Movie Review for Austin Powers in Goldmember

Summary: It's been three years since Austin Powers, that swinging international man of mystery, has faced his arch-nemesis, Dr. Evil. But after Dr. Evil and his accomplice Mini Me escape from a maximum-security prison, Austin is called to action once more in this third installment of the highly successful "Austin Powers" movie franchise. Teaming up with the mysterious Goldmember, Dr. Evil hatches a time-traveling scheme to take over the world, one that involves the kidnapping of Nigel Powers, Austin's beloved father and England's most renowned spy. As he chases the villains through time, Austin visits 1975 and joins forces with his old flame, Foxxy Cleopatra, a streetwise and stylish detective. Together Austin and Foxxy must find a way to save Nigel and stop Dr. Evil and Goldmember from their mischievous mayhem.

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel of 3BlackChicks Review (8/0)
            Not quite golden.

By Mike McGranaghan of Aisle Seat (8/0)
            There are two things you should know about it: 1.) it is not as inspired as the previous two film...

By Brian Webster of Apollo Guide (8/0)
            The filmmakers seem to think that bringing back the old gang again guarantees success regardless ...

By Eleanor Ringel Gillespie of Atlanta Journal-Constitution (7/1)
            The reason this picture works better than its predecessors is that Myers is no longer simply spoo...

By Neil Smith of BBC (8/0)
            Always amusing and often hilarious with production values that rival those of a Bond film.

By Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times (8/0)
            The movie is a little tired; maybe the original inspiration has run its course.

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By David Sterritt of Christian Science Monitor (8/0)
            I enjoy inspired silliness as much as anyone, but I found this a depressing, disheartening 98 min...

By Margaret A. McGurk of Cincinnati Enquirer (8/0)
            Austin Powers in Goldmember may be a hash (and a rehash), but it was cooked with laughing gas.

By Margaret A. McGurk of Cincinnati Enquirer (8/0)
            Ultimately, this Austin Powers wins the day in the same way its predecessors did...with sheer...

By David Keyes of Cinemaphile.org (8/0)
            ...though there is an occasion when a wisecrack results in dead stares rather than laughs, the re...

By Karina Montgomery of Cinerina (8/0)
            For every brilliant moment (for example, casting Michael Caine as Austin's father), there are wad...

By Paul Clinton (CNN.com) of CNN.com (8/0)
            It's amusing, but you may find that you're over it.

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Mark Palermo of Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (8/0)
            For a series that started as a spoof of 1960s spy and sex cinema, Goldmember only functions as a ...

By Harvey S. Karten of Compuserve (8/0)
            Best of the trilogy, largely because Powers restrains himself this time.

By Christopher Null of E! Online (8/0)
            Goldmember is probably the worst in the Austin Powers series...

By Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly (8/0)
            Mike Myers and Austin Powers may stick to their old Beatle boots, but they've both come a long wa...

By Walter Chaw of Film Freak Central (8/0)
            The chocolate factory without Charlie.

By Doris Toumarkine of Film Journal International (8/0)
            Little more than a scattershot, scatological vaudeville review of uneven gags.

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Jimmy O of Film Snobs (8/0)
            What Mike Myers has succeeded in doing with Goldmember is becoming an actor of Peter Sellers stat...

By Stephen Himes of Film Snobs (8/0)
            With Austin Powers at an end, we must now wait for a Stanley Kubrick to hand Myers his Dr. Strang...

By Christopher Null of filmcritic.com (8/0)
            Desperately running out of steam and resorting to yet another stab at jokes that hit-and-missed t...

By Victoria Alexander of FilmsInReview.com (8/0)
            It’s fun, but a psychological mess, with Austin Powers bumping his head on the way out of the clo...

By MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher (8/0)
            Most movies are about penises, on one level or another, but this one doesn’t pretend not to be, a...

By Rob Vaux of Flipside Movie Emporium (8/0)
            …flop sweat is never shagadelic, baby.

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. of Goatdog's Movies (8/0)
            This shameless and unfunny film is simply designed to put butts in seats with more of the same ti...

By Eric Lurio of Greenwich Village Gazette (8/0)
            Okay, let's begin this review by stating the obvious. This is one hell of a stupid movie. Then we...

By Catherine Cantieri of HoleCity.com (8/0)
            Like a fish that’s lived too long, Austin Powers in Goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is ...

By Ross Anthony of Hollywood Report Card (8/0)
            Shamelessly resorting to pee-related sight gags that might even cause Tom Green a grimace; still,...

