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Zoolander 2
PG13 (SINGAPORE)
2016
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Positive Reviews
45
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91
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2.3
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2.0
Ataris appreciation for Zoolander and Hansel is aggressively ironic, couching derision inside appreciation inside more derision, all coated in a kind ..
Av Club
1.5
Most disturbingly, in this film and perhaps any film that will be released this year, theres Fred Armisen as an 11 year old boy.
Den Of Geek
1.5
Oh sure, on paper theyre a safe bet: just do what you did again and youll come out with something at least half decent.
Den Of Geek
2.5
Well, cinema is art, and art imitates life welcome to the never ending cycle.
We Got This Covered
0.5
They say that in fashion, one day youre in and the next youre out.
Austin Chronicle
4.0
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson return as dopey male models Derek Zoolander and Hansel, who are recalled to the world of haute couture after a string of m ..
Time Out
2.5
Mugatu, like plenty of Zoolander 2, seems to provide a reminder of a superior movie.
Collider
1.5
Its a joke that doesnt rely on a famous person or reminding us of how much we liked the original movie.
Collider
1.0
Its all canted angle close ups and hyperbolic action movie gags and truncheonlike timing just like Batman and Robin, actually.
Vulture
2.5
A spectacular bit of comic violence, it stands as an unfortunate outlier in an otherwise tired sequel.
Paste Magazine
3.3
Without a new shtick to give it wings, the sequel feels less inspired.
IGN
3.0
Ben Stillers Zoolander first appeared in a skit at the VH1 Fashion Awards 20 years ago, before a big screen debut that hit US cinemas within three wee ..
Telegraph
1.5
Yet, instead of capturing the heart and charm of the original, this absolutely unnecessary sequel just comes off as a giant mess that should have neve ..
The Young Folks
2.5
If you are one of those fans then youll likely enjoy your time spent with these characters and everything theyve crammed into the movie for you.
Cinema Blend
4.0
Beyond that, the movie so closely hews to the 2001 original that it cant help but please.
Ny Daily News
2.0
Zoolander 2 aims to be bigger and crazier than its predecessor, but amounts to a serviceable (though less memorable) comedy sequel.
Screen Rant
1.9
It is merely dumb when it should be knowingly dumb; satirically dull when it should be sharp; and just plain ugly when it should be, at the very least ..
The Globe And Mail
2.5
Look, Zoolander 2 is stupid fun, and if youre looking forward to not thinking for a couple hours, you could do so much worse.
Philly
1.2
Despite all those elements it fizzles like a defective firecracker.
One Guys Opinion
1.0
Wilson Webb The first Zoolander, Ben Stillers dopey, fitfully funny fashion spoof, was released less than three weeks after the September 11 attacks.
Village Voice
1.9
Zoolander 2 is funnier than any terrible movie has any right to be.A high concept comedy from the days when those were a thing, its basically a cacoph ..
Rogers Movie Nation
3.8
10 1 8 / 10 After taking a detour to make a meditative adventure with 2013s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Ben Stiller is back in the business of be ..
Blu Ray
2.0
Unfortunately the script is so weak that chuckles of recognition become the lions share of the comedy; when this thing is 15 years old itself, and man ..
Chicago Reader
2.5
Like its predecessor, the movie doesnt have any satirical insight about its targets.
Mark Reviews Movies
1.9
Its played for generational laughs in the wholly unnecessary sequel to the 2001 cult comedy, but the latter statement is too true for this flailing fr ..
Usa Today
2.0
Sporadically, the comedy works; indeed you would be happy to sit through this on telly on
The Times
2.2
The idea behind it seems to have been, What if we made a sequel to Zoolander (And No, thats it.)
Eric Ds Nider
1.0
The story is beside the point in this pointless movie; its less tasteless and offensive than the original, but just as god awful.
News Review
1.3
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is much better than it gets credit for, and Tropic Thunder is a bad taste masterpiece.
News Review
2.0
There are too few laughs and none of the cool edge youd expect from the man whose look was Blue Steel.
Radio Times
3.5
After sitting through nearly two hours of this, Ive come to the conclusion that many should be sent to comedy prison for their crimes against humanity ..
Screen It
2.0
But whatever slight magic maintained that movie is sorely missing here, leaving us with a cavalcade of gags that fall flat and cameo appearances that ..
