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Zoolander 2

  • 2016
  • PG-13
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
73K
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Ben Stiller, Penélope Cruz, and Owen Wilson in Zoolander 2 (2016)
Derek and Hansel team up with an Interpol agent to find out who is behind the deaths of the world's biggest pop stars.
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Derek and Hansel are lured into modelling again, in Rome, where they find themselves the target of a sinister conspiracy.Derek and Hansel are lured into modelling again, in Rome, where they find themselves the target of a sinister conspiracy.Derek and Hansel are lured into modelling again, in Rome, where they find themselves the target of a sinister conspiracy.

  • Director
    • Ben Stiller
  • Writers
    • Justin Theroux
    • Ben Stiller
    • Nicholas Stoller
  • Stars
    • Ben Stiller
    • Owen Wilson
    • Penélope Cruz
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    73K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,270
    161
    • Director
      • Ben Stiller
    • Writers
      • Justin Theroux
      • Ben Stiller
      • Nicholas Stoller
    • Stars
      • Ben Stiller
      • Owen Wilson
      • Penélope Cruz
    • 242User reviews
    • 254Critic reviews
    • 34Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 17 nominations

    Videos42

    International Trailer
    Trailer 2:26
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    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:35
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    Teaser
    Trailer 1:59
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    Zoolander 2
    Trailer 2:28
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    Give Me Magnum
    Clip 0:44
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    I Trust Her
    Clip 0:47
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    Prison Changed Me
    Clip 0:51
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    Prison Changed Me
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    I I Trust Her
    Clip 0:48
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    Kiss
    Clip 0:38
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    Kiss
    Clip 0:39
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    Give Me Magnum
    Clip 0:45
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    Photos260

    Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Penélope Cruz, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, and Valentino Garavani in Zoolander 2 (2016)
    Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Penélope Cruz, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, Justin Theroux, and Kristen Wiig in Zoolander 2 (2016)
    Ben Stiller in Zoolander 2 (2016)
    Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in Zoolander 2 (2016)
    Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in Zoolander 2 (2016)
    Ben Stiller in Zoolander 2 (2016)
    Ben Stiller in Zoolander 2 (2016)
    Owen Wilson in Zoolander 2 (2016)
    Justin Theroux in Zoolander 2 (2016)
    Owen Wilson in Zoolander 2 (2016)
    Owen Wilson in Zoolander 2 (2016)
    Penélope Cruz in Zoolander 2 (2016)

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    Ben Stiller
    Ben Stiller
    • Derek
    Owen Wilson
    Owen Wilson
    • Hansel
    Penélope Cruz
    Penélope Cruz
    • Valentina Valencia
    Will Ferrell
    Will Ferrell
    • Jacobim Mugatu
    Justin Bieber
    Justin Bieber
    • Justin Bieber
    Jon Daly
    Jon Daly
    • Agent Filippo
    Katie Couric
    Katie Couric
    • Katie Couric
    Amy Stiller
    Amy Stiller
    • Mom Tourist
    Charlotte Townsend
    Charlotte Townsend
    • Girl Tourist
    Christine Taylor
    Christine Taylor
    • Matilda
    Jim Lehrer
    Jim Lehrer
    • Jim Lehrer
    Christiane Amanpour
    Christiane Amanpour
    • Christian Amanpour
    Jane Pauley
    Jane Pauley
    • Jane Pauley
    Justin Theroux
    Justin Theroux
    • Evil DJ
    Milla Jovovich
    Milla Jovovich
    • Katinka
    Woodrow W. Asai
    • Prime Minister of Malaysia
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Woodrow Asai)
    Jerry Stiller
    Jerry Stiller
    • Maury
    Joe Scarborough
    Joe Scarborough
    • Joe Scarborough
    • Director
      • Ben Stiller
    • Writers
      • Justin Theroux
      • Ben Stiller
      • Nicholas Stoller
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The announcement for the movie came from a fashion show where Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson walked down the runway, in character, as Derek and Hansel.
    • Goofs
      When the helicopter takes off from Thimble Island fashion prison the tail rotor is not spinning.
    • Quotes

      Derek Zoolander: I'm going to retire, withdraw from public life, and become a hermit crab.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Saturday Show: Episode #1.10 (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Ignite
      Written and Performed by Greg Pajer & Nicolas Farmakalidis

    User reviews242

    Review
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    4/10
    Horrendously unfunny
    I really liked the original Zoolander, with its unique brand of cleverly dumb comedy, but I never thought we needed a sequel. Nonetheless, when Zoolander 2 was announced, I was looking forward to it, and with a couple of pretty entertaining trailers, I thought that this wasn't going to be one of those awful comedy sequels.

    Oh, how wrong I was.

    I'm sorry to say that Zoolander 2 is easily one of the worst comedy sequels I've ever seen. Apart from a couple of chuckles, it failed to make me laugh on a consistent basis, further angering me as it got more and more boring and irritating as the film unfolded. Its story makes absolutely no sense, and the narrative gets completely tangled up on numerous occasions, destroying any enjoyment you could have found in the film away from the terrible comedy, making this a thoroughly dull and difficult movie to watch from start to finish.

    The main thing we have to talk about here is how bad the comedy is. All comedy sequels are tough to do, but normally, by keeping everything pretty similar, you can get an entertaining movie. The problem with Zoolander 2 is that it completely fails to deliver the brilliant sense of humour that first film had.

    The original Zoolander wasn't a dumb film, in fact it was a really clever comedy that centred around a dumb character. The jokes were well-written, and the majority of the humour stemmed from those main characters. In the sequel, however, the comedy is just dumb. Relying WAY too heavily on celebrity cameos for cheap laughs, and just completely underwhelming gags on a constant basis, there's very little to laugh at.

    I will admit I chuckled a couple of times. Benedict Cumberbatch's slightly offensive transgender character that you've seen in the trailers was pretty good, and a couple of the jokes they did satirising modern social media and hipsters etc. weren't too bad either.

    Apart from that, this is a hugely unfunny film, and I'd say about 95% of all of the jokes completely miss the mark. Sometimes, when there was a joke, it would take me a few seconds to realise that it was actually meant to be funny. And when I say sometimes, I mean pretty much all the time, which shows you just how unfunny this is.

    Now, that's the main objective of a comedy: to make you laugh. But, seeing as that failed completely in Zoolander 2, maybe the story could have salvaged something.

    No, it didn't. The plot here is absolutely atrocious. Whilst the first film had a clear focus, Derek being brainwashed to kill the Malaysian Prime Minister, everything in the sequel is all over the place. At some points they're looking for the assassins, sometimes they're just trying to do fashion, sometimes they want to find Derek's son, and all sorts of other rubbish that made this a hugely messy film that failed to interest or entertain me at any point.

    Now, I've been really harsh to Zoolander 2 here, and although I think it definitely deserves heavy criticism, there is one thing that I do have to praise, and that's Ben Stiller's directing. Much like the first film, Zoolander 2 looks very stylish, just like the world of high fashion should be. Every scene is fantastically put together, the action sequences are brilliantly choreographed, and it is generally a very nice film to look at.

    That's it for positives, though. Overall, Zoolander 2 was a painfully disappointing film. It completely fails to live up to its predecessor, but most importantly, it almost never makes you laugh, and with such a huge amount of jokes coming your way, it becomes quickly annoying and horrendously dull to watch.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 12, 2016 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Italy
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official Twitter
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Zoolander No. 2
    • Filming locations
      • Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Panorama Films
      • Red Hour Films
      • Scott Rudin Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $50,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $28,848,693
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,841,146
      • Feb 14, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $56,722,693
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Datasat
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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