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- 63Boston GlobeTom RussoBoston GlobeTom RussoDirector Thor Freudenthal (“Diary of a Wimpy Kid”) finds his groove with a succession of flashy 3-D renderings... They’re digitized riffs on the Sarlacc pit from “Star Wars” and the finale of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” — but as with the “Potter” cribbing, when it’s done well, it encourages “Percy” audiences to forgive the derivative chunks and thin emotion.
- 50San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubSan Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubThere are plenty of bad films to get riled up about in the summer. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters isn't one of them. This is harmless tween-centric fun.
- 50Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallThat first movie was obviously a calculated grab for Harry Potter-type movie success but didn't feel like a rip-off. This one skews younger, to an easier-to-please demographic, closely resembling other fantasies since.
- 50McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreThe quest, which takes our heroes to the Sea of Monsters, aka The Bermuda Triangle, is generic in the extreme. The fights/escapes all lack any sense of urgency and peril.
- 40The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasPercy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters continues a tradition of adequacy that could be described as “epic-ish” or “majestic-esque.”
- 40Time OutNick SchagerTime OutNick SchagerDespite the usual end-of-world crisis and Mount Olympus MVP characters, there’s no sense that anything’s truly at stake; rather, it feels as if the filmmakers are coasting on the fumes of teen-angst fantasy and making up their fairy-tale rules (Cyclopes are fireproof!) as they go along.
- 40Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzWhat makes mythology so great is its sense of danger, the threat of real loss. This version of “Percy” has none of that.
- 25New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartLike some hybrid beast out of Greek mythology, this young-adult sequel has the body of a “Harry Potter,” the head of a “Twilight,” the feet of a “Hunger Games” and the tail, oddly, of a “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
- 20New York Daily NewsNew York Daily NewsThere isn’t even an actual sea of monsters in “Sea of Monsters,” unless you count some fish guts.
- 12Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundSlant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundI'll tell you what's insane: the probability that folks will go easy on this dreck because it's aimed at younger viewers, who are being distressingly trained to expect little from their art.