Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 2004

Critics score:
21 / 100

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John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: While Scooby 2 is probably no worse or better than the first installment, the freshness has definitely worn off. Read more

Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: The first film was tedious in the extreme; Monsters Unleashed, though it feels way too long and padded, it shows at least brief flashes of imagination. Read more

Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune: To call this a movie a dog would also be an insult to canines, so let's just say Scooby-Doo 2 is a Scooby-Don't. Read more

Erik Lundegaard, Seattle Times: The movie's almost good enough to wash the bad taste of the first Scooby-Doo movie from our mouths. Almost. Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: It's a terrible movie. The laughs aren't there. The stunts are stupid. There's no plot whatsoever. Read more

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: The movie plays every joke down the middle, aiming its dim wit at 5-and-unders, insulting them and whoever was foolish enough to take them on the outing. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: A special effects bonanza that plays like an incredibly elaborate theme park ride, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed could be a tough go for those not already Scooby-Doo fans. Read more

Houston Chronicle: Read more

Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly: There's nothing overtly better or worse about this sequel. Read more

Globe and Mail: Read more

Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News: It's silly stuff, but the cast is likable, and the chemistry between real-life husband and wife Prinze and Gellar is affecting. Read more

Jon Strickland, L.A. Weekly: The filmmakers are once again able to attract comic talent to languish in underwritten villain roles (Peter Boyle), and Scooby Doo still looks more like a bobble-head doll in the rear window of a Gremlin than a dog or a cartoon. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: Imagine you are given a free pass to go on every ride at Great Adventure, but the fine print stipulates that you have only 90 minutes in which to do them all ... This, more or less, is the Scooby-Doo experience. Read more

Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger: Slightly more digestible than its predecessor. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: The rapidly aging cast is clearly in it for the cash, with not a single one fully committed to the task. Read more

Dave Kehr, New York Times: Scooby-Doo 2 looks like a Saturday morning cartoon and unfortunately feels like one, too. Read more

Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel: Aims directly at young Scooby-philes, playing it straight and corny and evoking nostalgic memories of episodes past. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: What I felt as I watched Scooby-Doo was not the intense dislike I had for the first film, but a kind of benign indifference. Read more

Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: The sequel will likely be a disappointment to everyone except 10-year-old barf joke aficionados and a few stoned adults. Read more

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Monstrously silly. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Read more

Mike Clark, USA Today: Another spooky-doo comedy for tykes who think Scooby's doo-doo is funny. Read more

Joe Leydon, Variety: Law of diminishing returns has caught up with this franchise. Read more

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Joshua Land, Village Voice: Eventually gets bogged down in simplistic 'be yourself' moralizing destined to fail with its target audience. Read more