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Austin Powers in Goldmember Review

Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 4.0
    62

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally favorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 50

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    A step or two down from the first and second, but it has some very funny moments, and maybe that is all we hope for.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

    The only thing that won't make you laugh, unless you've got a 12-year-old's sense of humor, is the film's tireless parade of gross-out gags and scatological verbal jests. Myers gets a charge out of this material--it wouldn't be here if he didn't--but so much of it is so tedious it's difficult to believe an adult actually sat down and wrote it.

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  • 60

    out of 100

    Variety Todd McCarthy

    A picture that, even more than the previous two, feels like a bunch of gags tossed together. The laughs are here, to be sure, although even some of the best of them are retreads and the Swinging '60s recycling act is now feeling a bit past its zeitgeist prime.

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  • 63

    out of 100

    Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

    It's a shapeless, derivative-but-funny show with another loony parody plot about super-villain Dr. Evil.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

    Nothing to write home about, though nothing to stay home about either, especially if you're a dyed-in-the-polyester Powers fan.

  • 75

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Mike Myers and Austin Powers may stick to their old Beatle boots, but they've both come a long way, luvvy. For proof, just look at all the A-list celebrities-I-won't-mention happy to crash the party.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    The New York Times Stephen Holden

    Like a giant balloon painted with Day-Glo colors, however, the whole gaudy mess wouldn't inflate without the force of Mr. Myers's comic genius. It's his baby, baby. And after three editions, it's still flying high.

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For Families provided by Common Sense Media

Iffy for 13+

What can we say? See the movie first, then decide.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this movie has a great deal of material that would get an R in a drama. Because some words miss being naughty by a vowel or two and the sexual acts are apparent rather than real, they pass muster with the MPAA. Parents should be very cautious about letting children and young teens see the movie without viewing it first themselves.

  • Families can talk about the fact that most of the major characters feel unloved by their fathers. How does that affect them?

The good stuff
  • rolemodels true2

    Role models: Brave, clever black female character.

What to watch for
  • violence false1

    Violence: Comic violence.

  • sex false4

    Sex: Frequent and explicit humorous sexual references.

  • language false3

    Language: Comic bad language.

  • consumerism false0

    Consumerism: Not an issue

  • drugsalcoholtobacco false1

    Drinking, drugs and smoking: Comic references to drinking.

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Average Rating: 3.49
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5

Awesome by alexisko2000
So funny! You'll never laugh so hard in your life, baby!

4

by starr_loverr

4

by TerpsFan72

5

this movie was hilarous i loved it
I laughed so hard I almost crapped my pants

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