My Girl 2 Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.0
Video		2.5
Audio		2.5
Extras		0.0
Overall		2.0

My Girl 2 Blu-ray Movie Review

This Mill Creek Blu-ray release of 'My Girl 2' is currently only available as part of a double feature with 'My Girl.' The film was previously released by Sony in 2020.

My Girl 2 Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

As was the case with Mill Creek's My Girl, with which this film shares a disc, the image suffers some drawbacks compared to the superior Sony presentation. This one is notably flatter, with a compromised grain structure and obvious compression artifacts in more detrimental abundance than the My Girl transfer. It looks decent enough at-a-glance but it quickly becomes apparent that the chunky compression artifacts render the picture less than desirable. To be sure, some decent filmic texturing remains, with at times a semblance of the original grain structure in view as well as passable texturing all around. But more often than not the macroblocking gets in the way of whatever positives the image has on offer. Color output is generally strong with only a little bleeding on some solid reds. Tones are generally bright and sturdy, though the image does have a slightly airy look about it. Colorful clothes, natural greens, and the red sports car all offer good fundamental tonal output. Skin tones can be slightly pasty and flat and black levels likewise a little less than ideal. The compression issues are what really hurt here. It's watchable but it's a far cry from the vastly superior Sony release.

My Girl 2 Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

The DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 lossless soundtrack struggles to maintain a level of excellence. Listen to a scene on the movie set at the 56-minute mark. there's an obvious disbalance at work to the surrounding din as well as near field sound effects like slightly crumpling paper which is too amplified and gets in the way of the scene's dialogue. The general disbalance remains throughout. While the effect is not so poor as the most extreme examples, such as that listed above, listeners will note rising and falling effects here and there and a general inability to present the track in any sense of harmony. The two channel presentation does stretch the material wide and sometimes with a good bit of aggression to music and support elements both. Dialogue images well to the center and is generally clear and detailed, particularly when there's not much competing sound.

My Girl 2 Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

No extras are included. The Sony disc was similarly bare-bones.

My Girl 2 Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

My Girl 2 keeps things simple and sweet. The movie doesn't work as well as it might otherwise have by billing itself as a sequel to a superior film with which this one has little in common beyond returning characters and a couple of recurring themes. But no matter what it's called or the names of the characters who appear in it, there's no mistaking the movie's charming appeal and approachable sentimentality. It's a solid film even if there's little necessary connection to the original. Mill Creek's featureless Blu-ray struggles to display good video and output solid audio. Both are faulty and well behind the superior Sony release. If cost is a factor then it's cheaper at time of publication to buy both films from Mill Creek rather than just one from Sony, but if the best presentation matters, the Sony discs are worth the extra cost.