Comedy > Graham, Heather Comedy

Advantages: good story line
Disadvantages: can be a bit over the to

...film is amazing. the who austin powers thing is about a photographer from the 60s who solved many of dr evils crimes and all the women wanted him. He is frightend when his mojo had been stolen and straight away he knew who took it. DR EVIL!! it is a great film and you have to have a sence of humer to understand the story. the director-Jay Roach- did a fantastic job with all the camra angles and the acting is also brilliant. personaly if i had not ... Read review

Advantages: Brilliantly done and fantastic characters
Disadvantages: If you don't like the 60's and Mike Myers

...be defined, a term that Austin Powers (Mike Myers) uses to wow the ladies in James Bond fashion throughout the triology. This is not your usual James Bond though, and for those of you who have been living under a rock for 10 years and have never heard of the franchise - it's the Bond spoof, only overtime Austin Powers has became a stand alone film that does not rely on tags such as spoof. Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery was the first ...
...afterall that is the decade Austin is from, but after Dr. Evil (also played by Mike Myers) freezes himself and sends himself off into space Austin also has to freeze himself only to be unfroozen when Dr. Evil returns in the 1990's. And this is how the film begins. Vanessa just so happens to be the daughter of Austin's sidekick back in the 60's, so when the pair are brought together to thwart Dr. Evil's plan to take over the world Austin immediately ... Read review

Advantages: Some funny moments
Disadvantages: Lacks impact

...those too stupid to read the drop down at the bottom. This is a pretty good comedy that has enough grace not to take itself too seriously which is echoed by the Bollywood style ending to the film that divorces reality with actual events. The film stars Jimmy Mistry plays Ramu Gupta who arrives in New York seeking fame and fortune but ends up working in a restaurant. When he is sacked he tries and fails as a porn star but builds up a relationship ...
...a waiter he takes over the role of a Guru when the original man doing it passes out from drrinking too much. Gupta the becomes the toast of New York society as he is adopted by Lexi played be the excellent Marisa Tomei who is a neuroic rich New York woman who is looking for more meaning in her life. Gupta perpetuates the ruse to get the fame and fortune he has always wanted while effectively stealing the thoughts of Graham and passing them off ... Read review

Advantages: Nice box, some input from cast, decent film.
Disadvantages: Very brief special features.

Despite a distinct lack of special features on this DVD, each cast member has a minute or two each to talk about thier character and then there's your basic feature, the slightly over-long feature film does make up for it. The film flows like a documentary and has very believable though unexpected outcomes for each of its characters. It approaches a harsh subject in a warm way almost praising it whilst admitting that such behaviour has consequences. ...
...the film and associate with the characters. You must remmeber however that this has a story, thus is is not all naked ladies and when there are it will not get your pulses racing. It many ways it shares its story with the structure of a ganster ovie liek scarface, the rise and the fall of a star without ignoring the life and love of his helpers. All it all it feels real and thats why its a success. Unlike an action film this could and probably has ... Read review

Advantages: setting, Will Smith and great acting
Disadvantages: Slightly Pretentious

A truely original film, that totally amazed me when I saw it as I was a fan of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air and never realised quite what a talented actor Will Smith was. This was one of his first major film roles but you would never guess, he plays a working class man who manages to work himself into the lives of several upper class families in the wealthy side of New York, under the pretense that he is the son of Sidney Poitier. The film is based ...
...the dialogue based script. However dont let that put you off if your not a fan of plays, its a thouroughly entertaining watch with some great actors like Donald Sutherland, Ian McKellen and Heather Graham help add some class to it. The story itself is based on real events although the slightly naive families are probably a little more careful nowadays. Smith is basically a conman although his motives for the cons are not as clear as you may think, ... Read review