 AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER
MPAA Rating:
 for sexual innuendo, crude humor and language.Reviewed by: Kevin Burk Very Offensive
Moviemaking Quality:
 ½Primary Audience:
Adult
Genre:
Comedy
Length:
1 hr. 33 min.
 Austin Powers is back in a second sequel, doing his usual thing, spoofing spy and other movies, pop cultural icons, and everything else in its path. For a third film in a series, the humor holds up pretty well, but the film is dragged down by its over-reliance on crude sexual and bathroom humor.
Basically, the film is a fairly well-crafted, low-intelligence spoof just like its predecessors. The humor usually hit its mark, but half the time it's crude and immoral. Year of Release -- 2002 Publisher's Note: For those readers who may not be aware of the suggestive meaning of the title of this movie, "member" is a well-known slang name for a part of the male anatomy, and is listed as such in dictionaries. The title is a spoof of the James Bond movie, Goldfinger (1964) starring Sean Connery.  Publisher's choice for the most perceptive comment received about this movie: The problem with this movie is that it can warp people's minds very easily. It is funny, and it make sin funny, which is one of Satan's great ways of getting into our heads... this isn't 'whatever is pure' and good, etc. Negative - It seems to me that many reviewers of this film (and of many other
films on this site) believe that the spiritual part of our lives may be
separated from the non-spiritual without harm. Comments along the lines of
"very funny but not a Christian movie" indicate that someone is placing
their desire to be pleased above their desire to please God. God in the
Bible clearly warns us to have nothing to do with that which is evil. As
people who profess to be Christians we must be sure that our lifestyle
supports our claim. Movies such as Goldmember which "make sin funny" are
truly dangerous and must be avoided at any cost! Being a Christian is not
a part time occupation but a full time commitment, we cannot park our
faith at the theatre door and expect to come out unharmed by the lies of
the deceiver. In every aspect of our lives there is conflict between life
and death, our support of one over the other has eternal consequences. Neutral - Enough bathroom humor to plug a toilet. Be prepared if you venture in. "Austin Powers In Goldmember" still delivers laughs, originality and the same ole zany characters that won its fans in the first two features. It was entertaining enough, but too bad the material was immersed in crudeness. Negative - I have one word for it - disgusting. I have seen all three Austin
Powers movies, and I loved the fact that a lot of the running jokes in the
first two were just funny, not crude (the guy that wouldn't die, for
example).I had certain expectations for this movie, and was sorely disappointed.
Almost all the jokes in this third movie were crude or just plain
disgusting - not funny. The first two had some kind of a plot, this last one seemed to just drag
on, going in no direction. If you haven't already, don't see this film,
you'd be wasting your money. Positive - This movie is not as bad as they make it out to be! I saw it opening weekend and I have to say I was very impressed with this movie. Hollywood really cleaned it up when you match it up to the last film. This movie had hardly any foul language. No bedroom scenes. No nudity! Just really silly humor that would be found funny to young people today. Some jokes about gas and what not but nothing explicit. Negative - While I think that a lot of things said on this review are pretty
extreme, I do have to agree, AP3 wasn't very good and was pretty
disgusting. Many scenes, I laughed at but thought "wow that's pretty
sick." I guess it's just the childish humor in all of us poking through,
but this film makes heavy use of it. Also, it used way way WAY too many
pop culture icons, who are much more destructive on today's youth than
some immature jokes. As a side note, I told my parents not to take my 13
year old sister to take it, but they claimed it would be appropriate since
she was 13. When they came back they both apologized and said I was
completely correct. Finally, I would have given it a higher than Average
offensive rating, but I think that "mostly offensive" would be more
