section_path: Reception/Critical response
section_name: Critical response
paragraph_text: Critical response
  
  On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 77% of 206 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Improving on the original by leaning into Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal's buddy comedy chemistry, The Accountant 2 can safely be filed under a good time at the movies." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 58 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while 68% of those surveyed by PostTrak said they would definitely recommend it.
  
  On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 77% of 206 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Improving on the original by leaning into Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal's buddy comedy chemistry, The Accountant 2 can safely be filed under a good time at the movies." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 58 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while 68% of those surveyed by PostTrak said they would definitely recommend it.