Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

richardjp-17225 Has some absolutely hilarious moments in this movie, but unfortunately you have to watch the whole thing to find them. A movie which main jokes revolve around part of the male anatomy is pretty much a waste of time apart from a few scenes.

Sean Lamberger Mike Myers is literally everywhere in his third romp as the super suave (and super dated) gentleman spy, playing four significant parts under hefty amounts of makeup and gear. He's still surprisingly funny, as is the film itself, although the screen often feels terribly crowded and the constant diversions and subplots get carried away. Much more than the two preceding films, Goldmember is a Python-esque collage, a string of skits and strung-out gags with a loose connecting narrative wound in-between. It's joyfully energetic, like a toddler, with an attention span to match. The goofs and send-ups themselves range from hilarious to beaten-to-death (particularly the dumb obsession with one character's absurdly huge mole, which is trotted out in at least three different scenes) and occasionally lean on a weirdly hyper-focused topical humor that's showing its age now. Many of the old bits from preceding films are rolled back out for an encore, but they're matched at least shot-for-shot with new segments that, surprisingly, hold their own. It's particularly important that the jokes land, because the plot is mostly scraps and stabs. Michael Caine is an inspired choice as Austin's long-lost father, but the two don't get much screen time together and it feels like a wasted opportunity. Beyoncé's take on the classic blaxploitation-era heroine type is spirited, if light and inessential. Despite the shortcomings, it's still good for a few big laughs and my wife and I reference it somewhat regularly. I prefer it to The Spy Who Shagged Me, though it can't hope to match the heart, balance or ingenuity of the original.

HotToastyRag Mike Myers is back for a third installment of his hilarious spy spoof franchise in Austin Powers in Goldmember. He continues to wow and amuse audiences with his multiple roles, playing Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, Fat Bastard, and Goldmember, the new villain in the film. You'll see some familiar faces, Michael York, Seth Green, Robert Wagner, Mindy Serling, and Verne Troyer, but in this third movie—which doesn't necessarily have to be watched in order, but it does help—you'll most likely roar with laughter because of the new faces added to the cast.Firstly, and let's face it, most importantly, Michael Caine is in the movie. Since Mike Myers had previously revealed part of the inspiration behind his Austin Powers movies was Michael Caine's Harry Palmer character, it's pretty adorable and fitting that Michael Caine was recruited to play Austin Powers's father! And, as a very sweet touch, since Myers's glasses were made to be a replica of Caine's, Caine found his original frames from the 1960s and wore them for the film! Michael Caine is everything you'd expect Austin Powers's dad to be, and pretty much everything out of his mouth is completely hilarious. I'm sure you'll gain some household phrases from this movie, whether it's "If you have an issue, here's a tissue" or "There are two things in this world I hate: people who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch" or his joke about Viagra.Next up is the hysterical opening to the film: At first you think you're just watching Austin Powers in a car chase sequence, but he gets out of the car and it's actually Tom Cruise! Turns out, Steven Spielberg is making a movie about Austin Powers, starring Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and John Travolta. Add in cameos by Britney Spears, Quincy Jones, Katie Couric, the Osbourne family, Burt Bacharach, Rob Lowe, Clint Howard, and Nathan Lane—in one of the funniest gags of the movie—and you'll be on your toes for the entire film, wondering who's going to pop up next.Beyoncé makes her film debut in the movie, and while it's painfully clear she has zero acting ability, if you'd like you can cut her a little slack since she was only twenty years old. Still, her lack of confidence and talent in front of the camera doesn't really detract from the rest of the film. It's extremely funny, and full of phrases you'll find yourself repeating for decades to come.

bazmitch23 Granted the opening is the best of the trilogy, but then it doesn't hold up to the first two. I never found the character of Goldmember funny. He's just a weird guy who makes a movie or disco reference and then says the name of what he is referencing. And this is also the decade where penis jokes were wearing thin. It was funny in the 70's and 80's, the 90's they got tiresome, in the 2000's it's like "Okay, enough." The joke where Fat Bastard talks about his terrible problem with obesity, sad music plays and then he farts worked in the second film, but in this movie, we saw it coming. Then he describes what the fart smells like. That's not funny.Yeah, there's many moments where it just Mike ad-libbing and it gets put in the movie. The filmmakers may have found it funny, but the audience doesn't. It's times where it's like the filmmakers only care about what they want, instead of the audience. Which what you're supposed to be doing if you're a filmmaker.The object in space that looks like a private part was funny in the second film but here, not so much. And the joke about the mole is just not funny.However, the movie is fun and fast paced, the score was great and it was just epic. I like it when silly comedies get epic. The joke about the subtitles was hysterical, the scene where Austin and Mini-me are behind the screen was hysterical, Beyonce was really good as Foxxy and yes I was surprised at the twist at the end. I went to see this film twice. The second time, I saw it with my friend and his jaw dropped opened at that scene.Is it the best of the three? No, I think the second film is the funniest. It is hugely enjoyable, but far from Groovy.