| 67 |
Portland Oregonian
There are moments of pleasure, humor and, yes, terror to be had here all the same.
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| 63 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
Has the incoherent look of a movie thrown together by a committee whose members weren't on the same page.
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| 50 |
Chicago Sun-Times
It's a muddled, sometimes-atmospheric effort.
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| 50 |
Baltimore Sun
Gets credit for avoiding the easy path. Too bad the path it chooses doesn't lead us anywhere we want to be taken.
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| 42 |
Entertainment Weekly
A flat, heebie jeebies thriller.
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| 40 |
TV Guide
It never actually coalesces into a movie.
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| 40 |
The New York Times
A clever if muddled collection of riffs on the "Blair Witch" juggernaut, dressed up with intellectual pretensions by Joe Berlinger, who directed this film with a chortling zest.
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| 40 |
TNT RoughCut
There are lots of elements that make no sense whatever.
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| 38 |
Boston Globe
Berlinger has approached Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 with intelligence and even a bit of thematic heft. But, frankly, the cheap thrill is gone.
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| 38 |
Charlotte Observer
The assault is against our ears, as the soundtrack pours forth a stream of thrash and Goth music.
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| 38 |
New York Daily News
The characters are boring, the violence generic, the suspense nonexistent.
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| 38 |
USA Today
Can't scare up a decent plot.
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| 30 |
Dallas Observer
While not entirely successful, at least deserves points for creativity.
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| 25 |
Christian Science Monitor
Downright awful.
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| 25 |
Chicago Tribune
Resembles an old Nine Inch Nails video. Missing from the mix are any characters with whom you'd want to spend one minute around a campfire.
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| 25 |
Miami Herald
If you're going to direct a piece of crass, nonsensical junk, at least have the decency to release it straight to video, where it belongs.
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| 20 |
Rolling Stone
While the first movie steadily tighened its vise, the second loosens its grip through strained acting and incoherent plotting.
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| 20 |
Mr. Showbiz
A peerless indignity, a club-footed vomit launch of teen-horror clichés, overproduced self-importance, and scareless gore.
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| 20 |
Washington Post
We're only a little spooked, only a little amused and, by extension, only a little entertained.
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| 16 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It doesn't have the imagination or daring to make a full turn to self-parody.
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| 12 |
San Francisco Examiner
Cult shocker has been turned into throwaway megaplex fodder.
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| 10 |
Chicago Reader
A straight exploitation story.
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| 10 |
Slate
Lordy, what a stinker.
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| 10 |
Time
Few movies have spread their fibs or facts as clumsily as this one. There's not an emotionally plausible moment in the picture.
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| 10 |
Film.com
Admirers of "The Blair Witch Project" are going to be left high and dry.
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| 10 |
Salon.com
There's nothing scarier than a group of hormone-crazed 20-somethings, but this sequel isn't much more than a footnote of a footnote.
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| 10 |
Variety
Disappointing in every aspect.
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| 10 |
Film.com
It's just another bad horror film with inadequate young actors chased around a big house by something.
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| 10 |
Village Voice
Filled with all manner of tawdry tricks.
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| 0 |
Newsweek
If you harbor any fond feelings for the original, stay far away from this mess.
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| 0 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Worse than dull. It's parasitic.
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| 0 |
LA Weekly
A schizoid monster slapped together by uneasy bedfellows.
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| 0 |
Los Angeles Times
Doomed to be inconsequential and forgettable.
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| 0 |
Austin Chronicle
Guaranteed to inspire many more belly laughs than it does actual shivers. Boo, scary? I think not.
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