Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
Comedy, Sci-fi
1h 46m
The Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken total control over the building of a media mogul. (imdb)
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
Comedy, Sci-fi
1h 46m
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Rated 21 Sep 2023
92
84th
This is more than a movie. It's a blast of giddy creative insanity, the kind that's only possible when a director throws caution to the wind and puts his craziest, most random ideas on celluloid, undeterred by studio notes or even conventional filmmaking rules. This is art. God bless Joe Dante.
Rated 21 Sep 2023
Rated 16 Sep 2012
85
92nd
I friggin' love Gremlins 2. There is just so much to enjoy here: making fun of the original, great puppetry, delicious homages, fun cameos and a cartload of wacky shenanigans. If that's not enough, one Gremlin shoots another Gremlin in the goddamn face. In a kids movie! If the government ever lets me out of my containment facility underground and allows me to procreate, my (probably ugly) children will grow up watching Gremlins 2 and become all the more awesome thanks to it.
Rated 16 Sep 2012
Rated 18 Aug 2017
70
65th
Something something Key and Peele. GIVE ME STARS! I'VE EARNED IT!
Rated 18 Aug 2017
Rated 18 Jan 2019
98
99th
Greatest movie ever? No? Really? Are you sure now? Cause...I'm pretty sure it might be. However, if not, for sure than at least, it's the greatest sequel of all-time. Well, that's at least what my nostalgia riddled brain says. So honestly speaking, this might be one of my favorite movies ever. Endlessly quotable, the cartoon natured satire with all the new fantastic gimmick Gremlins, makes it so not even "Gizmo's" wonky walking and dancing could tarnish this cornerstone of my movie loving taste.
Rated 18 Jan 2019
Rated 28 Sep 2007
88
87th
Anarchic glee. No restraint, no ridiculous idea left on the drawing board. Plus there are gremlins. Joe Dante is my fucking hero.
Rated 28 Sep 2007
Rated 28 Apr 2009
93
85th
Insanely funny and kind of subversive; Joe Dante basically deconstructs the franchise that made his career.
Rated 28 Apr 2009
Rated 18 Jul 2010
80
80th
Now, was that civilized? No, clearly not. Fun, but in no sense civilized.
Rated 18 Jul 2010
Rated 14 Aug 2007
84
79th
The sequel to Gremlins focuses on humour more than horror, with the intelligent gremlin voiced by Tony Randall being a highlight.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 01 Dec 2014
89
91st
It's incredible when a sequel manages to simultaneously be a good sequel and a flawless parody of the original.
Rated 01 Dec 2014
Rated 30 Mar 2007
80
68th
More FX, movie references, and general chaos. I always liked that sort of thing
Rated 30 Mar 2007
Rated 07 Aug 2008
77
66th
Entertaining horror comedy with a much higher focus on the comedy than the horror. If you don't enjoy horror movies that much, like myself, then this is quite a good thing. Yes it's downright absurd and silly but who cares when there's so much stupid fun.
Rated 07 Aug 2008
Rated 22 Apr 2010
66
44th
Takes a while to get going, but once it ratchets up the manic we're off. Ignoring the dull characters is easy(ish) as the new and improved plasticised Gremlins take centre stage. With more freedom and space the effects crew throws up a bunch of ideas. Some work, quite a few don't, but at least this movie knows what it is - a canvas for wacky Gremlin fun.
Rated 22 Apr 2010
Rated 26 May 2019
80
80th
Watching this in 2019 was a real blast. Their adoption of the Police Squad style gags mixed with Dante's love for Looney Tunes makes for an excellent ride that had me smiling constantly. Gizmo's arc is one of my favourite in all of film, the constant cutaways to his incredibly cute torture followed by his ascension to War Hero is comedy gold and too cute to exist. Christopher Lee in the lab is also hilarious. Think I slightly prefer it to the original almost for its bravery alone.
