When this film is working it's really really working, but when it delves into cheesiness, it kind of goes a little bit too far. What makes these films work is their ability, or perhaps Bill Murray's ability to not talk them too seriously.
I love that at the beginning of this film they've been through the ringer and are completely out of the favor of the masses. Reduced to performing at birthday parties for the spare cash.
The cast is really stellar. Murray and Weaver are a really cute couple in this and I suppose the film could have used a little more tension between them but I'll let it slide. Annie Potts has a real sexy/geeky thing going on in a Janine that is quite a bit funkier from the last version.
I love that NY's negative vibes have been feeding into this evil goop and that's what's making the evil Vigo resurface.
I'm really looking forward to the video game this fall that's supposed to act as what the third film would be if it had ever been made.
On a whole it's still not better than the first, however there's some smarter, funnier moments here than in the first, not counting one-liners.
Fun film, good sequel.
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