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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerChicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerWhile the actors do a yeoman’s job in presenting their characters with aplomb (especially Jesse Metcalfe, as Wesley’s lawyer), the entire film simply comes off as a two-hour, jazzed-up movie version of a sermon.
- 40TheWrapDave WhiteTheWrapDave WhiteIts pulls back from the original film’s cruelty and comeuppances for non-believers, yet its non-Christian characters are still parodies of human evil: greedy, bitter, violent, and out to prove that “God is dead.”
- 38RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyRogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyThere are serious movies about the Christian faith, about the persecution of the faithful, and about the intolerance that goes both ways. God's Not Dead 2 is not one of them.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIn a righteous world, the better-acted, upbeat and faith-affirming “Miracles from Heaven” would eat this angry tirade for lunch.
- 25The A.V. ClubVadim RizovThe A.V. ClubVadim RizovThe first film pandered to a heavy persecution complex; this installment’s relatively subtler, but there are dog whistles aplenty.
- 25ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerThere is a tone of anger that sneaks out of the film in even its moments of levity.
- 20The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanGod’s Not Dead 2 is a much better movie than God’s Not Dead, but that’s a bit like saying a glass of milk left on the table hasn’t curdled and is merely sour.
- 0VarietyNick SchagerVarietyNick SchagerDramatically speaking, God’s Not Dead 2 operates at the level of your average middle-school play – except with far greater levels of upside-down logic and bald-faced intolerance for anyone not enraptured by the New Testament.