The Wrap
3.8
Zoolander 2 is basically a grab bag of jokes some funnier than others hung on a very slim plot.
News Day
2.0
The movie absolutely drags along, bouncing back and forth between endless celebrity cameos and joyless retreads of some of the original Zoolanders key ..
Film Journal
2.0
Benedict Cumberbatchs fleeting character, All, may have been pilloried as a transphobic stereotype, but a more damning complaint is that Cumberbatch j ..
The Guardian
3.0
It goes a reasonable way, though it depends on quite a bit of sentimental attachment.
The Guardian
2.0
Male models and Hollywood egos age fast, but jokes age even faster, and all the Botox in the world cant keep the 15 year old gags that fuel this decad ..
Az Central
3.0
The film has a lot on its plate, especially given its need to replicate just about every memorable moment from its predecessor.
Smh
2.0
In both cases, bottling that old magic proves frustratingly elusive.
Npr
3.1
The element of surprise is a cornerstone of comedy, which is why comedy sequels are such a tricky business.Repeating ideas past their freshness expira ..
Star Tribune
2.2
Unfortunately, bad timing is a problem again with Zoolander No. 2.
Ew
1.5
Its just too bad the end result is the exact opposite: falling down and hitting every single step along the way.
Salon
2.0
Much like its namesake, this sequels only point of reference is itself.
Slate
2.0
By then anyway its a case of too little too late, for a comedy with this few laughs, that squanders this much talent, is a sad thing indeed.
Flim List
3.0
Its a likable mess, although it lacks the memorable lines of the first, making it liable to be enjoyed once and forgotten, rather than revisited for y ..
Empire
3.0
Unfortunately, subversive humor doesnt always age well, particularly in an era when Gwyneth Paltrow has transformed her conspicuous consumption into G ..
Susang Ranger
3.0
To enjoy ZOOLANDER 2 is to ignore all the usual ways in which you measure fine filmmaking (like plot and story arc), because a) its a hot mess, and b) ..
Common Sense Media
2.0
The movie is mostly a series of jokes paying homage to the original cult classic, except on a grander scale and with more bravado.
Flickering Myth
3.8
But the effort is sort of funny.When the jokes flop in Zoolander, they flop fearlessly.
Sf Gate
1.5
For the sake of argument, lets say that the original Zoolander, a 2001 Ben Stiller comedy based on a character he introduced in a 1996 short film, was ..
Boston Herald
1.3
Throughout, the darkness of this already convoluted narrative clashes dissonantly with the fundamentally light tone of the character humor.
Slant Magazine
0.0
Eventually, though, a cult developed around the formulaic but occasionally inspired parody, which wound up providing an improbably potent catharsis fo ..
Washington Post
1.5
Zoolander 2 has enough plots for several movies. They are so jammed together that they more or less cancel each other out.
The New York Times
2.2
None of this would be too bothersome if the film were funny enough.
The Film Stage
1.9
The film can barely unearth itself from underneath the mountain of celebrity cameos out of which it has been crafted.
Chicago Tribune
1.9
Its a pop quiz instead of a movie, and itll be dated by tomorrow morning.
Boston Globe
3.2
Sometimes not laughing at something has more to do with you than with that something.
Uproxx
3.5
And unlike so many Hollywood comedies of recent vintage, it maintains that absurdity to the end, never dredging up phony sentimentality because its af ..
Flickfilosopher
3.0
As with the first film, the sequel struggles to lampoon an industry that is already well beyond parody.
The Irish Times
5.0
I had no reason to expect this one to be so much worse.But it is.
Blogs Indie Wire
2.2
The movies familiar spy story framework is banal, and its tale of redemption and friendship reclaimed is deeply unremarkable.
Blogs Indie Wire
2.0
Zoolander may have been silly, but at least it had something to be silly about; Zoolander 2 cant even find a reason for existing.
Las Vegas Weekly
2.5
When Zoolander 2 isnt funny, the silliness strains the viewers patience.
ReelViews
2.5
Despite its relentless name checking, Zoolander 2 functions strictly within its own goofy screen comedy universe, so its satire is toothless.
Hollywood Reporter
1.5
It should be a rule for sequels like these to avoid subplots about mirthless children, but its a mistake almost all of them manage to make.
The Atlantic
3.5
And best of all, it doesnt repeat too many beats from Zoolander, a rare quality in a comedy sequel.
