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Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990

Joe Dante

Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover, Robert Prosky ...

5.6

19,270

Fantasy. Comedy. Adventure. Horror Just when they thought they were safe, young sweethearts Billy (Zach Galligan) and Kate (Phoebe Cates) from Joe Dante's "Gremlins" have moved on to the Big Apple, landed jobs in a high-tech office park, and have met up with Gizmo once again. When a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins, the three pals must use everything they know to prevent another comic catastrophe. The monsters wreck havoc at Clamp ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It's a faded imitation of the original. Yes, it has some big laughs, and yes, some of the special effects are fun, but the movie has too many gremlins and not enough story line (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"It speaks with much more verve, cleverness and good humor than the film on which it is based. Add this to the very short list of sequels that neatly surpass their predecessors."	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Solid, agreeable entertainment (...) There aren't any depths to explore, just a lot of bright, free-floating comic invention."	NEU
United Kingdom	David Chute Empire	"The plot is thinner than a compressed wafer, but who cares? It's fun and cheap laughs all the way, and that ain't no crime (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"When gremlins like Dante muck up the works, that's how Hollywood accidentally produces art."	POS
United States	Chris Cabin Slant	"Dante is an agent of exquisite subversion (...) [A] giddy, diabolical, and terminally underappreciated sequel (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	R.L. Shaffer IGN	"'Gremlins 2: The New Batch' is an underrated sequel that's gotten better, and funnier, with age (...) A great meta horror-comedy"	POS
United Kingdom	John Ferguson Radio Times	"Chaotic but crackling (...) Strap yourself in for a rollercoaster ride (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Hal Hinson The Washington Post	"The concept is no longer fresh, and the suspense over what's going to happen is lost"	NEG
United Kingdom	Time Out	"A chaotic affair which eschews narrative coherence for rapid-fire sight gags and self-referential silliness (...) There's almost enough in-joke ingenuity to justify the total absence of plot."	NEU
United Kingdom	Almar Haflidason BBC	"The sequel to 'Gremlins' actually proves more enjoyable than the first film, offering audacious dark humour and a lot of knowing 'in-jokes' (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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