Men in Black 3

If you run out of ideas in the present, time travel can throw in some plus points, and that's what the third Men in Black did. Another adventure of "J" and "K" that offers a decent premise that, in my opinion, was not used to its full potential. The main villain has a properly disgusting look on the one hand, but on the other, I found him reprehensibly uncharismatic. Josh Brolin was a great past version of Tommy Lee Jones, while Will Smith tries to add in some "juice" here and there, but it mostly fizzles out quickly. Michael Stuhlbarg's character could rival Paul Newman with his eyes and was pleasantly alien. Another thing that bothered me at times were the blatantly artificial scenes. As a result, MiB3 is not funny, action-packed, or sci-fi enough, though the mild plot twist at the end did make the film a little better. A solid three stars! (04/03/2021)

I don't like MiB, I never enjoyed it very much and I went to see the third film out of professional duty. The first third is tragic - the screenwriter on the set who wrote the dialogues for the characters a little in advance must have been very lethargic. Then Will jumps through time, Josh shows up, and I enjoyed myself ever since. There aren't many jokes in the film, but some of them are great and intelligent (blacks who don't steal cars, Warhol's last sitar concert...). But when Will meets Josh, a strange thing happens wherein MiB starts tugging at my heartstrings. In addition, unlike the second film, they have a pretty nice and only moderately dull story, and from the aesthetics of the 90's they are able to extract pastel oomph and several miraculous events, which must mainly impress American audiences. The simplicity seemed contagious to me, as did a certain intimacy and focus on the relationship between the two guys in black. The final twist is not done in such a way that it’s pulling your leg so that the director can show the audience an additional trick. BTW, I feel that Sonnenfeld has relatives in space and that he sent them money from the budget. But I was satisfied for the 180 crowns I spent on it. (31/05/2012)

Will's unflagging comedic talent and Brolin's perfect copy of Jones' gesticulation, diction, and facial expressions, are all beaten down by a flimsy script and routine direction that doesn't take the best from the characters, the 1960s, or anything else. With the exception of the "Mommy, the President is drinking my chocolate milk!" joke, it’s terribly boring. (10/09/2012)

A couple of good lines, the talented comedian Will Smith with his captivating spontaneity, Boris The Animal and a superb impersonation by Josh Brolin, that's about it. Otherwise, it is is a mediocre and pointless threequel that essentially lacks any greater ambitions, neither visual nor intellectual. I don't deny my relatively skeptical view towards the whole franchise, but after the first one, no other installment entertains me anymore. (24/04/2013)

It took ten long years for the third MiB to get a chance to make amends for the disastrous no. 2. And they succeeded. Decent entertainment, good jokes, an interesting idea with time travel (although the story has logic holes in it like a sieve), fine Will and superbly cast Josh Brolin. T.L. Jones seems like he’s here just from a sense of duty, but never mind that. The majority of the movie sits on young K. Otherwise I was pleased that the dubbers from part one were hired again for this movie. (19/07/2012)