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Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
Comedy · Crime · 2020
After Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter is ambushed and left for dead, Shawn and Gus return to help him and find themselves embroiled in a case involving the personal, the professional – and even the supernatural.
Movie details
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
2020 Comedy · Crime 1h 29m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.0 / 10
Community rating
After Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter is ambushed and left for dead, Shawn and Gus return to help him and find themselves embroiled in a case involving the personal, the professional – and even the supernatural.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Psych 2: Lassie Come Home?
For the defence
The Big-Idea Head
“You watch with your brain, not your gut.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Steve Franks
Written by
James Roday Rodriguez · Steve Franks · Andy Berman
James Roday Rodriguez
Shawn Spencer
Dulé Hill
Burton Guster
Timothy Omundson
Carlton Lassiter
Maggie Lawson
Juliet O'Hara
Corbin Bernsen
Henry Spencer
Kurt Fuller
Coroner Woody Strode
Kirsten Nelson
Karen Vick
Court is in session
Put Psych 2: Lassie Come Home on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Technique in search of a pulse.”
Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.