Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Stars	User	Rating
9	Paxton	70 _63rd
Something something Key and Peele. GIVE ME STARS! I'VE EARNED IT!
8	Barthalen	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.
7	TimeCapsule	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.
5	theficionado	88 _87th
Anarchic glee. No restraint, no ridiculous idea left on the drawing board. Plus there are gremlins. Joe Dante is my fucking hero.
5	Evan Waters	93 _85th
Insanely funny and kind of subversive; Joe Dante basically deconstructs the franchise that made his career.
5	DavidBlast	80 _80th
Now, was that civilized? No, clearly not. Fun, but in no sense civilized.
4	DTI	84 _79th
The sequel to Gremlins focuses on humour more than horror, with the intelligent gremlin voiced by Tony Randall being a highlight.
3	doctor7	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.
3	Stain	80 _68th
More FX, movie references, and general chaos. I always liked that sort of thing
3	Mirelurk	80 _81st
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.
3	kjetting	89 _91st
It's incredible when a sequel manages to simultaneously be a good sequel and a flawless parody of the original.
2	TripleSH	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.
2	djross	55 _53rd
The untamed element, oldest of man's mysteries, giver of warmth, destroyer of forests, right now this building is on fire.
2	recklessmess	73 _53rd
I don't think that's how science works.
2	gtown1479	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.
2	TonythePony	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.
2	Luna6ix	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.
2	woodoo	90 _82nd
I have no objectivity about this movie whatsoever. Every single second of this thing has some gag or joke somewhere in it.
2	adamj1982	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.
1	pilgermann	90 _94th
Much much better than it's given credit for. It's just so gleeful!
1	oolookitty	80 _58th
I never thought I'd say this, but Phoebe Cates is totally funny in this.
1	hehejaja	60 _39th
memory says: awesome!
1	spleen	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.
1	SirRobbie	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.
1	Must Unsee	40 _16th
it was too scary
1	Bunken	40 _25th
So far from the original that it hurts...
1	Yiannos	65 _59th
(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.
1	rosenritter	8 _86th
Gremlins made this.

Average Percentile 40.71% from 3736 Ratings