Zoolander 2
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: February 12, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 42 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
15
Negative:
21
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
EmpireOlly RichardsFeb 10, 2016
It’s fun to take another turn with Derek and Hansel, but they probably don’t have another season in them. Read full review
60
Total FilmJames MottramFeb 9, 2016
More Blue Steel than Magnum, this is a perfectly serviceable sequel, but dogged by repetition, it lacks the original's speed and sizzle. Read full review
60
The TelegraphHelen O'HaraFeb 9, 2016
It’s fun to see Zoolander once more. It seems unlikely that the premise could ever sustain a third film, but if this is Derek’s swan song then he leaves amid a flurry of feathers and bustle – surely all a male model could wish for. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 9, 2016
There are always some laughs to be had here, and Ben Stiller’s couture legend now has an endearingly muppety look. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFeb 15, 2016
Zoolander would have been better left as a stand-alone cult classic. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldFeb 14, 2016
A mostly agreeable but empty-headed mess. It’s sort of the movie equivalent of Derek Zoolander himself. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerMolly EichelFeb 11, 2016
For every laugh that Zoolander 2 elicits, there's a pang that all this was funnier the first time around. Read full review
44
The VergeTasha RobinsonFeb 21, 2016
Where the first film was content with straight-faced silliness, Zoolander 2 tries to blow the same silliness out to epic, world-spanning proportions, and it just winds up feeling overstretched. Like Stiller with his ridiculous characters and stylized performances, it's consistently trying way too hard. Read full review
42
The Film StageDaniel SchindelFeb 10, 2016
Hits a decent count of guffaws and chortles, enough to make for a solid rental or something you settle on while channel surfing on an idle afternoon. Read full review
42
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezFeb 10, 2016
Zoolander 2 is no disaster, but it’s almost worse; a tedious jag that barely works as a disposable and mild, if-its-on-cable-TV, diversion. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyFeb 9, 2016
Zoolander No. 2 is embarrassing, lazy, and aggressively unfunny. The only good news is that at the pace the franchise is moving, we won’t get Zoolander 3 until 2030. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranFeb 11, 2016
Zoolander 2 defines haphazard. You may smile at times, but not as often as you'd like. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghFeb 11, 2016
It’s a stumble down the catwalk not even Blue Steel can save. Read full review
40
Screen DailyTim GriersonFeb 9, 2016
The stakes are higher, the action is bigger, the ambitions are grander, the jokes are appreciably less funny. Like many comedy sequels, Zoolander 2 supersizes everything in such a way that it’s that much more apparent how few of the jokes are connecting. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyFeb 9, 2016
Sure, it's a kick to see Stiller and Wilson back in the shoes of these camera-ready cretins, but for every joke that sparks there are several that just lay there. Read full review
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