SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

paulclaassen Not as good as the original, but still good old-fashioned fun. This was very Gremlins resemblance comedy-ish, but nevertheless still entertaining. The film picks up where the original left off, with Scott Grimes returning to town to fight more fur balls.

powermandan Sometimes horror movies have such bad concepts and production quality that they absolutely must be horror/comedies. The Critters franchise's concept isn't as bad as evil bongs or killer gingerbread men, just a little inferior to most. Little furry alien things arrive on earth and wreak havoc. There's alien bounty hunters that are cheesy as hell and the critters themselves are hilarious, but the first instalment of the series did not seem to think so. In a movie with such bad acting, dumb characters and poorly made monsters, they actually seemed to think it would be legitimate fright fest. Producers realized this mistake and made the other instalments embrace the hilarity it didn't seem to realize it flaunted.Critters are tiny furry aliens that are actually pretty cool looking. If all four 'Critters' movies was 100% critters and 0% everybody else, they may have actually been good.Just because 'Critters 2' takes a more comedic turn and is better than the first film, does not mean it is good. The family that got terrorized in the first is still scarred and nobody in town believes in these furry monsters. They soon believe them when even more critters than before terrorize the town.What makes this a better sequel is that there's more critters, more action, and more comedy. Usually sequels add more of what the first one had and often does not mean that its the better film. When the first instalment of a film is bad and the only cure is more, then adding more of the first is well worth it. If you have a strong sense of humour, then the 20 minutes or so of the silly looking, Jim Henson knock-off critters will provide a somewhat enjoyable time. Everything else this has sucks.

Paul Magne Haakonsen The furry space munchers are back in Grover's Bend..."Critters 2" has a good storyline that is easy to follow and also serves as a great continuation of the storyline from the first movie. It is a combination of the events in the storyline and the detailed characters that makes the movie good.It was nice to have Scott Grimes (playing Brad), Terrence Mann (playing Ug) and Don Keith Opper (playing Charlie) return to the sequel, which added a great sense of continuity to the movie. Furthermore, the movie also have Lin Shaye, Barry Corbin and Sam Anderson on the cast list, so if you have watched movies during the 1980s there is a good amount of familiar faces to be seen here. But in general, the casting was good and they had some nice talents appearing in the movie. And people were doing good jobs with their given roles and characters.The pacing of "Critters 2" is fairly much the same as in the previous movie. However, it takes some twenty odd minutes before the movie starts to get up in gear. So taking 20 something minutes to set the atmosphere and build up the story was a bit tedious. Especially since we already am familiar with the concept of the critters from the first movie.Some of the scenes were actually quite nice, especially when you had the critter's point of view of the surroundings and the world in which it was running around in, before it got squished.The special effects team were doing a great job with their work on "Critters 2", and it was nice to see that they had given them more money, because the effects were definitely a notch up in comparison to the effects seen in the first movie. The critters are starting to look more interesting and more life-like.There is a a good atmosphere to the movie, and the setting was good. And it worked out quite well with the specific style of cinematography and the work of director Mick Garris. There is a very "Gremlins 2" feel to this sequel with the increased comedy level of the movie. So if you like that or not is a matter of personal preference, of course. I did enjoy it.The music score for "Critters 2" is quite good and it suits the movie and the atmosphere of the movie quite well. It is subtle enough to function as background music, yet still prominent enough to demand attention.I must say that the critters design is really interesting, and I like it quite a lot. They are every bit as funny as they are ferocious. They looks like cuddly small creatures, but are in fact crazed feeding machines. But the design of the featureless bounty hunters is also quite interesting, and I especially like their shape-changing ability that allows them to mimic the appearance of others.If you enjoyed the first "Critters" movie, then you will definitely also like the sequel. And like its predecessor, "Critters 2" is a wonderful mix of Sci-Fi, horror and comedy, with the introduction of more comedy compared to the previous movie.

Michael_Elliott Critters 2 (1988) ** (out of 4) Rather bland sequel finds Brad (Scott Grimes) returning to his hometown where a bunch of creature eggs have just hatched and soon the fur balls are attacking more people. Bounty hunter Ug (Terrence Mann) and his group show back up to try and stop them but this time they have help from the small town. CRITTERS 2 isn't really a bad movie but it's yet another sequel that was quickly made to cash-in on the success of the original film. As is the case with most of these films, there really wasn't too much thought put into the picture and it's basically just a remake of the first one, which is a real shame. Pretty much everything that made the first film so good is missing here including the characters that you like, the imagination and especially the fun. It's really disappointing that so many people from the original didn't make it back but this here happens most of the time. Sadly none of the new characters are all that interesting and even the Brad character doesn't have the same charm. Ug and his pal do what they can but even these two just don't have the same magic. I will say that it's pretty funny to see how much female nudity managed to get into this film and its PG-13 rating. The screenplay doesn't really offer the viewer anything they didn't see the first time around and a lot of the humor just falls flat. Just take a look at the sequence with the Easter Bunny and you'll see a perfect example of laughs not working. The one saving grace are the little creatures, which are as fun as always. I thought their design was quite good and I especially liked the baby ones that first start to hatch. Another good thing is that they're actually meaner than in the first picture but it's too bad they don't have anyone great to go up against.