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CibbuanoAustin Powers: Goldmember
November 3rd 2006 10:24
Austin Powers: Goldmember (2002)
Austin Powers, everyone's favourite swinging superspy, returns again in 'Goldmember'. Not content with playing three roles in the last film, Mike Myers opts for four in this one.
Okay, so this is a comedy. Is it funny? YES. Does anything else matter then? NO. The plot is sketchy at best, and the film itself is little more than a bunch of loosely connected jokes and locations, but you find yourself simply not caring because it's more than fulfils it's primary need to be funny.
Weirdly, for a second sequel, 'Austin Powers: Goldmember' seems to be more popular than ever. The cameos are startling and hilarious (don't let anyone spoil them for you if you are unaware of them - in fact, punch them in the face if they tell you who's in it) and Myers is in good form, though perhaps falls a little flat as the newest character; Goldmember, who's more bizarre than funny. Beyonce Knowles does okay as Foxxy Cleopatra, and Michael Caine is spot-on as Austin Powers' dad.
So, if you want a laugh, this is it. As other reviewers have noted elsewhere - not all the jokes work, but they come at you so rapidly that you hardly have time to stop laughing at the ones that do.
TRIVIA: Bucking the usual trend of sequels, 'Goldmember' made more money at the box office than either of it's predecessors.
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