Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Mike Myers is back for a third installment of his hilarious spy spoof franchise in Austin Powers in Goldmember. He continues to wow and amuse audiences with his multiple roles, playing Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, Fat Bastard, and Goldmember, the new villain in the film. You’ll see some familiar faces, Michael York, Seth Green, Robert Wagner, Mindy Serling, and Verne Troyer, but in this third movie—which doesn’t necessarily have to be watched in order, but it does help—you’ll most likely roar with laughter because of the new faces added to the cast.
Firstly, and let’s face it, most importantly, Michael Caine is in the movie. Since Mike Myers had previously revealed part of the inspiration behind his Austin Powers movies was Michael Caine’s Harry Palmer character, it’s pretty adorable and fitting that Michael Caine was recruited to play Austin Powers’s father! And, as a very sweet touch, since Myers’s glasses were made to be a replica of Caine’s, Caine found his original frames from the 1960s and wore them for the film! Michael Caine is everything you’d expect Austin Powers’s dad to be, and pretty much everything out of his mouth is completely hilarious. I’m sure you’ll gain some household phrases from this movie, whether it’s “If you have an issue, here’s a tissue” or “There are two things in this world I hate: people who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and the Dutch” or his joke about Viagra.
Next up is the hysterical opening to the film: At first you think you’re just watching Austin Powers in a car chase sequence, but he gets out of the car and it’s actually Tom Cruise! Turns out, Steven Spielberg is making a movie about Austin Powers, starring Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and John Travolta. Add in cameos by Britney Spears, Quincy Jones, Katie Couric, the Osbourne family, Burt Bacharach, Rob Lowe, Clint Howard, and Nathan Lane—in one of the funniest gags of the movie—and you’ll be on your toes for the entire film, wondering who’s going to pop up next.
Beyoncé makes her film debut in the movie, and while that fact is painfully clear, if you’d like you can cut her a little slack since she was only twenty years old. Still, her lack of confidence and talent in front of the camera doesn’t really detract from the rest of the film. It’s extremely funny, and full of phrases you’ll find yourself repeating for decades to come.
More Michael Caine movies here!
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More Michael York movies here!
Firstly, and let’s face it, most importantly, Michael Caine is in the movie. Since Mike Myers had previously revealed part of the inspiration behind his Austin Powers movies was Michael Caine’s Harry Palmer character, it’s pretty adorable and fitting that Michael Caine was recruited to play Austin Powers’s father! And, as a very sweet touch, since Myers’s glasses were made to be a replica of Caine’s, Caine found his original frames from the 1960s and wore them for the film! Michael Caine is everything you’d expect Austin Powers’s dad to be, and pretty much everything out of his mouth is completely hilarious. I’m sure you’ll gain some household phrases from this movie, whether it’s “If you have an issue, here’s a tissue” or “There are two things in this world I hate: people who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and the Dutch” or his joke about Viagra.
Next up is the hysterical opening to the film: At first you think you’re just watching Austin Powers in a car chase sequence, but he gets out of the car and it’s actually Tom Cruise! Turns out, Steven Spielberg is making a movie about Austin Powers, starring Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and John Travolta. Add in cameos by Britney Spears, Quincy Jones, Katie Couric, the Osbourne family, Burt Bacharach, Rob Lowe, Clint Howard, and Nathan Lane—in one of the funniest gags of the movie—and you’ll be on your toes for the entire film, wondering who’s going to pop up next.
Beyoncé makes her film debut in the movie, and while that fact is painfully clear, if you’d like you can cut her a little slack since she was only twenty years old. Still, her lack of confidence and talent in front of the camera doesn’t really detract from the rest of the film. It’s extremely funny, and full of phrases you’ll find yourself repeating for decades to come.
More Michael Caine movies here!
More Gwyneth Paltrow movies here!
More Michael York movies here!