Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
PG-13 | 08 June 1999 (USA)
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When diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo,’ Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself - with the help of American agent, Felicity Shagwell - to stop the dastardly plan. Once there, Austin faces off against Dr. Evil's army of minions to try to save the world in his own unbelievably groovy way.

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ChanBot

i must have seen a different film!!

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Maidexpl

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

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Kien Navarro

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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Allison Davies

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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Matt Greene

These movies aren't parodies. They're sporadically funny, obnoxiously disgusting and full of incessant references to modern (and now out of date) culture that really don't stand the test of time. Troyer is great, the giant flying genitals are inspired, and Dr. Evil is a national treasure.

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zkonedog

Simply put, your enjoyment of this second Austin Powers installment will hinge on your feelings regarding the first one, as there isn't a whole lot of change in tone.For a basic plot summary, "The Spy Who Shagged Me" sees Dr. Evil (Mike Myers) return to Earth to continue his battle with British super-spy Austin Powers (Myers). This time around, the action takes place in the "groovy" 1960s.Though the jokes are very similar (in some cases almost identical) to the original, a few key changes add in enough originality to keep things relatively fresh.The addition of Mini-Me (diminutive Verne Troyer) creates another classic character. Plus, just when you thought a female lead couldn't get any hotter than Elizabeth Hurley, they find Heather Graham (!).Essentially, this movie is a simple continuation of its predecessor, for better or worse. I thought it actually slightly eclipsed the first one due to less "Bond spoofs' and more focus on the crazy character antics/humor.

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tomgillespie2002

It's surprising to think that the first Austin Powers movie underwhelmed at the box office back in 1997, only picking up a cult following after its VHS release, and soon enough you couldn't escape the sound of someone yelling "yeah, baby!" every 5 minutes. By the time it's sequel hit the cinema screens, the character, along with the super-spy's arch-nemesis Dr. Evil, had garnered a huge mainstream following, and the movie was a big hit. Yet the film, subtitled The Spy Who Shagged Me, suffers from the same problems as most comedy sequels, which is basically to re-tread the same successful jokes from the first movie, and forgetting what made the original so fresh and charming.Powers (Mike Myers) is a randy, free-love type-of-guy from the 60's. When he was re-awoken from his cryogenic state in the 90's, his out- of-date attitudes put him at odds with a society that had grown more stiff-upper-lipped. Crowds of screaming girls would no longer chase him down the street a la A Hard Day's Night (1964) and sexy girls wouldn't be willing to bed him at the drop of a hat. When Dr. Evil (also Myers) arrives back to Earth with a plan to steal Powers' mojo, the characters find themselves time-travelling again back to the 60's, where gorgeous super-agent Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham) is ready and willing, but Powers lack the mojo to do anything about it. Most of what made the first movie so successful was that Powers was a man out of time, so by placing him back into his natural surroundings, the opportunity to create funny set- piece's are few and far between.The dentally-challenged Brit is instead lumped with a dull romance with Shagwell, which is a carbon-copy of the relationship between Powers and Vanessa Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley), only with the roles reversed. In fact, Powers seems to play second-fiddle to Dr. Evil, whose ridiculously outlandish plots and newly-created sidekick Mini-Me (Verne Troyer) annoy his estranged son Scott Evil (Seth Green) and provide the majority of the film's laughs. An early scene where Evil appears on Jerry Springer with his son is hilarious, and the film is at its most inspired when the focus is on the bad guys. The Spy Who Shagged Me is also more gross-out than it's predecessor, continuing a trend set by There's Something About Mary (1998) and re-establishment of the teen sex comedy set by American Pie (1999), so Myers introduces a vile character called Fat Bastard who speaks with a Scottish accent and is permanently covered with chicken bits, whose scenes tend to induce more cringes than laughs. It's funny enough to justify its third instalment, but it lacks the satire, sweetness and freshness of the original.

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SnoopyStyle

Austin Powers (Mike Myers) is trying to live happily-ever-after with Vanessa Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley) but she turns out to be a deadly fembot. At least, he's single again. The gang is back. Number Two (Robert Wagner) clones Dr. Evil to create Mini-Me (Verne Troyer). His son Scott Evil (Seth Green) is not quite evil enough. He and Mini-me travel in his time machine to 1969 to steal Austin Powers' mojo. Fat Bastard is the baby-eating disgruntled inside man who steals the mojo. Austin travels back in time in his VW convertible Bug to stop them with the help of CIA agent Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham).It's almost as fun as the original. The addition of Mini-Me is genius. "Stop humping the laser." Heather Graham is hot in her booty shorts. Rob Lowe replacing Robert Wagner as the younger Number Two works. I can do without the gross Fat Bastard. The gross-out jokes don't really fit. Quite frankly, James Bond never had a Fat Bastard equivalent. He's the only one that sticks out.

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