Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 2015

Sara Stewart, New York Post: This wisp of a plot is just an excuse for James to do his one trick over and over: Bluster, then screw up humiliatingly. Is it never funny? No, it's not never funny. It's just not funny nearly often enough. Read more

Justin Chang, Variety: Kevin James keeps falling on his face and colliding with heavy objects, this time in Vegas, in this tacky, numbingly inane sequel. Read more

Jesse Hassenger, AV Club: Maybe Paul Blart isn't spoofing John McClane after all; maybe these movies are actually too stupid to realize what they're imitating. Read more

Kevin P. Sullivan, Entertainment Weekly: Far from the worst movie that you'll ever see, but you might leave wondering why you, the people on the screen, or anyone else in the theater even bothered. Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: James tries hard, very hard, to inject the proceedings with slapstick humor, propelling his large body through endless physical contortions in a fruitless effort for laughs. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: Although there have been worse sequels -- and worse overall movies -- make no mistake, that's hardly a recommendation. Read more

Rafer Guzman, Newsday: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 may be forgettable, but it's difficult to truly dislike. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: The cinematic equivalent of biting into an old brown banana. Read more

Andy Webster, New York Times: You won't find much offensive in Kevin James's slick, innocuous vehicle Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. You won't find much prompting an emotional reaction in general, so familiar are the jokes and situations. Read more

Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com: Truly, there is not a single redeeming moment in director Andy Fickman's film. A general flatness and lethargy permeates these reheated proceedings. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Caddyshack 2. Exorcist 2. Speed 2. To this small sample of the ever-expanding list of wretched movie sequels, add Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, a gobsmackingly witless excuse for entertainment. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: A movie whose chuckles (six, I counted) are outnumbered by helicopter shots of the Wynn resort in Las Vegas. Read more

Tom Huddleston, Time Out: What would a film be like if every single person involved made as little effort as humanly possible? Read more

Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture: Nobody was expecting much from Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, but did it have to be this unimaginative and lifeless? Read more