Incredibles 2: reviews

What the critics say average 8.3 from 6 outlets

• 10 The Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan "Perhaps most intriguingly, 'Incredibles 2' is both pop-culture eye candy and a sly critique of it." Read
• 9.2 Rolling StonePeter Travers "This follow-up is every bit the start-to-finish sensation as the original, and Brad Bird's subversive spirit is alive and thriving. Like its Oscar-winning predecessor, 'Incredibles 2' doesn't ring cartoonish. It rings true." Read
• 8.0 Time OutTomris Laffly "At a time when movie screens are clogged with indistinguishable superheroes, 'Incredibles 2' rises above the noise with its defiantly humane soul." Read
• 7.5 Toronto StarPeter Howell "No longer so incredible - and in truth, they never really were - Brad Bird and the Parrs are now happy just to be thought of as reliably entertaining." Read
• 7.5 Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper "It's a solid double and that's just fine, but I'll admit to a feeling of mild disappointment it wasn't a grand slam, given the greatness of the first adventure and the grand and creative mind of Mr. Bird". Read
• 7.5 New York PostSara Stewart "I'm holding out hope for an 'Incredibles 3' where Violet and Elastigirl team up against a baddie who goes by The Patriarchy". Read
• The New YorkerRichard Brody "It's a nostalgic vision of total power of a local minimum that echoes sickeningly with the nostalgic pathologies of the current day, nowhere more than in Win's enthusiastic declaration of his plan to "make superheroes legal again." Read
• New York TimesManohla Dargis "Like his superheroes, Mr. Bird is extraordinarily good at destruction, which is very much in evidence in the virtuosic, often delightful 'Incredibles 2', which picks up narratively where the last movie left off." Read
• VultureSara Stewart Brad Bird's 'Incredibles 2' is, much like its predecessor, delightful as an animated feature but really, really delightful as a superhero picture. Read