Grease 2

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Grease 2

PG

Released Jun 11, 1982

1h 55m

Musical

Comedy

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Stephanie Zinone (Michelle Pfeiffer) is the leader of Rydell High School's Pink Ladies, a gang of girls who are counterparts of the school's group of greasers called the T-Birds. Stephanie is tired of her relationship with top T-Bird Johnny Nogerelli (Adrian Zmed), so she breaks up with him and quickly catches the eye of English exchange student Michael Carrington (Maxwell Caulfield). Hoping to win her over, Michael tries to overcome his nerdy ways while holding off the jealous Johnny.

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Critics Consensus

Grease 2 is undeniably stocked with solid songs and well-choreographed dance sequences, but there's no getting around the fact that it's a blatant retread of its far more entertaining predecessor.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

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.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 21, 2022

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David Denby

New York Magazine/Vulture

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

Sep 10, 2020

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Gwen Ihnat

AV Club

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

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Grease 2 is a near-unmitigated failure: commercially, creatively, basically entirely.

Rated: 3/10

Jul 19, 2022

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Peter Canavese

Celluloid Dreams

A kind of watered down version of a John Waters movie with unmemorable songs (but Tab Hunter's 'Reproduction' is a stand-out).

Rated: 2/4

Jun 28, 2022

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Grease 2 has somehow managed to pick up a decent amount of devotees over the decades, which makes me believe there must be hope for the likes of Battlefield Earth and The Hottie & the Nottie.

Rated: 1/4

Jun 12, 2022

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brigitte w

The music is awesome and the costumes are bananas good. Two of the most gorgeous humans on the planet and lots of laughs. This movie is so underrated.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/21/22

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Julian S

Maybe it’s because the original has been sung into oblivion, but GREASE 2 strikes me as the superior film—with a no-nonsense female lead, catchier tunes, and a singing cast that brings just a bit more swagger.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/08/24

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Daniel H

Grease 2 in my opinion is greatly underrated I don't see how it didn't do well because it is a really good movie almost better than the first one so how it's not like rated almost the same as the first one is beyond me it's a great movie

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/01/24

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Ananda J

obviously wanted to love it but it was like wattching fingernails on a chalk board.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/12/24

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luvnelly

A mimic of the original movie, no remark can match the original, talented actors eg John Travolta and Olivia newton John...

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/12/24

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Mike P

Banal sequel movies like this always seem so desperate; and so wasteful...And this is no exception. ESPECIALLY when they try to completely recast a classic! That's just deadly! I mean, they should have really pushed a little harder to get the original cast back. The rumor I heard was that this was originally going to be called Grease 2: Summer School; and was going to star Stockard Channing and Jeff Conaway...And THAT would have been awesome! Or something with Danny and Sandy again, now in their young adult years, wouldn't have been bad at all! But this just a stale role reversal retread...Now the GIRL is the sexy, cool one, and the BOY is the nerdy outsider...With a brand new stack of hopefuls...And I mean, it never really gets past that original mistake of recasting this story...It all just feels awkward and a little off...It would be like doing Psycho 2 with a different actor playing Norman...Or a Star Wars 2 with a different Luke, Leia and Han. I mean, it just wouldn't work; not when you're playing characters that someone made so iconic. It's just the kiss of death even trying; and so this movie; with it's cast of pretenders, and it's derivative plot; fails. Overall: Thumbs Down 👎

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/28/24

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Patricia Birch

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Michael Carrington

Michelle Pfeiffer

Stephanie Zinone

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Synopsis

Stephanie Zinone (Michelle Pfeiffer) is the leader of Rydell High School's Pink Ladies, a gang of girls who are counterparts of the school's group of greasers called the T-Birds. Stephanie is tired of her relationship with top T-Bird Johnny Nogerelli (Adrian Zmed), so she breaks up with him and quickly catches the eye of English exchange student Michael Carrington (Maxwell Caulfield). Hoping to win her over, Michael tries to overcome his nerdy ways while holding off the jealous Johnny.

Director: Patricia Birch
Producer: Robert Stigwood, Allan Carr
Screenwriter: Ken Finkleman
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount
Rating: PG
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 11, 1982, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2011
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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