Rating: 
Summary: Deserves 3.5
Review: While this is a very somewhat funny movie, it still lacks. But is a good come back. The critics bash it for not having a plot, but ask yourself 1 question, Why do we need some complicated, inventive, thought provoking plot in a COMEDY! We don't, that isn't what comedy is about. In some forms of comedy you need a plot, but in this form you don't. This is a feel good movie you can sit back forget that you have any intelligence and just have a good time. That is what comedy is about. The Mole joke is the best! The first is still the best.
Rating:
Summary: Deserves four
Review: While this is infinately better than the 2nd Austin Powers it still lacks. But is a good come back. The critics bash it for not having a plot, but ask yourself 1 question, Why do we need some complicated, inventive, thought provoking plot in a COMEDY! We don't, that isn't what comedy is about. In some forms of comedy you need a plot, but in this form you don't. This is a feel good movie you can sit back forget that you have any intelligence and just have a good time. That is what comedy is about. The Mole joke is the best!
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Summary: Yeah baby - groovy as gold!
Review: If the outrageous prologue featuring a cluster of stellar cameos in their goofiest doesn't impress as a golden moment then the third installment in this blockbuster franchise is clearly out of your league.You probably wouldn't even want to venture into the plot by then. Dr. Evil (Mike Myers) and his Mini Me (Verne Troyer) clone has escaped from prison and kidnapped the cryogenically-revived spy's father, Nigel Powers (Michael Caine). Our hero England's most esteemed spy is sent in his purple pimpmobile to 1975 to thwart a plot to submerge the world by hitting the polar cap with a missile. Austin has to rescue his father and battle a new villain Goldmember who now collaborates with the usual Evil cohorts - No.2 (Robert Wagner), Frau Farbissina (Mindy Stering) led by Dr. Evil and his son Scott Evil (Seth Green). Rest assured Austin still keeps his mojo going. His former shag honey detective Foxxy Cleopatra is now undercover as a roller disco dancer. Beyonce Knowles of Destiny Child's fame kicks off her debut with sass and mighty afros. No less brilliant in the casting is Michael Caines as Austin's flirtatious daddy. It couldn't be more apt when Caine's Harry Palmer sleuth from Iprcress files inspired the Powers creation. As the genesis for Austin Powers in Goldmember, Mike Myers stamps his presence all around as the freak Goldmember, the grossly-corpulent Scottish bagpiper Fat Bastard and Evil. It retains the good stuff and packs it to saturation point and even to the extent of being cluttered. The comedy is a hoot with riotous gags, spoofs of Singing in the Rain, Mission-impossible, Britpop and rap-videos and blatantly crude in its sex-themed jokes as well as obscene sequences of poop-and-pee. It is rowdy and infantile but as usual vulgarly exuberant for Myer's visceral performance and his sly parody. Goldmember, in all seriousness beckons you not to be. While we miss the simpler wits in its predecessor, Goldmember still swings as a solid-gold entertainment.
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Summary: Great subtle satire mixed with yet more bathroom humor
Review: By now, everyone and their dog seems to have weighed in on whether they liked the scattalogical jokes in "Goldmember." All I can say is, if you liked the first two Austin Powers movies and laughed at the many jokes about male anatomy, female anatomy and bodily functions, you will find more laughs here. If you found these objectionable, best go check out the latest "Disney" release. What I enjoyed--and something no reviews I've seen so far seem to have picked up on--were the many movies that "Goldmember" either overtly references or subtly satirizes. Some are fairly obvious, such as the "Smokey and the Bandit" CB reference just before a chase scene. Only after I left the theater, did I realize how many other movies were "quoted" in some way: The sudden breaking into sappy songs parodies "Moulin Rouge." There's a "Harry Potter"-esque British prep school flashback with young Austin and young Dr. Evil. The movie-within-a-movie opening scene spoofing how Hollywood would portray Austin Powers made me think of "The Player" (where a fictional movie that was pitched as needing unknowns--"no stars"--and a tragic ending winds up with Bruce Willis rescuing Julie Roberts for a happy ending). Best of all, the father-son relationship between Myers and Michael Caine (who portrays Austin's sophisticated special agent father) is reminiscent of the delightful chemistry and needling between Harrison Ford and Sean Connery in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." Caine is terrific as Austin's debonnaire father whose kidnapping prompts Austin to time travel back to the 1970s to rescue him. Setting "Goldmember" in the glitzy disco era helps keep the material fresh--and give Austin a reason to drive a pimp mobile and dress like Huggy Bear. Although I wasn't impressed with her in the previews, Beyonce Knowles' street-smart undercover agent Foxxy Cleopatra may be my favorite sidekick yet. Her outrageous afro (which mysteriously transforms into a Charlie's Angel's style flip in one '70s scene and instantly springs back to its regular mass after a swim) provides a recurring sight gag that Austin's teeth did in the first movie. Generally, in the sight gag department, "Goldmember" doesn't come up with much new, but it does a great job recycling the best of the first two movies. Making encores are a sustained urination scene, a hilarious and even lewder shadows scene, and an unidentified flying object that, this time, looks like it needs a bra (prompting another series of breast euphemisms). Myers apparently couldn't come up with fresh ideas for one of my favorite Powers' segments--the hidden nudity. The new gag this time around--aside from numerous unfunny references to Goldmember's gold "member"--are the obscured subtitles that sound dirty until something shifts and the rest of the white-subtitled sentence becomes readable against a dark background. As for plot, well, there isn't much. Dr. Evil is trying to extort a ransom out of the equivalent of the United Nations (the name escapes me) by crashing a gold meteor into the world. Austin must save the day--again. The numerous cameos (I won't spoil the surprise) and the movie spoofs make this much more than another bathroom-humor movie.
