Son of the Mask Critic Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

The characters twirl around like mini tornadoes, but between random brash moments of technological eye-tickling, Son of the Mask sags more than it spins.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

What we basically have here is a license for the filmmakers to do whatever they want to do with the special effects, while the plot, like Wile E. Coyote, keeps running into the wall.Read the full review

Variety | Brian LowryAdd Critic to Favorites

The net result is a truly numbing experience.Read the full review

Washington Post | Michael O'SullivanAdd Critic to Favorites

Lacks "spark."Read the full review

USA Today | Mike ClarkAdd Critic to Favorites

Icky and incompetent (special effects aside) in equal parts, this groaner makes 1994's "The Mask" look like something you'd study in a film graduate course at NYU.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe SteinAdd Critic to Favorites

A comedy so unfunny, it's tragic.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kevin CrustAdd Critic to Favorites

It's astonishing how dull a movie that packs so much visual overstimulation into its frames can be.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Michael RechtshaffenAdd Critic to Favorites

Loud, mean-spirited and generally obnoxious, Son of the Mask makes the boisterous 1994 original look downright demure and refined.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites

At its least intolerable, the movie is a fatherhood freak-out.Read the full review

The New York Times | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites

An irredeemable mess, a computer-animated Punch and Judy show without wit, heart or a single memorable performance.Read the full review

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