Rated 26 May 2019
Rated 14 Aug 2007
68
50th
The tried to expand a bit too much on the original in this sequel, but it's still an entertaining flick. Any writer/director who throws in a cameo from Hulk Hogan can't be all bad.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
55
53rd
The untamed element, oldest of man's mysteries, giver of warmth, destroyer of forests, right now this building is on fire.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 20 Feb 2008
58
15th
I mean you can't go wrong when you can get Gizmo to sign on for a sequel, but as hard as he tries he can't carry this weak cast.
Rated 20 Feb 2008
Rated 19 Jun 2014
73
53rd
I don't think that's how science works.
Rated 19 Jun 2014
Rated 12 Aug 2014
90
82nd
I have no objectivity about this movie whatsoever. Every single second of this thing has some gag or joke somewhere in it.
Rated 12 Aug 2014
Rated 17 Sep 2016
70
58th
Sometimes you like a movie because it's a finely crafted piece of art... and sometimes you like a movie just because it's entertaining.
Rated 17 Sep 2016
Rated 06 Jan 2019
8
85th
Gremlins made this.
Rated 06 Jan 2019
Rated 26 Sep 2021
80
74th
While the second movie might not be the classic that the first one was, it is still chock full of shenanigans and mogwai meyham. It's a fun movie, still worth a watch for young and old alike.
Rated 26 Sep 2021
Rated 25 Jan 2007
90
94th
Much much better than it's given credit for. It's just so gleeful!
Rated 25 Jan 2007
Rated 24 Oct 2007
80
58th
I never thought I'd say this, but Phoebe Cates is totally funny in this.
Rated 24 Oct 2007
Rated 30 Jul 2012
4
91st
They completely dropped the horror of the first and went all-out for the comedy, successfully. Plenty of good jokes and wonderful puppets, very good.
Rated 30 Jul 2012
Rated 25 Dec 2012
76
77th
Forgotten sequel that's actually a lot of fun.
Rated 25 Dec 2012
Rated 06 Dec 2014
70
40th
In 1978 the cast of Star Wars appeared on the Muppet Show, performing a childish, disco-driven interpretation of the most popular movie at the time. While there is a parallel with Gremlins 2, mostly that's a more pleasant memory than watching this.
Rated 06 Dec 2014
Rated 27 Sep 2015
70
53rd
So many ideas and references are thrown on the screen, it's almost hard to keep up. Very impressive in scale with rich production values. Too bad made-for-profit sequels aren't this great nowadays.
Rated 27 Sep 2015
Rated 05 Oct 2017
65
60th
(Viewed on 02/01/11): G2 arrived too late to truly matter, but Dante largely fulfilled his objective to craft an oversized studio film that parodies the original, sequels, cable TV and corporate America, providing its own running commentary on 80's excess. It's a chaotic cartoon spectacle with a curiously freewheeling sensibility, and there are many inspired moments of complete lunacy, but it's too much of a good thing, and Dante inevitably struggles to maintain its freight train momentum.
Rated 05 Oct 2017
Rated 22 Feb 2007
35
13th
Poor.
Rated 22 Feb 2007
Rated 23 Feb 2007
86
63rd
One of my biggest guilty pleasures of all time. I really do like this movie as much as the first movie.
Rated 23 Feb 2007
Rated 20 Mar 2007
70
61st
It's one joke. I mean, it's a funny joke, but that's all this is.
Rated 20 Mar 2007
Rated 27 Mar 2007
61
29th
I liked it as a kid. Not really scary. Not really funny. An interesting follow-up film that might distract you if it's on, but likely won't entertain you.
Rated 27 Mar 2007
Rated 27 Mar 2007
75
44th
Horrible, but dammit I love it.
Rated 27 Mar 2007
Rated 16 Apr 2007
38
33rd
You wouldn't believe how much these Gremins resemble our psycho pet poodle. It really is quite worrying. As for the film it just can't match the first, but it's entertaining enough.
Rated 16 Apr 2007
Rated 29 Jun 2007
20
12th
Should have sticked with only the first 1
Rated 29 Jun 2007
Rated 13 Jul 2007
83
31st
This was not such a good idea.
Rated 13 Jul 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
17th
The rules from the first movie still apply. Why didn't these people learn?
