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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
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Reviews Counted:56
Fresh:38
Rotten:18
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: A light and goofy comedy which provides laughs, largely due to performances and screenwriting by Myers.
Synopsis: AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY is the first in the comic series starring this bodacious 1960s spy played by the hilarious Mike Myers. Decked out in the gaudiest mod attire--ruffled... AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY is the first in the comic series starring this bodacious 1960s spy played by the hilarious Mike Myers. Decked out in the gaudiest mod attire--ruffled shirts, tight-fitting candy-colored suits, horn-rimmed glasses, and prosthetic teeth--Austin Powers is anything but subtle. His near-constant exclamations of "Groovy, Baby," accompanied an uncandid flash of his flirtatious smile, only add to his wonderfully exaggerated hipster persona. Plotwise, Austin Powers and his enemy Dr. Evil (also played by Myers) awake from 30 years of frozen, cryogenic sleep to find themselves in the year 1997. A conniving Dr. Evil plots a reign of terror and mass destruction, but finds that his ideas and methods are a bit out of date. Our hero encounters a similar dilemma, realizing that he is definitely behind the times. A series of well-meaning though bumbling efforts to thwart the insidious Dr. Evil keep Austin Powers and his devastatingly beautiful partner Vanessa Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley) hard at work as they travel from London to Las Vegas. With this tongue-in-cheek send-up of James Bond spy films and 1960s cliches, director Jay Roach compliments Myers' over-the-top performance with a lighthearted soundtrack, fun photography, and amusingly retro sets. [More]
Starring: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Mimi Rogers
Starring: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Mimi Rogers, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Fabiana Udenio, Mindy Sterling, Paul Dillon, Charles Napier, Will Ferrell, Joann Richter, Anastasia Nicole Sakelaris, Afifi Alaouie, Monet Mazur, Mark Bringleson, Clint Howard, Elya Baskin, Carlton Lee Russell, Daniel Weaver, Neil Mullarkey, Lea Sullivan, Chekesha Van Putten, Heather Jae Marie, Sara Smith, Laura Payne-Gabriel, Joe Son, Tyde Kierny, Larry Thomas, Cheryl Bartel, Cindy Margolis, Donna W. Scott, Barbara Ann Moore, Cynthia Lamontagne, Brian George, Kay Wade, Steve Monroe, Vince Melocchi, Patrick Bristow, Jim McMullan, Robin Gammell, Ted Kairys
Director: Jay Roach
Director: Jay Roach
Screenwriter: Mike Myers
Producer: Suzanne Todd, Demi Moore, Jennifer Todd, Mike Myers
Composer: George S. Clinton
Reviews for Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
...contains its fair share of bathroom humor, much of it childish, a lot of it gross, and some of it hilarious.
There's nothing malevolent about Austin Powers, he's clearly more Clouseau than Dr. Strangelove, and he is born out of affection, for both the period he's from and for a sense of humour that is peculiarly British.
We may not need as many Austin Powers movies as there are James Bond pictures, but one or two more might be nice.
The originals were spoofs in their own way, too, unless you really believe that secret agents look more like Sean Connery than Aldrich Ames.
A loving paean to Bond, Flint, Helm and their ilk (as well as a myriad of outlandish villains), the film knows its turf and only missteps when it ventures into more contemporary territory.
What I enjoyed more than the specific parodies was the spirit behind them.
It would take a stone face not to crumple at Austin's dodgy catchphrases and irrepressible sexual desperation.
While the film feels a bit like a bunch of skits, it's wickedly funny in trashing the conventions of the movies it apes.
Mike Myers has created such an infectious, and joyful character, you will be forced to say, 'Groovy Baby!', at least once.
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