Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Warner Home Video | Release Date: March 26, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
14
Negative:
12
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Washington PostChristina Talcott
The overall effect is highly entertaining for grownups, and, judging from the squeals of delight from the young audience at a recent screening, for kids, too. Read full review
63
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
There's enough here to keep the movie light and avoid the curse of interminableness. Will there be enough to warrant a third Scooby-Doo film? Must we find out? Read full review
58
Portland OregonianKaren Karbo
If you've got a 10-year-old underfoot who needs entertaining, you could have a worse time. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyJon Strickland
Fans of the TV series will again be happy to see some of the old Saturday-morning villains, and Bill Boes' excellent production design outdoes his work in the first film. Read full review
50
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
Like its predecessor, this cartoon adaptation is a bit too all over the place for its own good, never entirely clear on whether to play as parody or homage. Read full review
50
VarietyJoe Leydon
Sequel is louder and more elaborate (and even slightly longer) than predecessor, but the law of diminishing returns has caught up with this franchise. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The good news is the script for Scooby-Doo 2 is marginally better and the eternally irritating Scrappy-Doo is nowhere to be seen. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
I'm qualified to report that this piece of junk faithfully re-creates the Hanna-Barbera formula of scary monsters, flimsy mystery, and watery comedy. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
The first film was tedious in the extreme; Monsters Unleashed, though it feels way too long and padded, it shows at least brief flashes of imagination. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
What I felt as I watched Scooby-Doo 2 was not the intense dislike I had for the first film, but a kind of benign indifference. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyScott Brown
There's nothing overtly better or worse about this sequel. But the ''kids'' look to be pushing 30 now -- an awkward age for theme-park performers. Read full review
40
The New York TimesDave Kehr
Looks like a Saturday morning cartoon (the characters all wear color-coded costumes) and unfortunately feels like one, too, with its thin characterizations, largely arbitrary action and feeble jokes. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Could be a tough go for those not already Scooby-Doo fans. It has a totally artificial quality, starting with Prinze's blond wig. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineEthan Alter
The lame gags keep on coming and the mystery is both blindingly obvious and needlessly complicated. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
This is not a family movie; the kids will be bored by it. This is a guilty pleasure for thirtysomething stoners with ironic dispositions and large nacho platters. Read full review
40
EmpireNick DeSemlyn
Themes of self-acceptance and inner strength seem a little out of place in a movie featuring a hound farting at phantasms. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
The plot's not so hot -- it feels like it was jotted down by someone on an after-dinner napkin. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
By the time they're done with all the tinkering, "Scooby-Doo" ends up bearing as much a resemblance to Hanna-Barbera as the recent "Cat in the Hat" did to Dr. Seuss. Read full review
30
Village VoiceJoshua Land
As one five-year-old critic at the press screening astutely observed during a would-be sensitive moment: "Boooorrring!" Read full review
30
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
As little as there is to recommend in Scooby-Doo 2, it must be noted that the human cast has done an uncanny job of inhabiting their two-dimensional characters. Read full review
30
Film ThreatKevin Carr
Little kids should like this film. But the smarter humor and in-jokes from the first are gone, which is going to lose a lot of the older audience. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Nothing is more dangerous than a sequel to a wildly successful awful movie, because the artisans involved have to preserve the franchise, which means honoring the original formula as if it were a cure for cancer. Read full review
25
USA TodayMike Clark
A little soon for any movie this millennium to reunite overacting Matthew Lillard, underacting Freddie Prinze Jr., feigning mousy Linda Cardellini and the more obviously lip-glossy Sarah Michelle Gellar. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
I'd be tempted to call the whole thing cartoonish, but that would be insulting to the real thing. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
The 6-year-old I went with had the villain pegged in the first 15 minutes. Needless to say, she completely ruined the movie for me. Meddling kid. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
With almost nothing else going for it, the sequel will likely be a disappointment to everyone except 10-year-old barf joke aficionados and a few stoned adults. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
To call this movie a dog would also be an insult to canines, so let's just say Scooby-Doo 2 is a Scooby-Don't. Read full review
0
New York PostLou Lumenick
Little more than 91 minutes of cheesy special effects in search of a remotely coherent story. Read full review
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