entertaining Horrible Bosses
is base, moronic, insulting
and vulgar. It's also
cringingly unfunny."
Tom Russo of The Boston
Globe gave the film two and
a half out of four stars and
said, "A new misadventure
whose negligibly refined
formula somehow ends up
being more consistently
entertaining."
Stephen Holden of The New
York Times said that the film
is "one of the sloppiest and
most unnecessary Hollywood
sequels ever made, isn't
dirtier or more offensive than
its 2011 forerunner. But it is
infinitely dumber and not half
as funny."
Kyle Smith of the New York
Post gave one out of four
stars, saying "Duct tape, thick
rope and the threat of being
shot all figure prominently
in Horrible Bosses 2. All
would have been required to
keep me in my seat if it
weren't my job to report back
on this factory-issued
sequel."
Betsy Sharkey of Los
Angeles Times said, "Make
no mistake, despite some
well-earned laughs, Horrible
Bosses 2 is not what qualifies
as a good movie or even a
particularly good R-rated
comedy."
Joe Williams of St. Louis
Post-Dispatch gave the film
two out of four stars and said,
"Horrible Bosses 2 is further
proof that likable actors have
to take an occasional sick
day."
James Berardinelli gave the
film one and a half stars out
of four and wrote for
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