Good Burger 2 (2023)

Good Burger 2 is the follow-up sequel to the 1997 hit Good Burger based on the Nickelodeon skit from the TV show All That.

The man who brought you the hit TV show, The Last Man On Earth, Phil Traill comes to direct this. Oh, he only directed one episode? He's pretty much only done TV stuff. After seeing the film I doubt he'll be asked to do more, but then again lately in Hollywood people are failing upward. He just had to do an acceptable sequel and we got this. He didn't grow up with Good Burger, he was already an old man by that point. They should have gotten someone in their thirties to direct. The writing really feels like the first film which makes sense since they've gotten the original writers on board.

Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell return to reprise their roles. They've got some All That alumni back including Lori Beth Denberg and Josh Server. Kenan has grown the most in terms of acting, probably from his stay on SNL and Kel just feels like he's going through the motions and getting the paycheck you know he got to reprise his role. No one else could do it and it would have made the movie worse.

In the end, my kids enjoyed it for its silliness but shouldn't a nostalgia-bait movie cater to the people who grew up with it? Perhaps the writers considered that but felt it wouldn't match the same feel of the first one. Result: D+

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