Zoolander 2
Former models Derek Zoolander and Hansel find themselves thrust back into the spotlight after living in seclusion for years. Meanwhile, Derek's rival Jacobim Mugatu is set free and is seeking revenge.
30 March 1962, Oakland, California, USA
29 May 1982, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
15 July 1982, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
26 June 1993, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
21 December 1965, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
19 May 1934, Wichita, Kansas, USA
February 14, 2017
The problem with these new comedy sequels is that they feel uncomfortably forced. Sometimes it's better to not go back. Sometimes it's better to just leave things exactly where they are.
December 31, 2016
This movie goes a good hour before it gets any big laughs.
February 14, 2016
There are some clever bits and the satire is at times scathing but, on the whole, moments of hilarity are like oases in a desert of tedium. When Zoolander 2 isn't funny, the silliness strains the viewer's patience.
November 15, 2016
Whatever inspiration first fed the original film has been bled pretty dry by this point, but what gives this film a special kind of unintentional poignancy is the way in which the comedy zeitgeist has largely passed by the main comic cast.
February 12, 2016
How bad is Zoolander 2? It's Batman and Robin bad.
February 15, 2016
The first film scored a few palpable hits, but the new one barely makes the effort, and the poise of a work like "Funny Face," which both mocked and fêted a devotion to couture, seems an impossible dream.
February 12, 2016
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, aesthetically minded.
February 12, 2016
While all comedies get refined in the editing room, this one feels like it was slapped together there, as Stiller - who also directed - searched for laughs.
January 03, 2017
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 myself filled with bitter disappointment.
August 02, 2016
Failing to tap into practically any of the charm of its predecessor is Zoolander 2, a supposed comedy devoid of practically any creativity and humor.
February 19, 2016
Zoolander 2 takes pains to reference every successful gag you remember from the original, and then embellish them in painful-often offensive, almost always outdated-fashion.
November 15, 2016
Fifteen years after the fact, the sequel risks jeopardizing the goodwill generated by the pretty-good and unexpected original, recycling too many okay jokes and references while failing to update it for the times in any substantial way.
