks of sequelitis, with an emphasis on the rude and crude. Read full review
20
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Shows about a third less craft than its all-too-lame predecessor, and it's only half as funny. If those are figures you can deal with, enter the theater at your own peril. Read full review
16
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Stinky, boring, aggressively unfunny picture. Read full review
16
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
There's a vicious, crude nerve that snakes through this sequel and it leaves no group unscarred -- but unfortunately, women and the handicapped take most of the thrusts. Read full review
10
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Isn't scary, funny-scary, or even just plain funny. Read full review
10
Village VoiceDennis Lim
The Wayans brothers' new bottom-feeder signals its utter exhaustion -- and barely veiled contempt for the audience. Read full review
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