Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Critic Reviews

Definitely lives up to its promise of being smashing, groovy, baby.Read the full review

A funny movie that only gets funnier the more familiar you are with the James Bond movies, all the Bond clones and countless other 1960s films.Read the full review

Austin Powers sounded like a silly idea, but it turns out to be one of the best comedies of the year.Read the full review

A little of this sort of thing goes a long way, but no one does it better than Myers.Read the full review

His (Myers) affection for the era and its gaudy, bawdy movies inject this bit of fluff with giddy energy.Read the full review

We may not need as many Austin Powers movies as there are James Bond pictures, but one or two more might be nice.Read the full review

There are times when Austin Powers drags. It can be difficult to sustain even the best humor for ninety minutes, and this film, for all of the laughs it offers, is far from the best.Read the full review

As goofy and throwaway as the "Brady Bunch" movies, but it has the same winking appreciation of vintage kitsch.Read the full review

It helps that Myers has Powers down pat. Still, the need to parody "Casino Royale" could have been taken care of in an eight-minute TV skit; instead, we're given nearly 90 minutes of someone else's party.Read the full review