Mike Myer proved again he is an excellent and talented entertainer (can YOU dance on skates?!). Not only did he revive his previous characters of Powers, Dr. Evil, and Fat Baastard, he goes on to add the (rather flexible), sinister and unattractive ’’Goldmember’’.
Mini-me (Verne Troyer) has a much expanded role, and manages to make the most base site gags work. His character manages to steal scene after scene... he excels in the prison scene.
PROS: Mini-Me (Verne Troyer) provides some of the funniest moments in the film. He has a hilarious turn as Mini-Austin when Dr. Evil abruptly rejects him as his successor, and his rabid come-ons to Beyonce are to die for. Dr. Evil as straight man to Austin’s happy randiness proves he is still the funniest evil guy around.
Fat Baastard is great in this movie.... talk about a scene with a lot of laughs in it! Gold Members’ accent is hilarious! The things he says.. and the way he says them will have you upside down your seat.
CONS: Beyonce Knowles, who plays Austin’s blaxploitation film era love interest, suffers almost the same fate as Felicity Shagwell in Austin 2 -- she’s got so much potential, and is far too underused. It would have been nice to see the film giving her more to do besides wandering around in a humongous afro and generally being sweet to Austin -- who responds pretty tamely with chaste grins and bawdy jokes. The plot doesn’t quite come together, alternating as it does between Austin’s, Dr. Evil’s, Scott’s, and Mini-Me’s father issues, and Goldmember’s plot to destroy the planet. Somehow it seemed to be trying to deal with far too many things at once. On the other hand, who expects serious cohesiveness out of an Austin Powers film?
I was literally hurting when I finished watching this film. I sat in the car with the friends that I went to see it with, and we laughed in the parking lot as well.