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
37th
Gremlins 2 improves upon the comedy of the first Gremlins film. It's much funnier, and less a horror film. It's far more gag-driven, and a lot of the gags are actually quite fun. A lot of them are quite hokey and childish too. Basically, Gremlins 2 is better for kids than the scarier original, but neither of them is really meant to be taken seriously. It's just silly monster movie madness Meh!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
47
38th
It had it's comical moments, but it was generally just mind-numbingly stupid. But I'm quite sure that was what they were going for.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
49
30th
Nothing spectacular, hardly good, but enough for a lazy Sunday.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
63
44th
Gremlins 2, if anything, is a film that would rather make fun of itself, never taking itself or its predecessor seriously, merely using the premise as an excuse to spoof anything and everything it can and still remain somewhat cohesive.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 16 Sep 2007
70
63rd
Funnier than the original, and very self aware.
Rated 16 Sep 2007
Rated 23 Oct 2007
87
70th
An homage to the 7th art, in the silliest way possible. Magnificent.
Rated 23 Oct 2007
Rated 16 Nov 2007
1
11th
point for the joke about the guy wearing the abraham lincoln hat.
Rated 16 Nov 2007
Rated 20 Nov 2007
88
86th
Really good campy classic. I just wish they made a third one. Spider Gremlin gives me nightmares.
Rated 20 Nov 2007
Rated 12 Jan 2008
80
80th
It is funny also, it repeated the success of the first movie.
Rated 12 Jan 2008
Rated 08 Feb 2008
82
72nd
So completely different in tone and intent than the first one, and for shaking up the tried and true "critters on the loose" formula, it gets serious bonus points. It's surprisingly fun.
Rated 08 Feb 2008
Rated 04 Mar 2008
83
32nd
Satire of the sequel.
Rated 04 Mar 2008
Rated 24 Mar 2008
50
19th
I don't like Gremlins, maybe because I was brought up on Ghostbusters.
Rated 24 Mar 2008
Rated 05 Apr 2008
88
67th
Deliciously subversive and urbanized improvement on the original.
Rated 05 Apr 2008
Rated 05 Apr 2008
86
90th
This movie, though pretty corny, is unbelievably funny. Phoebe Cates is amazing, and the story is actually decent. Unlike most people, I liked this one more than the original.
Rated 05 Apr 2008
Rated 13 May 2008
63
54th
Better than the first, but still middling.
Rated 13 May 2008
Rated 14 May 2008
53
36th
Sequel-y.
Rated 14 May 2008
Rated 25 Jun 2008
80
37th
At 9 years of age, Gremlins singing "New York, New York" was the height of comedy and creative expression.
Rated 25 Jun 2008
Rated 21 Sep 2008
60
10th
Loved this one as a kid. Not sure where we stand now.
Rated 21 Sep 2008
Rated 25 Sep 2008
66
54th
darker than the original but I'm not certain it's better
Rated 25 Sep 2008
Rated 15 Oct 2008
75
43rd
This sequel leans much more toward the comedy side than the first, but it's fun to see the many new kinds of Gremlins they've created.
Rated 15 Oct 2008
Rated 18 Oct 2008
65
21st
Smae kind of story, different place and those Gremlins even more annoying.
Rated 18 Oct 2008
Rated 08 Dec 2008
70
57th
70
Rated 08 Dec 2008
Rated 29 Dec 2008
80
72nd
It's a fun movie. The gremlins are just slapstick as hell and seeing what some of them transform into is a cool new thing they did with the movie. I don't know if it's better than the first but it definately has more replay value.
Rated 29 Dec 2008
Rated 30 Jan 2009
79
39th
This movie was kind of riding the thin line between desired/unnecessary sequel.
Rated 30 Jan 2009
Rated 27 Feb 2009
91
92nd
very good sequel
Rated 27 Feb 2009
Rated 06 Apr 2009
30
2nd
Even Hulk Hogan couldn't save this ship from sinking.
Rated 06 Apr 2009
Rated 17 Apr 2009
68
61st
Pretty bad, but entertaining in it's own unique way.
