Bad Boys II Critic Reviews

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Wall Street Journal | Collin LeveyAdd Critic to Favorites

Like our two loose cannons with badges, the movie misses its target at least as often as it hits it.Read the full review

The New York Times | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites

The best moments come when Mr. Smith and Mr. Lawrence are permitted to pause from their action-hero duties and run their funny, unpredictable mouths. Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

Just like "Bad Boys," only louder, longer and the stars get paid more.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

The only thing as bad as bad comedy is bad action. Bad Boys II has plenty of both.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites

With a body built for action and a smile made for comedy, Smith eases through his scenes -- cool but never scary, a touch hip-hop and thoroughly audience-friendly. And unlike Lawrence, he can act. Smith's ability to put over a scene, combined with his matinee charm, goes a long way to making the film's violence palatable. Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

Just too much of a mediocre thing. It didn't have to be that way. Read the full review

USA Today | Mike ClarkAdd Critic to Favorites

Appallingly mean-spirited.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

Bad Boys II proves that it's possible to pack a movie with so much popcorn that it leaves the audience overdosed.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

Bad Boys II has everything. Everything loud, dumb, violent, sexist, racist, misogynistic and homophobic that producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay can think of puking up onscreen.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

The movie is so choppy in its nervous editing that a lot of the time we're simply watching senseless kinetic action.Read the full review

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