Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Critic Reviews

There is enough mirthful good will generated to justify even another sequel. May we suggest: "License to Shag," "You Only Shag Twice" or "Thundershag."Read the full review

The most consistently funny studio sequel in some time, and the rare blockbuster that actually delivers on what it promises.Read the full review

Give your brain the night off, and Myers will make you smile too.Read the full review

Places Myers firmly on the top rung of movie comics.Read the full review

As a character, Austin Powers hasn't worn out his welcome, exactly, but he has outlived his novelty.Read the full review

With its outrageous double-entendre, gonzo performances and appalling lack of restraint, the sequel is more than a guilty pleasure.Read the full review

Myers has a singular talent for skit humor… You can get away with an awful lot of gross, juvenile humor if you've got that to fall back on. [11 June 1999, Calendar, p.F-1]Read the full review

There's a rampant looseness to this movie, and it's subversively liberating.Read the full review

Better than anyone dared hope: bigger, more inventive, and more frolicsome than its predecessor, with a grab bag of scatological gags that are almost as riotous when you think back on them.Read the full review