The Angry Birds Movie 2
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: August 13, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
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11
Mixed:
10
Negative:
2
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75
The Associated PressJocelyn NoveckAug 15, 2019
Let’s offer up some praise for this sequel-to-a-movie-based-on-a-smartphone-game, for finding a way to actually improve on the 2016 original in a way that’s clever but not snarky, sweet but not syrupy. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzAug 13, 2019
The goofier and more random the movie is, the better it is, and it certainly gets goofier and more random as it goes. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangAug 13, 2019
The complications are ludicrous, but the movie navigates them with cheek and verve, and the jokes land with surprising consistency. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBilge EbiriAug 13, 2019
The hoops our heroes jump through become increasingly surreal and hilarious. Read full review
70
TheWrapJason SolomonsJul 29, 2019
The tone and the plot take some time to settle, but once they’ve hit their stride (and adults decide to surrender their senses and go along for the ride), the bird and pig unit become almost affable in their daftness. Read full review
70
VarietyGuy LodgeJul 29, 2019
Van Orman, Emmy-nominated creator of the quirky, cult-inspiring kids’ cartoon series “The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack,” brings just the right level of dippy zeal to the project, committing to extended, farcical routines that, at their most immaculately choreographed and paced, channel the pure, physical hilarity of vintage Chaplin or Sellers. Read full review
67
The PlaylistAsher LubertoAug 13, 2019
Angry Birds Movie 2 fills the screen with flashy characters, appealing set pieces and a voice cast filled with lively voices. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerAug 13, 2019
None of the characters are awful, even in their selfish lows. Leonard is blithely affable, backed by his occasionally useful sidekick, Courtney (Awkwafina), so it's OK that he sides with Red (much as Red resents it). Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Chandler LevackAug 15, 2019
Just like its mobile incarnation, The Angry Birds Movie 2 simply pelts you with loud, shrieking diversions. The filmmaking has levelled up, but you’re still wasting your time. Read full review
63
Washington PostPat PaduaAug 13, 2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2 is not great cinema. But the animated sequel — inspired by the popular Angry Birds games, available on mobile devices and other platforms — goes above and beyond what is to be expected from such things. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshAug 12, 2019
It’s a colorful, cuckoo-crazy, sometimes funny, often bewildering experience, to which you slowly become numb with every incongruous shot of Leonard the pig’s round, green butt. Come to think of it, it’s the kind of entertainment that could only be enhanced with a little green. Read full review
60
IGNSimon ThompsonAug 13, 2019
The whole is less than the sum of its parts, but those parts just about make the grade. Read full review
60
The TelegraphEd PowerAug 12, 2019
It is pleasantly manic while its vividly bright colours, swirling like a party pack of Smarties upended over your head, will appeal to your own little birds. Yet it misses the curmudgeonly charms of its predecessor, and suffers from the diminishing allure of a video game brand too old to feel fresh, too recent to be wistful for. Read full review
60
Time OutGreer McNallyAug 12, 2019
This animated sequel is tighter, funnier and sillier than its predecessor. It’s worth chicking out. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Simran HansAug 4, 2019
Cameos from Awkwafina, Nicki Minaj and Pete Davidson, and a subplot involving a trio of adorable hatchlings, are amusing diversions, but Jones’s dynamic voice work is the highlight. Read full review
60
The GuardianMike McCahillAug 4, 2019
This is one sequel you can’t fault for effort, and the dud jokes are far outnumbered by the ones that are just about cute, smart or screwy enough to nudge out a laugh. Read full review
60
Total FilmJames MottramAug 2, 2019
Pleasingly silly sequel is a colourful, creative, deliciously daft animation. Read full review
60
EmpireIan FreerJul 29, 2019
Moving beyond the confines of the app’s premises, The Angry Birds Movie 2 starts slow but flourishes into breezy, colourful fun. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonJul 29, 2019
It may lack the refined wit and revered pedigree of blue-chip animation franchises such as Toy Story, but it still ticks plenty of lightweight fun boxes for its prime target audience of younger children, with just enough adult humor to keep parents from yawning, too. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeAug 13, 2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2 is the very definition of empty-calorie cinema—bright and shiny and satisfying enough for a few fleeting moments until it’s balled up and thrown in the trash. It’s also fast-paced, interesting to look at, and notably less irritating than the original, which is all you can really ask of a film like this one. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAug 12, 2019
Put The Angry Birds Movie 2 into the basket of sequels that no one was asking for. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 10, 2019
I won’t say it’s excruciating, but viewers of every age will be keenly aware of the passage of time and this colossal waste of it. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleZaki HasanAug 13, 2019
It’s a clinical product crafted on the assembly line of the studio floor with pieces plucked liberally from better movies before it, and crammed so thoroughly with sight gags and wordplay it hopes you won’t notice that there’s no “there” there. Read full review
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