There is a gender-flipped gonzo goofiness to the film that was wildly ahead of its time in ’82 and, sadly, likely remains so today.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 21, 2022

What I want from this material is a stylized rock musical, and what I keep getting are stale Broadway routines.

| Sep 10, 2020

Unlike Grease's "cool" Rizzo (Stockard Channing), Stephanie doesn't have to be mean to anyone who doesn't fit into her Pink Lady standard. She's just cool, period.

| Feb 27, 2019

The singing, dancing and staging isn't memorable in Grease 2. It's just imaginative and energetic enough to keep you interested. The same can be said for the whole film.

| Apr 27, 2018

This movie just recycles Grease, without the stars, without the energy, without the freshness and without the grease.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 15, 2015

Definitely of the so-bad-it's-almost-good genre, this kinda stands the test of time in a camp way, mainly because of the charm of Pfeiffer and Carrington.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 15, 2015

I don't mean to deny the self-evident second-rateness of the project, just to suggest that it's preferable to the third-rateness that has become the norm in the genre.

| Aug 15, 2015

Grease 2 is the most serendipitous sequel in recent memory. It is an ingratiating, jubilant improvement on a crummy original.

| Aug 15, 2015

Where this film has a decided edge on its predecessor is in the staging and cutting of the musical sequences.

| Jul 6, 2010

Sheer energy, a handful of good tunes (including a great theme song from the Four Tops), and some very funny one-liners save the day.

| Feb 9, 2006

Grease 2 is dizzy and slight, with an even more negligible plot than its predecessor had. This time the story can't even masquerade as an excuse for stringing the songs together.

| Aug 30, 2004

As far as '50s-styled cornball tributes to heavy-petting go, Grease 2 has got nothing on Prince's "Jack U Off."

| Jun 11, 2003