What once bubbled up from a sincere love of Greek family has now congealed into the all-too-familiar Hollywood tale of milking a cash cow until it cries for mercy.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar 2016
rotten:
Feels about as fresh as two-day old spanakopita.
– Katie Walsh,
Tribune News Service,
25 Mar 2016
rotten:
What we're left with is something that recalls Crocodile Dundee in L.A. - the misbegotten notion that bringing back characters long past their sell-by date is a good idea.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
27 Mar 2016
rotten:
It manages to rehash the original, almost entirely, while lacking nearly all the things that made the first film, despite its flaws, compelling.