Rating: 
Summary: Haven't I seen this movie before?
Review: It's truly official. Austin has completely lost his mojo. The jokes are so repetitive that even the actors look bored telling them. We get the same old catch-phrases thrown at us again and again. If this doesn't bother you - and you just love Austin to death, then by all means see this movie. For me, it's gotten really old. The characters seem lost for anything original to do. The cameos in the movie are entertaining, and I do wonder if this movie would have suffered without them. AP3 is not a horrible movie by any means. I found myself laughing at times, but the true laughs are few and far between. I still need someone to tell me what is so funny about Mini-Me. A really small guy getting getting objectified and physically abused for 90 minutes. Yeah, what a knee-slapper.
Rating: 
Summary: Goldmember is my bag, Baby!
Review: FUNNY, funny, funny! Mike Meyers has outdone himself with this movie. Still laughing about the opening cameos! The first time I saw it my stomach HURT from laughing so much! Can't wait for the DVD... Apparently the "rough cut" clocked in at 3 hours (it was trimmed to about 90 minutes), so hopefully it will be available to hardcore fans. I say bring on Austin 4 and more, baby, yeah!
Rating:
Summary: Austin's new power
Review: Well to be very blunt I liked the movie but was a little disappointed. In the movie Nigel (austin's dad) was lacking something. His part just didn't seem like it lived up to the rest of the characters. The only other disappointment was the new vilian. His name was goldmember but thats where it ended his part was lame, boering and not very well thought through. In all these two characters wern't as funny as thought to be by myself and friends. But on a good note the rest of the movie was very entertaining. Overall I liked it, but again It could have been better.
Rating:
Summary: Never laughed so hard
Review: This Austin Powers far exceeded the first two. I never laughed so hard. This is a must see but you got to like this humor
Rating:
Summary: Much better than I thought.
Review: Considering how much I really despise Beyonces group Destinys Child I kept my expectations for this movie relatively low. I was so sick and tired of hearing that strongly annoying voice on the radio and people shoving that DC krap in my face. However my expectations were completely blown away and Goldmember turned out to be my favorite of the Austin Powers saga. The jokes that dominated the first two flicks are continued in the third installment of the bunch. Austin Powers is one a mission to stop a crazed man from using a magnetic beam to cause an giant asteroid to collide with earth. Plus Austin has to rescue his long lost father by the name of Nigel Powers. My favorite part was where Austin Powers met Britney Spears in the awful Boyz video when it turns out that the Britney in the movie was actually a fembot. I literally laughed when I saw the fembot blow up. While the female charachter Foxy Cleopatra did get on my nerves at the beginning I must say she turned out much better than I thought. While I don't have much respect for Beyonce Knowles in terms of music she could gain my respect in terms of being an actress. So far one of the best theatrical releases of 2002! I'm looking forward to the fourth installment whenever that comes out.
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Summary: Not terrible, but no gut busting laughter either.
Review: I saw this movie at a Matinee showing. I am happy I only spent [price] as opposed to [price]. I did not feel ripped off but I went into the theater with high expectations (I laughed so much during AP2) to bust a gut. I beleive AP2 is by far the funniest in the series. AP1 was funny the first time I saw it, but now I get bored watching it. AP3,in my opinion, tries too hard to use recycled jokes from the previous movies. I was surprised after about 30 minutes into the film that I was not into hysterics. AP2 had tears running down my face by this point. However, the rest of the audience never rolled into peals of laughter either. I noticed more people were making sounds of disgust. I must tell you that I love gross-out humor. AP3 has plenty of gross things but they are overused. Goldmember, the "dermivore," is kind of boring, they should have left the scheme plotting to Dr. Evil. There is a fellow with a mole that is the [brunt] of jokes throughout the film. I must be honest. The joke was not funny the first time, and it sure as hell was not funny the 3,000th time. I wanted to scream when they kept using this joke. Mini Me was funny as always. In fact the Mini Me character was a great addition to the evil side. Scott Evil needed more time as well, and his usurping the Evil Empire at the end seemed hokey and gave the franchise a shaky future. After all, Dr. Evil is the perfect villian. Another point that was stupid were the Asian twins who desire Austin powers. They make a joke with their names, "Phook-mi" and "Phook-yu." Okay, I thought that was stupid and not especially funny, then Austin pulls out a dream list referring to sex with "Japanese twins." Japanese? Those are Chinese names. That is insulting to my intelligence. Also, the radar screen joke is recycled here with members of the female anatomy. In AP2 the joke was funny but now in its new incarnation it was old and (yawn) not funny. I also took issue to Britney Spears appearing in this film. I find her especially annoying with no real talent and a high degree of "plasticity" in her body and personality. I hate her Pepsi Commercials and have to see them whenever I watch the Simpsons. I would like to enjoy some form of media without seeing her. In my opinion, in 25 years nobody will care about her. I also do not understand the appeal of Tom Cruise. I have found him annoying since his "Maverick" role in Top Gun.
So what did I find funny? Mini-me is always hilarious as are Number 2 and Scott Evil. There is a great moment where Ausitn gives Mini the boot. The female sidekick, Foxxy Cleopatra is not bad and enjoyable to look at. The "Preparation H" plan of world domination was pretty funny as well. Fat Bastard did not get enough time in this movie. He has enormous humor potential. Danny DeVito's cameo as Mini-Me was one of the times I really laughed. I was expecting this movie to be much funnier and I recommend waiting for pay per view or cable showings.
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