Rated 17 Apr 2009
Rated 28 Apr 2009
87
75th
Just as good as the first one.
Rated 28 Apr 2009
Rated 22 Jul 2009
64
37th
Not as good as the first one, it all feels a bit strained.
Rated 22 Jul 2009
Rated 01 Aug 2009
70
75th
This film is incredibly silly, and I think that makes it better than the first. The Hulk Hogan cameo especially was pretty amazing.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
Rated 01 Aug 2009
44
32nd
Not as fun as the first, but not all bad.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
Rated 12 Oct 2009
70
67th
A direct sequel that also works as a spoof on the original. Tonally lighter and more silly, but also arguably a better film.
Rated 12 Oct 2009
Rated 14 Feb 2010
90
90th
An oft-overlooked movie, instead of a straight sequel to the more horror based original, Gremlins 2 plays it more for laughs. The humour is clever and often self-referential, even showing a review of the original movie at one point. For some reason though I felt the puppets for the mogwai and gremlins didn't look as good as they did in the original.
Rated 14 Feb 2010
Rated 23 Feb 2010
65
42nd
So bad it's good defines this film. It's a social and political satire of the first film that probably flew over the heads of the general audience.
Rated 23 Feb 2010
Rated 28 Jun 2010
100
98th
God I love this movie. I can basically watch it any time and anywhere.
Rated 28 Jun 2010
Rated 25 Sep 2010
64
39th
Bad but not terrible. It is strange, and oddly unique for a money grab sequel.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
Rated 17 Oct 2010
70
89th
Is this the one where Phoebe Cates emerges from the swimming pool in slow motion, takes off her bikini top and her breasts pop off to form two new baby humans?? Might be getting my films confused again.
Rated 17 Oct 2010
Rated 11 Jan 2011
4
1st
*****SPOILER......this just plain sucks, ok? (sorry) (smiley emoticon)
Rated 11 Jan 2011
Rated 16 Jan 2011
72
15th
Entertaining, but not really great. Better hope it doesn't rain :D
Rated 16 Jan 2011
Rated 20 Feb 2011
80
47th
No real plot to speak of. Shrek meets Airplane!
Rated 20 Feb 2011
Rated 07 Mar 2011
60
12th
Seems someone made a list of all the random stuff they'd like to put in a movie and threw them all in here. Some of it works but a lot of it falls flat and for all the attempts at an anarchic spirit the guiding hand of market research and consumerism is inescapable, making it feel oddly sanitized.
Rated 07 Mar 2011
Rated 28 Apr 2011
72
57th
A lighter comedic tone and the social commentary makes this a hair better then the first.
Rated 28 Apr 2011
Rated 08 Aug 2011
86
65th
While it's certainly not as good as its origin story, don't dismiss Gremlins 2 so easily. Where the first movie was all about Zach and Phoebe, New Batch introduces some fun characters played by great character actors, like John Glover, Robert Picardo and Haviland Morris (the best bad girlfriend John Hughes ever created). This movie was an interesting bridge from the 80s-90s; with it's 'smart' building and the digs at branding. Plus, there's fun throw-backs, & some hilarious new Gremlins.
Rated 08 Aug 2011
Rated 28 Oct 2011
68
2nd
This is a better watch than the original - if for the only reason that it doesn't take itself too seriously.
Rated 28 Oct 2011
Rated 26 Dec 2011
65
16th
This movie is inferior to the original in every way. This one is a straight comedy; it lacks the horror of the first film. The problem is the comedy isn't always funny. They spend way too much time in the movie having wacky evil gremlins. Skip this and watch the first one again instead.
Rated 26 Dec 2011
Rated 04 Mar 2012
55
28th
Little known fact: Tila Tequila had her first film role in this as the female gremlin.
Rated 04 Mar 2012
Rated 08 Apr 2012
65
71st
Part of the charm of the first movie was the way the comedy was just barely balanced by the other elements. This one's a full-out comedy and it never gives you a break from the gags. Fortunately, it succeeds because it's quite funny and still pretty clever at times, but I still miss the slightly underplayed humour of the original.
Rated 08 Apr 2012
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