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Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
Triumph Films / Sony Pictures Entertainment

Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 9 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
2.5 out of 10
based on 19 reviews
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MPAA RATING: PG for action violence and some rude humor

Starring Jon Voight, Scott Baio, Vanessa Angel, Skyler Shaye, Justin Chatwin, Peter Wingfield, and Gerry Fitzgerald

The adventure continues with a new generation of talking toddlers. This time, the baby geniuses find themselves at the center of a nefarious scheme led by powerful media mogul Bill Biscane (Voight) to use his state-of-the-art satellite system to control the minds of the world's population. (Sony)


GENRE(S): Comedy  
WRITTEN BY: Gregory Poppen
Steven Paul (story)
 
DIRECTED BY: Bob Clark  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: January 4, 2005 
Video: January 4, 2005 
Theatrical: August 27, 2004 
RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Germany / UK / USA 

What The Critics Said

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50
Entertainment Weekly Gregory Kirschling
The film's moral? Turn off the TV, young 'uns, and go outside and play! And avoid Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 matinees while you're at it.
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42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Jane Horwitz
Apart from Jon Voight, slumming and turning in a rather droll, if lonely, performance as the German-accented villain, the movie amounts to cynical, cutesy claptrap.
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38
Boston Globe Leighton Klein
The overall effect is ghoulish.
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30
TV Guide Angel Cohn
Entirely too convoluted for kids and implausible even by the standards set by the original concept.
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30
The Hollywood Reporter Sheri Linden
The sequel retains not only the same gimmicky premise as the original but its preference for cliche-ridden dialogue and flat-footed comedy as well.
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25
USA Today Mike Clark
Here's a late-August dog-days atrocity from the "aren't farts funny?" school of filmmaking.
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25
New York Daily News Jami Bernard
Features even more toddlers acting in a way only collectors of velvet paintings will consider irresistible.
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25
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Spectacularly awful.
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25
San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein
Spending an hour and a half inside a uterus might be more entertaining than this tiresome sequel.
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20
Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
So bad that I predict there will be drinking games set around viewing it someday.
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20
LA Weekly Robert Abele
As for anyone else who may experience a sudden need for therapy after sitting through this, you're on your own.
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20
Variety Justin Chang
Falls short on nearly every level, from production values to an inexplicable cameo by Whoopi Goldberg.
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10
Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
This excruciating sequel tries to squeeze a few more bucks from the "Spy Kids" espionage formula.
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0
Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust
May quite easily put an end to any discussion of what is the worst theatrical release of 2004.
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0
The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
The most perversely unnecessary sequel in recent memory.
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0
Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
This is a movie that should have bypassed the theatres and gone straight to DVD. It is offensive on so many levels.
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0
Wall Street Journal Joanne Kaufman
Unspeakably ghastly sequel to the merely ghastly original.
0
The New York Times Dave Kehr
Villainy toward the infant class now comes from Jon Voight, descending to the depths of his 37-year-career.
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0
Dallas Observer Jean Oppenheimer
The first Baby Geniuses, released in 1999, was one of the most inane, humorless, ill-conceived, poorly acted comedies of the year. As difficult as it is to imagine, the sequel is even worse, earning an F.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 2.5 (out of 10) based on 61 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

connor l. gave it a0:
I went to go see this movie with my 2 year old son. He started bawling his eyes out after about 13 minutes, shouting i hate this movie!! i want leave now!! all in all, a genuine piece of crap. it's like scooby doo havin sex with velma and shaggy for christs sake!!

Jack M. gave it a2:
If you didn't like this movie, why the f*** did you go see a movie called Superbabies:Baby Geniuses 2!!! If you saw one, than you should have stayed home and have sex with you toaster!!!!

Jose M. gave it a0:
Watching dog biting each other is more fun than watching this crap!

Anonymous gave it a0:
Who would give this above a 3? this is probably the worst film ever made!!!

David M. gave it a0:
Worst movie ever, bar none. The positive reviews for this film can only be by industry lackeys associated with this heap of poo.

chris p. gave it a0:
This is an absolute abomination. the worst theatrical release with any kind of a budget I have ever seen. whoever gave this the green light should seriously re-evaluate their job, and john voight should re-evaluate his agent.

zack o. gave it a0:
I thought the 1st baby geniuses movie was the worst i had ever seen. i was wrong. This movie made me want to die. literally.

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