Released this week, the new Pixar “Vice-Versa 2” has a press average of 3.7 out of 5 (on AlloCiné, for 25 media).
Nine years after Vice Versa and its $858 million in worldwide revenue, its sequel Vice Versa 2 arrives in our cinemas. This second opus directed by Kelsey Mann (who thus replaces Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen) was well received by the French press, since its average is 3.7 out of 5.
This is the best film of the week, ahead of The Bikeriders and The Summer With Carmen, rated 3.6 out of 5. Note that the first part did much better, with a rave average rating of 4.7 out of 5 ( for 34 reviews).
What is it about ?
Freshly graduated, Riley is now a teenager, which is not without triggering a major upheaval within the headquarters which must face something unexpected: the arrival of new emotions!
Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust – which have worked successfully for a long time – don’t really know how to react when Anxiety arrives. And it seems she’s not the only one…
What the press thinks:
According to 20 Minutes:
“The universe created by the magicians at Pixar is so rich that we could watch Vice-Versa 2 several times without exhausting its discoveries.” By Caroline Vié – 4/5
According to La Croix:
“The film is also surprising with its desire to explore the question of beliefs, these ideas born from lived experience which forge identity at a determining age.” By Stéphane Dreyfus – 4/5
According to Le Figaro:
“A film about puberty, intelligent and sensitive.” By Olivier Delcroix – 4/5
According to Le Parisien:
“If Vice-versa 2 is so successful, it is by managing to repeat the feat of the original film: placing the spectator in a situation of identification, who will recognize himself, or make the comparison with loved ones, in this battle of the upset emotions that inhabit the young girl. Amazing! By Renaud Baronian – 4/5
According to Les Inrockuptibles:
“The genius of the film is, like its first part, to give us the impression of taking place in our heads, and to encourage us to become aware of our mental operations with the help of its own allegorical system. ” By Théo Ribeton – 4/5
Vice-Versa 2: will your children like the sequel to the famous Pixar film?
According to Libération:
“Unfolded, like the first part, according to a quest whose object will be to achieve a concord of contradictory emotions, the story is less poignant, but almost as ingenious.” By Olivier Lamm – 4/5
According to Ouest France:
“If Vice Versa 2 does not revolutionize the genre, it is good family entertainment which will perhaps allow some parents to better understand what is going on in the heads of their teenagers.” By Philippe Lemoine – 4/5
According to Télé Loisirs:
“The film intelligently addresses the delicate transition from childhood to adolescence, alternating humor and more moving moments. For our greatest joy!” By Cédric Choukroun – 4/5
According to CinemaTeaser:
“Stuck between its need to be great entertainment for the whole family and its desire to grow up and tackle deeper, less spectacular subjects, Vice-Versa 2 is like its heroine. Not quite accomplished but with a good bottom.” By Renan Cros – 3/5
According to Critikat.com:
“The shrinkage that Vice Versa 2 operates unfortunately overlaps with another: Pixar seems to have stored, like Riley’s forgotten memories, its former ambitions at the bottom of a hangar.” By Josué Morel – 2/5