Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay – who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the MIB, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy – to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.
If the first Men in Black was money, the second is small change. But it still jingles in the pocket. It's fun lite.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
11 Jul 2002
rotten:
A mixed bag of a comedy that can't really be described as out of this world.
– Robert Denerstein,
Denver Rocky Mountain News,
9 Aug 2002
fresh:
It isn't without a modicum of felicitous charms.
– Chuck Stephens,
L.A. Weekly,
25 Nov 2002
fresh:
The movie's smart, funny and fairly forgettable.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
rotten:
The down-home satire of how we cope with cultural difference has evaporated, replaced by jazzy effects that wear out their welcome by the halfway mark.