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(1 - 28) of 28 OFCS Rating: 7% Rotten Page   1   B- "Basic Instinct 2 isn't quite the spurting geyser of sexual excess that the original was, but it has a sense of reservation and a rather graceful desire for worth that makes it an acceptable distraction."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf "She's the Freddy Krueger of this two-film franchise. The fact that a middle-aged woman serves this function, and that the money shot is not some hideous-prosthetic-face reveal but a look at Stone's flawless breasts in a Jacuzzi, makes a tired point: in 20"   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 1/5 " To get to those shots of Stone's chest and thighs, however, the audience has to wait through a two-hour story that's so tedious that the audience may walk out before Stone eventually liberates herself from her clothing."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 2/10 "jedan od rijetkih primjera kada je publika pokazala kako, za razliku od Hollywooda, ipak ima pojma o nekim stvarima"   Index.hr   Dragan Antulov 1/4 "A cause for temporary erectile dysfunction."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 1/4 "Stone doesn't so much enter and leave the film of her own volition so much as she's carted on and off like Hannibal Lecter, the difference being that she'd rather sit on your face than bite it off."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez D "An utterly hilarious piece of camp trash that elicited more laughs from me than 'She's the Man,' 'Larry the Cable Guy' and 'Date Movie' combined."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 1.5/4 "Basic Instinct created a disingenuous ego monster who has hypocritically disowned the very thing which made her a household name to begin with and yet here's a sequel that nobody but her was waiting to get made."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress 1/4 "...a relentlessly cheesy, over-the-top sexual thriller that has all the provocative luster of an inner thigh rash...[a] botched, stillborn psychological fable."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng F "There's simple trash and enjoyable trash; this movie wants to be the latter, but alas it falls into the first category."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 1/4 "This film is unable to involve, entertain, or titillate. Basically, it stinks."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 1.5/5 "A pale shadow that is imminently unworthy of even a raised heartbeat."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 1.5/4 "Not without a lingering element of guilty pleasure but ultimately just another walk in the park for the mad dame Catherine."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 2/10 "You're just hoping for some good trashy fun... That's why it's such a surprise when the movie turns out to be just plain boring."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen "It's as if Stone's vagina stormed off the set in the first week of shooting and hid out in its trailer until the wrap party."   Pajiba   Jeremy C. Fox 1/5 "full review in Greek"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 1/5 "Sure, the old broad looks pretty good in the film, but who wouldn't with fake boobs and a lacquer finish of make-up an inch thick?"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 1.5/4 "Alas, the trashy fun doesn't last. Basic Instinct 2 is trash all the way through, no doubt, but it's not much fun."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest 1.5/4 "For all the sex and slicing, the most shocking thing about it is how dreary it is."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh "[L]eaves very little for fun here beyond guffawing at the outrageous caricature of dangerous sexiness that pop culture inflated [Catherine] into..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson F "Stone, whose portrayal of mature sexiness was breathtaking in last year's Broken Flowers, is so over-the-top here that Tramell appears to be channeling Cruella De Vil. Or maybe Carol Burnett vamping as "Nora Desmond.""   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 2/5 "Ao tentar recriar a ambigüidade do original, revela só a fragilidade de seu roteiro, que, pela (falta de) qualidade, poderia ter sido escrito pela própria Catherine Tramell."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca D- "Basic Instinct 2 would be a magnificent exercise in transcendental camp... were it not for the pleading, deluded look behind its leading lady's ice-blue eyes."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B- "[This] is one of those guilty pleasures that, in your heart, you know you should loath but can't help being amused by the kitschiness of the writing, acting and direction"   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 1/4 "Embarrassment, thy name is Basic Instinct 2."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell "If you're trying to reinvigorate the art of the stylish thriller, the movie you come up with needs to be stylish and it needs to be thrilling. Basic Instinct 2, written by Leora Barish and Henry Bean and directed by Michael Caton-Jones, is neither."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 1/10 "Sordid and ludicrous, it's a steamy stink-bomb!"   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 0/4 "Stone's vampy, thumb-on-the-turntable performance is the most hideous bit of creaky past-prime tarting-about since Mae West was dropping the same dusty come-ons."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw  (1 - 28) of 28 OFCS Rating: 7% Rotten Page   1