By Eric Harrison of Houston Chronicle (8/0)
            Austin Powers in Goldmember is a cinematic car wreck, a catastrophic collision of tastelessness a...

By Scott B. of IGN Movies (8/0)
            Overall very good for what it's trying to do.

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By JoBlo of JoBlo's Movie Emporium (8/0)
            Basically just recycles many of its used-up jokes, most of which aren't as funny the second (and ...

By Alex Sandell of Juicy Cerebellum (8/0)
            Makes a person grateful for the excess smog in LA, if only due to the fact that the individuals b...

By John Larsen of Light Views (8/0)
            Despite its shortcomings, there's still plenty to please fans of the series, as long as they're w...

By Kenneth Turan of Los Angeles Times (8/0)
            Myers' idea of a movie turns out to be similar to Ed Sullivan's idea for a variety show: Toss in ...

By Mark Dujsik of Mark Reviews Movies (8/0)
            There’s a lot of good material here, but there’s also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful cruden...

By Matt Easterbrook of Matt's Movie Reviews (8/0)
            If Myers decides to make another Austin Powers movie, maybe he should just stick with Austin and ...

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Jackie Loohauis of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (8/0)
            Guilty Pleasures List, you have a new chart-topper.

By Kevin N. Laforest of Montreal Film Journal (8/0)
            Packs enough drowning-out- the-dialogue- belly-laughs to make it a must-see.

By Ken Hanke of Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (8/0)
            The films are unusual in that they've actually gotten better as they've gone on, meaning that Gol...

By Marty Mapes of Movie Habit (8/0)
            Goldmember fits right in to the Austin Powers canon

By Kevin A. Ranson of MovieCrypt.com (8/0)
            Whether you're new to Austin 'Danger' Powers or a shagadelic fan of the series, this one may be t...

By Mark Ramsey of MovieJuice! (8/0)
            I used to have this windbreaker that was Goldmembers Only.

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Michael Dequina of Mr. Brown's Movies (8/0)
            Myers and Roach are running dangerously close to empty as far as new and genuinely funny ideas, a...

By James Rocchi of Netflix (8/0)
            Third installment of Mike Myers's spy-spoof franchise is a self-referential, self-satisfied mix o...

By Andrew Sarris of New York Observer (8/0)
            It's all amateur-night vaudeville and movies within movies that degenerate into total inanity.

By Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (8/0)
            The outrageous pee-pee poo-poo jokes from the second movie haven't gone away, but the knowing spy...

By J. Robert Parks of Phantom Tollbooth (8/0)
            Myers looks bored, and his new creation, Goldmember, is gross and uninspired.

By Sean Burns of Philadelphia Weekly (8/0)
            Every joke is repeated at least four times. Every joke is repeated at least four times. Every jok...

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Jon Popick of Planet Sick-Boy (8/0)
            I'm completely amazed that Mike Myers and crew are able to milk this many laughs from material th...

By Linda Cook of Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (8/0)
            Third time's the charm...yeah, baby!

By Tor Thorsen of Reel.com (8/0)
            Goldmember is the most jumbled of the Powers films, but it's also the funniest.

By Laura Clifford of Reeling Reviews (8/0)
            What we have here is an examination of fathers, sons and sibling rivalry - squared and sideways

By Robin Clifford of Reeling Reviews (8/0)
            “Austin Powers in Goldmember” has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough l...

By Betty Jo Tucker of ReelTalk Movie Reviews (8/0)
            This third Austin Powers adventure deserves to be his last.

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By James Berardinelli of ReelViews (8/0)
            Qualities that were once amusing are becoming irritating.

By Peter Travers of Rolling Stone (8/0)
            All praise to Michael Caine, who plays Austin's studly spy daddy, Nigel, and to Beyonce Knowles, ...

By Harry Guerin of RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (8/0)
            If this series has any more life left in it, Myers and Roach have to do a major rethink.

By Charles Taylor of Salon.com (8/0)
            Structurally and formally, Goldmember is a mess. What saves it is that Myers possesses in spades ...

By Jean Lowerison of San Diego Metropolitan (8/0)
            There is no excuse for Austin Powers. There, I've said it. Fire at will.

By Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle (8/0)
            Goldmember is probably destined to be remembered as this summer's comic gem.

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Jim Judy of Screen It! (8/0)
            Decent, but nothing tremendous.

By Sean Axmaker of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (8/0)
            ...Myers has turned his franchise into the movie version of an adolescent dirty-joke book done up...

By Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazine (8/0)
            Though the film amounts to little more than messy sketch comedy, it is far and away the funniest ...

By Rob Blackwelder of SPLICEDWire (8/0)
            The cameo-packed, M:I-2-spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy com...

By Paul Salfen of Supercala.com (8/0)
            Exactly what you'd expect, but worth it if you've enjoyed the other ones.

By Victor Olliver of Teletext (8/0)
            Goldmember's worth the price of the ticket - but no more sequels please.

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Scott Nash of Three Movie Buffs (8/0)
            Perhaps not as original as the first two movies, Goldmember is still fun and funny.

By Audrey Rock-Richardson of Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) (8/0)
            Hopefully, this is the death-knell for Austin Powers, who went just a little too far this time.

By Maitland McDonagh of TV Guide's Movie Guide (8/0)
            For every laugh, there's an equal and opposite groan of disgust.

By Ian Waldron-Mantgani of UK Critic (8/0)
            No longer funny because of its spoof value, but because it is pantomime of the lamest order. If y...

By Mike Clark of USA Today (8/0)
            The Powers team has fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many, no question. But this time the...

By Desson Thomson of Washington Post (8/0)
            One-ups the Austin Powers sequel that came before it.

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Stephen Holden of New York Times (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
            For all the fun it conjures, Goldmember...is also a bloated (and dare I say?) decadent mess.

By Eleanor Ringel Gillespie of Atlanta Journal-Constitution (3/5) No reference
            ...boasts the cleverest opening scene of the year.

By Wade Major of Boxoffice Magazine (3/5) No reference
            There's something for everyone who loves to laugh.

By Rob Thomas of Capital Times (Madison, WI) (3/5) No reference
            "The film ends on a blatant setup for an "Austin Powers 4," but come on. It's been fun and all, b...

By Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times (3/5) No reference
            ... a step or two down from the first and second, but it has some very funny moments...

By Michael Wilmington of Chicago Tribune (3/5) No reference
            ...probably isn't the best of the Powers cycle, even though it's the plushest looking.

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Michael Wilmington of Chicago Tribune (3/5) No reference
            A shapeless, derivative-but-funny show.

By Pablo Villaca of Cinema em Cena (3/5) No reference
            Era mais engraçado quando [Mike] Myers ria dos outros, e não de si mesmo.

By Dan Fazio of Citysearch (3/5) No reference
            The third Austin Powers is packed with inside jokes and cameos that will delight fans of the seri...

By Nigam Nuggehalli of culturevulture.net (3/5) No reference
            Continues the Austin Powers tradition of innovating while sticking to the mandatory bathroom humo...

By Jeff Vice of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (7/1) No reference
            It's still not as funny as the first one, which is probably where Myers and company should have s...

By Sean O'Connell of Eclipse Magazine (3/5) No reference
            Falls short of being a 24-karat comedy, but might be as funny as an Austin Powers movie gets.

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By David Foucher of EDGE Boston (7/1) No reference
            The first five minutes of this film rate as perhaps the best film opening ever... they’re worth t...

By Kim Linekin of eye WEEKLY (7/1) No reference
            Despite the addition of a villain and the inspired casting of Michael Caine as Austin Powers' dad...

By Shirley Klass of Fantastica Daily (3/5) No reference
            They don’t make them like this anymore, and I can’t even think of another actor or character that...

By Rick Kisonak of Film Threat (3/5) No reference
            If you thought the first and second in the series were groovy, you're going to love the third.

By Donald Munro of Fresno Bee (3/5) No reference
            Yet for all the giggles, I can't help but feel that Austin's a little too full of himself these d...

By Kirk Honeycutt of Hollywood Reporter (7/1) No reference
            ...the misses outweigh the hits by a wide margin.

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Liz Braun of Jam! Movies (3/5) No reference
            Some of the most inventive silliness you are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time.

By Louis B. Hobson of Jam! Movies (3/5) No reference
            Austin Powers in Goldmember shows Austin is running out of steam and Myers should retire him befo...

By Bob Bloom of Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (7/1) No reference
            There’s really not much of anything to recommend about this movie except the opening. After that,...

By Marshall Fine of Journal News (Westchester, NY) (3/5) No reference
            The fun in Goldmember lies in the bottomless capacity by writers Myers and Mike McCullers for rau...

By Danny Minton of KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (3/5) No reference
            Just when I thought that the series had run out of originality, Mike Myers has to prove me wrong.

