Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: reviews

What the critics say average 6.9 from 13 outlets

• 8.8 USA TodayBrian Truitt Just like the first one, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is a winning and wonderfully relatable gem of crazy. Read
• 8.0 EmpireChris Hewitt Even when the pixels threaten to overwhelm, Gunn finds refuge in his main characters. There?s plenty to enjoy here. Read
• 8.0 The TelegraphRobbie Collin That sense of gooey euphoria runs through everything that?s good in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2". Read
• 7.5 The WrapAlonso Duralde There is wit and there are explosions, and while none of them represent a step above "Guardians of the Galaxy", neither do they impugn the memory of one of the freshest and most fun of the Marvel movies. Read
• 7.0 VarietyOwen Gleiberman Shot for shot, line and line, it?s an extravagant and witty follow-up, made with the same friendly virtuosic dazzle. Yet this time you can sense just how hard the series? wizard of a director, James Gunn (now taking off from a script he wrote solo), is working to entertain you. Maybe a little too hard. Read
• 7.0 Screen CrushMatt Singer The characters and their relationships are strong and the dialogue is sharp, but the whole thing feels like a minor installment in an ongoing series. Read
• 7.0 Screen CrushMatt Singer The characters and their relationships are strong and the dialogue is sharp, but the whole thing feels like a minor installment in an ongoing series. Read
• 6.7 IndiewireEric Kohn Much of the material gets rehashed with slight variations...and many of the space battles have a redundant quality. Read
• 6.7 Entertainment WeeklyChris Nashawaty It?s smarter than most films, but not as smart as the first one. It?s funnier than most films, but not as funny as the first one. And it still probably belongs in the upper tier of Marvel movies but nowhere near as high up as the first one. Read
• 6.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw It?s fun, though GOTG2 doesn?t have the same sense of weird urgency and point that the first film had. They?re still guarding, although the galaxy never seems in much danger. Read
• 6.0 The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 plays like a second ride on a roller-coaster that was a real kick the first time around but feels very been-there/done-that now. Read
• 6.0 Time OutTom Huddleston The characters are still fun to be around, the one-liners are still sharp...and the soundtrack is, of course, terrific. But there are only so many times you can slap on a Fleetwood Mac toe-tapper and expect it to paper over the cracks. Read
• 5.0 TimeStephanie Zacharek In striving to surprise us every minute with its seen-it-all irony, Guardians Vol. 2 is actually the surprise-spoiler of all time?our every "Wow!" or "Haha!" has been scripted in advance. Read