Austin Powers - Goldmember Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

I am from Holland, isn't that vierd ?

I don't want to say the movie wasn't that good, but my expectations were not met. I’ve given the movie a 4, but I was expecting a little more. At times I was laughing so hard my sides hurt, but at other times I was left struggling to maintain interest. Mike Myers was great as Austin and Dr. Evil, and it would’ve been nice if Fat B*st*rd could have had a greater role. Goldmember should have stayed at home. Hopefully, we won’t see him if they make an AP4. The thing about this movie was there were slightly too many characters for a 90 minute movie. Beyonce Knowles was a little disappointing as Foxy Cleopatra by simply not fitting into a comedy role. Michael York is just plain Basil, Seth Green was not that good as Scott Evil as he was in the other two films. Michael Caine was pretty average as Austin's father and Verne Troyer as Mini-Me was perfect. The best part of the movie was the cameos. I don’t think ‘Goldmember’ is quite as good as the first two, but it is very good.

Austin Powers - The Spy who ran out of ideas

For those who have not 'HAD THE PLEASURE' of Austin Powers, you really should start with the first film and for fans who have enjoyed the first two as I have, no review will stop you watching Austins third outing, so enjoy the film and then read the review to see if you agree!

A passable way to spend a couple of hours, but for sure the weakest of the three films, this formulaic journey tried to cover so much of the old ground as well as getting through the third storey, that there was no time fully explore the situations to Mike Myers' full comic potential. The cameos at the start and end, whilst great in their own right, added to the disjointed and rushed effect of the film. I personally found Goldmember to be Mike's flakiest character in many many senses of the word. Seth did a great job leading Scott down the dark side of the farce indeed if you wanted a side order of corn with the review, it would be fair to say the performance slayed me. (sorry!) Mindy was as always my ideal older woman as the 'ever lovely in leather' leader of the militant wing of the Salvation Army. Sadly she did not have a lot to do save the essential comedy shouty german bit - always value! Beyonce was a hit - we should definately see more of her! Hopefully we will be treated to another outing with Austin once his Mojo has fully topped up.