By Kenneth Turan of Los Angeles Times (3/5) No reference
            Everyone likes the idea of Austin Powers, but the actuality of Austin Powers in Goldmember is...

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Jason Clark of Matinee Magazine (3/5) No reference
            Goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures, and it looks as though Jay Roach ...

By Jeff Strickler of Minneapolis Star Tribune (3/5) No reference
            The third installment in the series of super-spy spoofs, it's handcuffed by the ever-increasing l...

By David N. Butterworth of Movie Boeuf (7/1) No reference
            Better than the second, and almost as good as the first!

By Michael Elliott of Movie Parables (3/5) No reference
            This multimillion dollar franchise has become somewhat tiresome... rather like an aging uncle who...

By Jonathan Foreman of New York Post (3/5) No reference
            Uneven, self-conscious but often hilarious spoof.

By John Anderson of Newsday (3/5) No reference
            Goldmember is funny enough to justify the embarrassment of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse.

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Jim Chastain of Norman Transcript (7/1) No reference
            it seems to me the film is about the art of ripping people off without ever letting them consciou...

By Shawn Levy of Oregonian (3/5) No reference
            The picture is a flat-out hoot, as inventive as the previous two and possessed of an appealing ve...

By Steve Schneider of Orlando Weekly (3/5) No reference
            While creative kingpin Mike Myers again puts his faith in the tried and true, he breaks just enou...

By Steve Schneider of Orlando Weekly (3/5) No reference
            While creative kingpin Mike Myers again puts his faith in the tried and true, he breaks just enou...

By Wesley Lovell of Oscar Guy (3/5) No reference
            A horrible conclusion to a previously entertaining series.

By James Kendrick of Q Network Film Desk (3/5) No reference
            once Goldmember, like its predecessors in the series, is played dozens of times .... its humor wi...

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Jack Garner of Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (7/1) No reference
            There are enough dull patches and all-round stupidity to suggest that all involved should move on...

By Peter Travers of Rolling Stone (3/5) No reference
            ...swollen with show-off effects...

By Joe Baltake of Sacramento Bee (3/5) No reference
            You'll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness...

By David Elliott of San Diego Union-Tribune (3/5) No reference
            It may seem harsh to chastise a comedy that just wants to be a jamboree of goofs, yet the camp ga...

By Joe Leydon of San Francisco Examiner (3/5) No reference
            That insistent scratching noise you hear throughout Austin Powers in Goldmember is the sound of f...

By Stefan Birgir Stefansson of sbs.is (3/5) No reference
            If you need one reason to see it, see it for the great cameos and very funny moments we share wit...

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Moira MacDonald of Seattle Times (3/5) No reference
            Not much else in this third Austin Powers sequel is new or memorable.

By Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazine (3/5) No reference
            Though the film amounts to little more than messy sketch comedy, it is far and away the funniest ...

By Sean Piccoli of South Florida Sun-Sentinel (3/5) No reference
            What started out as charming budget farce has become comedy by corporate affiliation.

By John Urbancich of Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (7/1) No reference
            ... There are enough tacky product placements to open a convenience store.

By Josh Larsen of Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (3/5) No reference
            Witnessing `Goldmember' is...akin to monitoring a patient for signs of exhaustion.

By Josef Braun of Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) (3/5) No reference
            Myers never knows when to let a gag die; thus, we’re subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff...

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Michael Szymanski of Zap2it.com (7/1) No reference
            A funnier, splashier, sexier, smarter and, oh yeah, groovier Austin than the other two.

By Michael Szymanski of Zap2it.com (7/1) No reference
            A funnier, splashier, sexier, smarter and, oh yeah, groovier Austin than the other two.

By Lawrence Toppman of Charlotte Observer (7/1) Not Reachable
            The funniest, crassest, wildest, most musical, most satirical and most scatological of the Powers...

By Connie Ogle of Miami Herald (7/1) Not Reachable
            The Austin Powers films have never, ever been anything approaching high-brow, but the uneven Gold...

By James Berardinelli of ReelViews (3/5) Not Reachable
            ...superior to the disappointing second movie in the series.

By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) of St. Paul Pioneer Press (3/5) Not Reachable
            Sadly, the new Austin Powers is only shagiocre.

                         Reviews of Austin Powers in Goldmember
By Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone of TheMovieChicks.com (7/1) Not Reachable
            The first five minutes are hilarious, but some of the jokes are getting tired. Enough to make it ...

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