Name : Nick Schager / Alias : Variety
A torturous exercise in one-note proselytizing.

Name : Dave White / Alias : TheWrap
The audience is encouraged to assume that the widespread persecution of all Christians is at hand. In Arkansas.

Name : Vadim Rizov / Alias : AV Club
From its lecture on the conservative canard that separation of church and state is a myth on down, God's Not Dead 2 is a movie for Ralph Reed's Moral Majority, with all the entangled political baggage that comes with it.

Name : Bill Zwecker / Alias : Chicago Sun-Times
The agenda here is front and center from start to finish, and while the actors do a yeoman's job in presenting their characters with aplomb, the entire film simply comes off as a two-hour, jazzed-up movie version of a sermon.

Name : Trevor Johnston / Alias : Time Out
A trio of contrasting personalities, the veterans bring both a mischievous wit and a sense of subdued anger to a familiar comic plotline, and the film achieves a rare balance of laughter and compassion.

Name : Vincent Canby / Alias : New York Times
Though the cast is headed by three fine actors, two of whom, Mr. Burns and Mr. Carney, are also extremely funny men, it never elicits any emotional response more profound than curiosity.

Name : Dave Kehr / Alias : Chicago Reader
There are laughs, but the prevalent tone is one of discreet compassion, without condescension or sanctimony.