Birth Movies Death
3.0
Its more like a celebration, an in joke.Only the Cumberbatch gender fluidity tease teeters near the edge and that doesnt last long or go far enough.
Standard
1.2
It might look almost drinkable, but the taste will make you spit it out.
Coles Mithey
5.0
A lot has happened to Derek and Hansel in the 15 years since they were last seen, including having to cope with the tragedy that brought both men low: ..
Los Angeles Times
3.1
For one thing, the humor is entirely subjective, and what made me laugh is very likely to leave the person sitting right there next to me absolutely c ..
Movie Freak
2.2
At first youre happy to see them and its fun catching up, but soon you realize you dont have much to talk about.
Detroit News
2.0
If only that joke werent so far past its sell by date: The results may delight those who believe recycled gags and endless cameos to be the very essen ..
Variety
2.5
If the plot is stupid, the hit and miss humor tends to juvenile and lazy jokes, overly reliant on pop culture cameos to goose laughs of surprise and r ..
Groucho Reviews
3.8
Zoolander 2 will probably disappoint people looking for a carbon copy of the original, but its refusal to be one is probably its best quality.
Aisle Seat
1.0
That wouldnt be an issue if it were funny, but its very much a laugh less chore for most of its running time.It doesnt have to be this way.
Forbes
3.0
Though the big laughs are well spaced out here the movie hits a few extended flat spots due to overdoing it slightly on the celebrity cameo front ther ..
Herald Sun
1.2
Stillers big failure is simple: he tries to recycle every last meme from the first film. Fashion wise, its like watching someone put a million buttons ..
Consequence Of Sound
2.5
Its a blatantly silly premise that is, for the most part, executed to entertaining and hilarious effect by filmmaker Stiller, as the director, working ..
Reel Film
2.5
And while yes, it doesnt take itself too seriously, neither does it take seriously what it absolutely needs to: Putting in the hard, constant work to ..
Nj
2.0
This sequel makes up for its distinct lack of jokes by implementing a convoluted narrative, where big set pieces are prevalent, and we deviate careles ..
Hey U Guys
2.5
Like its title fool, Zoolander 2 wants desperately to be adored, despite coming hopelessly late to the party.
The Star
2.5
Fans will enjoy seeing their favorite characters back in action, and there are a handful of good gags, but expectations beyond that will go unfulfille ..
Deseret News
2.0
Composer Theodore Shapiros fabulous soundtrack keeps us awake at least, but the film starts and ends as a bomb, even if there is some glitter.
Urban Cine File
2.0
While this sequel again opts for absurd humour over sharp satire, its predecessor hinged on a plot about the fashion industrys exploitation of child l ..
Film Ink
2.0
The joke of the movie is that Zoolander is out of touch but still has it, but the movie doesnt do a good job with proving the second part.
Ner Dist
2.5
Depending on your threshold for inanity and slapstick youll either find this hilarious, or just mildly amusing.
Maki At The Movies
3.0
While the clueless catwalk star is as enjoyably moronic as ever, the jokes arent there.
Mirror
3.0
More Blue Steel than Magnum, this is a perfectly serviceable sequel, but dogged by repetition, it lacks the originals speed and sizzle.
Games Radar
1.3
Yet nothing here is half as inspired as the most ridiculous bits of the original Zoolander (2001), which was uneven but had a few great ideas.
New York Post
3.5
However, a lot like JJ Abrams blatant Star Wars remake, it manages to repeat the joys of the original, a bit like the very good Anchorman sequel, a mo ..
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
1.0
There are points where you think its makers dont even fully buy that Zoolander himself retains the cultural cachet to make this a worthy outing.Its a ..
Lw Lies
1.0
It had enough celebrity cameos to satisfy without bragging, and enough good jokes to make us forget about the bad.
Nz Herald
2.0
The premise of Zoolander 2 is even more ridiculous than the original.
Nz Herald
2.0
In rehashing the plot and jokes, this sequel fails to recapture the charm and wit that made the original a cult classic.
Digital Spy
2.0
Sadly, much of that can be said about the gags, comedic style and performances themselves.
Flicks
3.8
There is so much stupid fun in Zoolander 2, the movie practically dares you not to laugh. Dont take that bet. But dont miss the movie.
Cleve Land
1.5
Desperation hangs in the air like an expensive mens cologne Derek would advertise with a flash of Blue Steel.
