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42 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Time Out LondonTime Out LondonMostly, Zoolander 2 hits the mark with style. Just don’t expect anything too deep.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThere are always some laughs to be had here, and Ben Stiller’s couture legend now has an endearingly muppety look.
- 60The TelegraphHelen O'HaraThe TelegraphHelen O'HaraIt’s fun to see Zoolander once more. It seems unlikely that the premise could ever sustain a third film, but if this is Derek’s swan song then he leaves amid a flurry of feathers and bustle – surely all a male model could wish for.
- 60Total FilmJames MottramTotal FilmJames MottramMore Blue Steel than Magnum, this is a perfectly serviceable sequel, but dogged by repetition, it lacks the original's speed and sizzle.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyEntertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyZoolander No. 2 is embarrassing, lazy, and aggressively unfunny. The only good news is that at the pace the franchise is moving, we won’t get Zoolander 3 until 2030.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneySure, it's a kick to see Stiller and Wilson back in the shoes of these camera-ready cretins, but for every joke that sparks there are several that just lay there.
- 40Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonThe stakes are higher, the action is bigger, the ambitions are grander, the jokes are appreciably less funny. Like many comedy sequels, Zoolander 2 supersizes everything in such a way that it’s that much more apparent how few of the jokes are connecting.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreA “high concept comedy” from the days when those were a thing, it’s basically a cacophony of cameos and random sight gags hurled at the viewer in a tsunami of haute couture hype.
- 25TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeThere are no build-ups or pay-offs here, just a lot of random moments of people saying stupid stuff, and fashion people being gently lampooned.
- 20VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangThe results may delight those who believe recycled gags and endless cameos to be the very essence of great screen comedy, but everyone else will likely recognize Stiller’s wannabe Magnum opus as a disappointment-slash-misfire, the orange mocha crappuccino of movie sequels.