The Conjuring 2
New Line Cinema | Release Date: June 10, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
25
Mixed:
10
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJun 9, 2016
The Conjuring 2 won't make anyone forget the first film, but it's good enough that you'll hope they make another. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonJun 2, 2016
Director James Wan has his method down. The scares are effective and the camerawork is superb, all lurking long shots and short sharp shocks. Wan is fully aware of the austerity-era parallels in his story, and the period detail is surprisingly authentic.... But there’s little here we haven’t seen before. Read full review
58
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallJun 9, 2016
The Conjuring 2 is serviceable horror, heavy on the audio stings yet smarter than the average gorefest. Read full review
58
The PlaylistRuss FischerJun 2, 2016
As it fritters away character work and ideas about faith and devotion, this is a film clever enough to scare us but not smart enough to accomplish anything more. Read full review
50
The Film StageDaniel SchindelJun 9, 2016
While The Conjuring 2 smoothly goes through the motions of setup, building anticipation, and payoff in myriad ways, the slickness of the production interferes with any proper sense of dread. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChristopher GrayJun 8, 2016
The Conjuring 2 is a model of heightened tension and uneasy release, but the tropes propelling these night terrors grow stale pretty quickly. Read full review
50
Village VoiceBilge EbiriJun 7, 2016
Wan is coming off the world-conquering success of his wildly entertaining automotive action sequel Furious Seven, and he sometimes seems to be trying to bring the splashy cacophony of that movie into a world that thrives on sparseness and focus. It doesn’t work. Read full review
46
The VergeTasha RobinsonJun 3, 2016
The film doesn't lack nerve-racking sequences or well-tuned jump scares. But it stitches them all together with a profound lack of character consistency. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovJun 8, 2016
Refreshingly, there’s nary a cheap scare manifested in this Conjuring, although the unspoken corollary to that is that The Conjuring 2 just isn’t very scary, or even unnerving. Read full review
40
Total FilmMatt GlasbyJun 6, 2016
This furiously bizarre follow-up deserves full marks for throw-everything-at-the-screen entertainment value, but none for execution. Read full review
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