Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)

  • 74% of critics liked it
    (133 reviews)

  • 43% of users liked it
    (119,332 ratings)

The prepubescent, globetrotting, super-spy sibling duo from director Robert Rodriguez's surprise 2001 hit Spy Kids is back to save the world for a second time in this bigger-budget, larger-scale sequel. Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams opens with our heroes Carmen and Juni (Alexa Vega and Daryl… More

PG,
Directed By
Written By
Robert Rodriguez
Genres
Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Aug 7, 2002 Wide
Dimension Films

Critic Reviews

  • Christy Lemire, Associated Press

    Rodriguez seems to be trying too hard to cram in too much - more gadgets, more characters, more noise, more color. But bigger, brighter and faster isn't necessarily better.

  • Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

    Rodriguez seems to have forgotten that making a spectacle is not the same thing as creating a sense of wonder.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    I didn't like the first one enough to recommend it. I liked this one even less.

  • Claudia Puig, USA Today

    Given the appeal of his first movie, Rodriguez had a big act to follow. Spy Kids ' progeny, though slightly lacking in the warmth of the first, should no doubt please audiences.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    With Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, the Spy Kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape: a James Bond series for kids.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Directors C


    A marginal improvement on its predecessor but its still lacking any charm and like the first it isn't that exciting

  • danny d


    as good as the first if not slightly better. the monsters were a fun touch, and the furthering of the OSS storyline with the kids division was fun as well. cheesy, but fun to watch with the kids.

  • Jim C


    Spy Kids 2 is a great sequel and a very fun one too, maybe better than the first. The plot was very funa nd kids will love it, but most parents will be bored, but its called Spy kids, not Spy Adults. The characters are the same and just as fun, with even new characters who you… More

  • Michael E


    a far better sequel compared to the first not saying i hated the first

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