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- 1988
- PG-13
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 26 m
- 1988
- PG-13
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 26 m
Summary Eggs of the small, furry alien carnivores are left behind on Earth and, after hatching, again set their appetites on the town of Grover's Bend.
Directed By: Mick Garris
Written By: David Twohy, Mick Garris
- 1988
- PG-13
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 26 m
- 1988
- PG-13
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 26 m
Critters 2
48
5.7
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Summary Eggs of the small, furry alien carnivores are left behind on Earth and, after hatching, again set their appetites on the town of Grover's Bend.
Directed By: Mick Garris
Written By: David Twohy, Mick Garris
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
48
20% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
70% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
48
20% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
70% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Good, grungy fun.
Film perfectly weaves together the gruesome behaviour of these bloodthirsty creatures and the comic asides that keep things gliding along.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 User Ratings
5.7
36% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
55% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
9% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 User Ratings
5.7
36% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
55% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
9% Negative
1 Rating
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Garris plays it for laughs, and despite dull moments (and the obvious plagiarisation of Gremlins), does a pretty good job.
Though it's somewhat better than its predecessor, largely through sheer directorial and photographic panache, it's still pretty disreputable and mindless. [29 Apr 1988, p.4]
As sequels go, Critters 2: The Main Course is particularly bereft of imagination. Save for the opening 20 or 30 minutes, the film is pretty much a clone of the original.
Critters 2 piles up every stock movie idea you can remember about small-town heroism, macho sheriffs and alien invaders. But whenever it shows a glimmer of wit about those cliches, it leaps back to its safe, dull, derivative style.
It lacks all of the style and sense of fun of the original Critters (1986) and has no reason for existence - aside, of course, from the fact that Critters is a brand name and this is the current model.
Awards
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
Fantasporto
• 1 Nomination