Screen Crush
2.0
I really, really wanted to like Zoolander No. 2.Alas, the long awaited sequel to 2001s Zoolander is exactly as wed feared; a lame, overcooked and asto ..
Independent Ie
3.0
With virtually the same blend of wit and idiocy as the 2001 original, this fashion scene comedy is funny enough to spark some solid laughter in betwee ..
Contact Music
3.8
Consider it like a slice of fine cheesecake, when fresh and chilled, its just about the best thing you can put on a fork.
Ar Kansas Online
1.5
It wants to be daring but all it winds up achieving is an epic level of dullness.
Film Racket
1.0
But take that same rueful, scary feelinga dread of obsolescence, a bemused remove from contemporary vernacularand crank it up to the most grating, har ..
Vanity Fair
1.5
Some movies keep you in a state of suspense.Zoolander 2, a dud glitter bomb of a sequel, eventually leaves you in a state of suspended animation, with ..
Wsj
1.5
A mistake that all involved would be wise to forget about and move on from, Zoolander 2 may not render your prostate the size of a honeydew, but it wi ..
The Filmy Ap
3.2
Nothing here is as inspired fun as the runway walk off from the first movie.
Patriot Ledger
2.5
Not because Zoolander 2 is the worst movie ever made it isnt but because its what we fear every time one of these projects gets announced: a joyless c ..
Film
3.0
Its always a pleasure to see Stiller and Wilson inhabit these characters, goofing off with guest stars that range from Sting to Marc Jacobs.
Scmp
1.9
Often, the visual sight gags or the one liners fall flat with a resounding thud.
Chicago Sun Times
4.0
But there are enough warped, beyond random moments of idiocy that youll laugh even as you condemn its throw it against the wall mayhem.
Straight
1.5
But Ben Stiller is not this crimes lone perp.Actor and co writer Justin Theroux spent the last decade shepherding the project along.
Cinemix Tape
2.0
Its really just a mess that feels like everyone onscreen is having a better time than anyone who pays to see this thing.
Dead Line
2.0
As the movie solders on, you might find yourself laughing, but you may never remember why.
Metro New York
1.0
(As if to prove the point, the only consistently funny feature of the new film is Kristen Wiigs gloriously bizarre characterization of a fashion bigwi ..
Flavor Wire
2.5
Any other comedy would leave that punchline alone because its funny.Nope.
Daily Herald
2.5
Lets hope the ending will leave Stiller satisfied enough to never feel the need to make Zoolander No. 3.
Mercury News
2.0
Couch jockeying remote control wielders will find plenty of lively bits scattered throughout the film.
The Verge
2.0
Ben Stiller said he made Zoolander 2 for the fans, but this fan sadly doesnt agree.
Metro
4.0
It is magnificently dumb, just as God and Ben Stiller intended it.
Metro
2.5
The script by Stiller, Justin Theroux, Nicholas Stoller, and John Hamburg occasionally hits the right notes before the film death marches its way thro ..
The Daily Beast
2.0
But Stiller and cos high camp send up of the fashion world is stretched very thin this time around.
What So
2.0
Its just a bad movie, embodying every reason that comedy sequels are a bad idea 99% of the time.If theres any actual comedy contained within Zoolander ..
Lainey Gossip
1.5
The story is just something to hang jokes on and tell the audience when the ride has started and stopped.
The Mary Sue
3.5
The film offers no new satirical insights into this region of idiocracy, just a colorful romp through it.
Seven Day Svt
3.5
Instead, its a fun reunion of absurdity that fans of the original can enjoy.
Fat Guys At The Movies
2.2
Its surprisingly conventional, but not in a reassuring or back to basics way; its set ups and jokes are creaky and labored, its characters stock and s ..
New Republic
3.1
A movie gets a taste of success Zoolander was the 55th highest grossing film of 2001 and its makers rush to cash in with a sequel.
National Post
2.5
Its a promising start to a sequel that then tries to weave in even more plot points, only to end up in knots.
People
2.0
Synopsis After years out of the spotlight, super dim supermodel Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) and fellow catwalk king Hansel (Owen Wilson) have litera ..
Sky
2.0
But the film makers dont exactly have a surplus of decent material.
New States Man
2.0
A misguided retread of some of the least amusing elements of the original.