descriptive than "very offensive". Positive - This is the funniest movie that I have seen all year...its lewd and crude, but I have to admit that I laughed my tail off. Mike Myers is a genius. The opening sequence of this film is worth the ticket price! This is one hilarious film, and I plan on seeing it more than once! However, I would not recommend this to anyone under 15. Trust me on that one. "...very funny when it's not being salacious and vulgar. Regrettably, however, it's full of all sorts of verbal, and some visual, gags regarding gross bodily functions, body parts and immoral or perverted sexual acts..." "...In between jokes involving multiple euphemisms and slang terms for breasts, genitals and sexual acts, Myers mixes in messages about family approval and acceptance..." "...penis jokes, flatulence, excrement and urination ...a mess. ...once again mined the deepest trenches of the penis joke genre... this third installment is beginning to feel a little repetitive ...Goldmember has a padded crotch that defies gravity... his lust for gold is matched only by his gross ability to put his legs behind his head -- thereby displaying the aforementioned crotch in all its glory." Comments from young people
Negative - I went w/ my boyfriend to go "review" the movie for a younger person. First of all, I agree that the movie was not as bad as the first two, but then aren't we supposed to be rating what is right by what the Bible says anyway? So it makes no sense to compare it to the other movies and say "its not as morally detestable" when Jesus would probably be gasping the whole time if He saw the movie. I mean, what amount of perversion can we as Christians take before we believe a movie is "too bad to watch". I think that if we are truly trying to live Godly, Christ-like lives, we should be trying to stay away from as much garbage as possible. That's why reviewing movies online is a big thing for me cuz I wanna see what I'm going to be putting into my mind. I don't think I'll ever watch another Austin Powers movie again because they have turned me off so much. It made me laugh, but also disgusted me at the same time because I know I shouldn't be laughing about stuff like that. Negative - The problem with this movie is that it can warp people's minds very easily. It is funny, and it make sin funny, which is one of Satan's great ways of getting into our heads... this isn't "whatever is pure" and good, etc. Negative - This movie was made to target one audience: drunken frat boys.
Although I admit that I did laugh at some parts, I was disgusted by
characters like the Japanese twins (and I wouldn't dare type their names
here) and the bathroom humor (if you can call it "humor"). Most of all, I
was disappointed by Beyonce Knowles, who always makes a big deal about
being a young Christian, and she was barely clothed during the entire
movie. Positive - I thought that this was a very funny movie. It made me laugh the whole time! However, I think that anyone who sees this movie should be old enough to separate the fictional world from the real world. There are many crude remarks and sick jokes in this movie. However, Mike Myers did an awesome job:) Positive - I don't see why people are so uptight about this movie, in retrospect to its predecessors it was better. They're hardly any four letter words and there's a moral message of family acceptance involved. The vulgar jokes may go over the heads of any one under 13 but all in all this is a hilarious movie! Positive - I thought that this movie, like the others, was hilarious!! Mike Meyers did a great job with all of his alter-egos. Granted there was some material that parents might find offensive, but definitely cleaner than the others. My mom was even cracking up, and she pretty much despised the other ones. Preparation H to those of you who saw it! I can't wait to see the next one! Positive - I would have to say that this movie was hilarious. In my
opinion, this movie was more funny that the first 2 put together. I
laughed the whole way through. It was cleaner than the others, with
practically no sex at all. Sure a lot of the jokes are crude, but I think
as long as you can distinguish the facts from fiction the movie is fine
for teens or adults. Positive - ...I loved this movie only because I liked the others. It is gross in its humor, but that is what makes Mike Myers Mike Myers. Go in with a want to laugh heartily and be entertained. |
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Austin (Mike Myers) returns in a paper thin plot that's basically a vehicle for the humor. This is okay, and in the proud tradition of many past successful comedic spoofs. In this installment, the overly libidoed, British superspy once again tries to thwart the plans of his arch-nemesis Dr. Evil (one of the many roles played by Myers), this time a plan to crash an asteroid into the polar ice caps. After a very funny opening sequence filled with big name cameo appearances, Austin again travels back in time to stop his foe, along the way picking up help from seventies spy, Foxy Cleopatra (Beyonce Knowles), afro and all. Will Austin save our planet from destruction? Dr. Evil's new ally, the "Goldmember" of the title (Myers again), is a wasted, throw away character who was neither funny nor entertaining. But, we also get to meet Austin's father, played well enough by Michael Caine.