

Critters 2
It's everyone's turn for seconds.
Three bounty hunters from space fly back to the town of Grovers Bend, hoping to save local residents from a new batch of Critter eggs.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Box office
- $3.8M
- Language
- English
- spacecraft
- small town
- bounty hunter
- hamburger
- kansas, usa
- sequel
- alien
- easter
- easter bunny
- reporter
- creature
- explosion
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1329 Apr 1988
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1529 Apr 1988
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM22 Mar 1989
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1431 Aug 1990
CzechiaCZ
- TheatricalU22 Jul 1993
FranceFR
- TheatricalU20 Jul 1988
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1629 Dec 1988
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1629 Apr 1988
- TV9 Dec 1999
- Physical1615 Aug 2006
MexicoMX
- TheatricalB-1516 Jun 1988
PortugalPT
- PremiereM/16Fantasporto - Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto4 Feb 1989
- TheatricalM/166 Jul 1990
SpainES
- Theatrical1621 Mar 1989
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1516 Jun 1989
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Critters 2 was released on 29 April 1988.
Audience reviews
4- G6/10
Gimly
8/25/2019
Critters 2 leans a bit more into the silliness of the series. Not to say that the original was a bleak take on gritty realism, but it did seem to take the danger a fraction more serious. It's not something that works particularly for or against the sequel, it's just a slight change, one that makes sense even. Establishes a real inter-connectivity in the franchise (that Critters would basically hold on to all the way …
- S3/10
Sheldon Nylander
8/31/2019
The first "Critters" movie was a low-budget little monsters sci-fi/horror film that, despite its limitations in money and tech, still managed to strike the right chord in balancing the sci-fi, horror, suspense, and comedy elements, even with a PG-13 rating (despite its theme, only two people actually die in the first movie). Unfortunately, despite the fact that you can see them trying really hard to recapture it, "Cr…
- W6/10
Wuchak
1/1/2025
**_Effectively continues the story, but it’s not as good as the first movie_** It is reported that Crites are still present on Earth, so Ug (Terrence Mann) and two other galactic bounty hunters return to wipe them out, including earthling misfit Charlie (Don Keith Opper). Brad (Scott Grimes) just so happens to be in town when they visit the planet. Along with his new girlfriend (Liane Curtis), they team-up to erad…
- R7/10
r96sk
4/23/2025
<em>'Critters 2: The Main Course'</em> is more of the same, which is good for a sequel of this type. I wasn't anticipating much but it's solid enough, if you like the first flick then I'd be surprised if this disappointed you. I did rate the original, so go figure. Scott Grimes is the standout, in my opinion, from the first release, here he takes a bit more of a back seat (if still the lead) as it's practically an…
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