Daily Star
2.5
Hoping it will resurrect their careers they jump at the chance.Sadly it doesnt.
Media Mikes
1.5
Unfortunately, the game is lame.Here are five wacky ways that 2oolander fails us all: 1 This sequel, coming 15 years after the funny first one, is ano ..
Toronto Sun
2.0
A lot of jokes get run into the ground in Zoolander 2, and while Stillers sequel isnt without its moments, it fails to live up to its predecessors hig ..
Blog Bullz Eye
1.9
Some sequels are worth the wait.Others are so bad you wish they never existed.
Hollywood Into To
3.5
And despite its dated pop culture jokes (RIP, the VHI Fashion Awards), the movie has aged fairly well.Indeed, one of the most clever gags in this go r ..
Us Magazine
2.0
However, although it does manage to induce several genuinely funny and bizarrely entertaining moments, the films overall premise a downright absurd on ..
Cairo 360
3.0
As I sat down to watch the sequel on the big screen a couple of days ago, I was filled with anticipation. Unfortunately, as I left the cinema, I found ..
Film Ireland
1.0
In its sequel, the jokes, if you can call them that, are trying way too hard.
Spectator
2.0
The film exhausts rather than amuses and its silliness never rises to the level of smart or subversive.
Honey Cutts Hollywood
3.0
The weakness is when a joke misses, it bombs badly.Unfortunately, there are a lot of misses, but enough hits to make it worth your time.
Abc News Go
2.5
A mostly agreeable but empty headed mess. Its sort of the movie equivalent of Derek Zoolander himself.
Seattle Times
2.0
If you liked the puerile humour of Dirty Grandpa or How to Be Single, this will be to your taste.
Iol Co Za
2.8
As Hansel says, Lets talk about what worked. What worked Just enough that I can say Im glad I saw it, but not enough that I recommend anybody pay the ..
Looking Closer
1.5
(Cyrus Arnold).Once the arrangement is made, Derek and Hansel end up pulled into a strangely different fashion world than what they remember, and run ..
Chesapeake Family
2.5
For fans of the original, itll be clear it wasnt due to lighting bolt streak of narrative inspiration.
Junkee
2.5
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilsons dumb model shtick is still as funny as it was in the original film, but the overall comedic energy of the sequel is lacki ..
Bust
1.9
The original was sporadically funny, a few laughs and too much funny hair.The sequel is significantly worse.
M Live
2.0
Fatherhood is one of the themes of Zoolander 2, just like Star Wars but, like, more ironical.
Ex Press
2.0
Yet most of the effort seems to have been spent piling on cameos while one of the four writers intermittently tapped at the screenplay, injecting gags ..
Bk Mag
3.0
Short sequences that see the eccentric and caricature like baddies together are arguably some of the best in the film its just a shame they didnt make ..
Ib Times
2.5
Billy Zane, its been years might be the understatement of the decade.The line comes from now reclusive former male model Derek Zoolander (director Ben ..
Trib
1.3
So now we are gifted with Zoolander 2, one of the most unnecessary sequels of all time (yes, Ive seen Speed 2).The biggest joke of Zoolander 2, arguab ..
Baltimore Magazine
3.5
This sequel ups the ante so relentlessly that you may find yourself pining for a relaxing night of watching the 2001 original.Thats not to say there a ..
Freep
2.5
But for the most part the jokes fall flat, and even the comedy of character seems cramped by the scripts far fetched plot and pedestrian dialogue.
Family Home Theater
4.5
Its testament to Ferrells profound silliness that he still delivers on laughs while working with such thin material.
Ign
1.0
Theres probably plenty of hilarious inside material and an overabundance of flamboyant characters in the industry to lampoon with a movie that works.
Franks Reel Reviews
0.6
I guess Stiller thinks celebrity cameos are much funnier than actual jokes, since the cameos outnumber the jokes by about 40 to 1.
Dcw50
2.0
This stays just about likeable thanks to lingering affection for the first film, but it never quite delivers the expected laughs.
Wow 247
3.0
Amidst the seriousness of awards season, the absolute silliness and revelry of this film feels utterly fabulous!
Rescu
2.0
Dying is easy. Comedy is hard. But comedy sequels are apparently the greatest challenge of all.
Den Of Geek Us
1.0
For a movie with relentless attempted gags, you could barely hear a guffaw in the audience.
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