Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
71%RT Audience Score: 71%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 1 Oscar
18 wins & 31 nominations total
Provides lots of laughs with Myers at the healm; as funny or funnier than the original
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me” is a movie that’s not for the faint of heart. With its abundance of sex jokes and bathroom humor, it’s definitely not a family-friendly flick. But if you’re in the mood for a crafty, intermittently hilarious comedy, this movie might just be for you. Sure, some of the jokes fall flat and the repetitiousness of jokes from the first film can get old, but overall it’s a funnier, tighter film than its predecessor. And let’s be real, who doesn’t love a good Star Wars-style text scrolling to kick off a movie? So grab some popcorn, settle in, and get ready for some laughs (and maybe a few cringes).
Production Company(ies)
Bluemark Productions, C-Hundred Film Corporation, Civilian Pictures,
Distributor
Aurum Producciones S.A. [es], RCV Film Distribution, Warner Home Vídeo, New Line Cinema, Buena Vista Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Space Needle – 400 Broad Street, Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for sexual innuendo and crude humor
Year of Release
1999
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital EX SDDS DTS-ES
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 35m
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Language(s):English, German
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 11, 1999 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 3, 2002
Genre(s)
Comedy
Keyword(s)
starring Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Rob Lowe, Seth Green, Demi Moore, John S Lyons, Eric McLeod, Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd, directed by Jay Roach, written by Mike Myers, Michael McCullers, comedy, PG-13, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Nell Minow, Edward Guthmann, Ernest Hardy, Janet Maslin, Michael Wilmington, Rod Dreher, Mike Massie, Richard Propes, Leigh Paatsch, Alyssa Bereznak, Emanuel Levy, Austin Powers, Dr Evil, Fat Bastard, Felicity Shagwell, Basil Exposition, Number Two, Young Number Two, Scott Evil, fembot, time travel, laser, mojo, pint-size attack-clone
Worldwide gross: $312,016,928
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $560,079,085
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 252
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 61,077,327
US/Canada gross: $206,040,086
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $369,847,699
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 135
US/Canada opening weekend: $17,981,900
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $32,278,012
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 412
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $33,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $59,235,920
Production budget ranking: 686
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $31,898,543
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $468,944,622
ROI to date (est.): 515%
ROI ranking: 249
Heather Graham – Felicity Shagwell
Michael York – Basil Exposition
Robert Wagner – Number Two
Rob Lowe – Young Number Two
Seth Green – Scott Evil
Director(s)
Jay Roach
Writer(s)
Mike Myers, Mike Myers, Michael McCullers
Producer(s)
John S. Lyons, Eric McLeod, Demi Moore, Mike Myers, Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
18 wins & 31 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (90) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (43)
Full of sex and bathroom humor. Not for kids.
December 22, 2010 | Rating: 2/5
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
TOP CRITIC
June 18, 2002 | Rating: 3/4
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
A funnier, tighter film than its predecessor!
January 1, 2000
Ernest Hardy
Film.com
TOP CRITIC
Despite an oversupply of bathroom jokes and scattered scenes that play like outtakes, this is still a crafty, intermittently hilarious comedy.
January 1, 2000 | Rating: 3/5
Janet Maslin
New York Times
TOP CRITIC
Too much of the new Powers looks like bad TV and sounds like old burlesque!
January 1, 2000
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
Amusing but ultimately disappointing.
January 1, 2000
Rod Dreher
New York Post
TOP CRITIC
The sexual innuendo is back and still largely effective, but the repetitiousness of jokes from the first film start to lose their hilarity.
September 9, 2020 | Rating: 4/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
The Spy Who Shagged Me is a funny film, but often elicited little more than chuckles out of me.
September 2, 2020 | Rating: 3.0/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
A rare comedy sequel that matches the original.
July 21, 2020 | Rating: 3/5
Leigh Paatsch
Herald Sun (Australia)
Against all odds, Myers’s wacky step-and-repeat characters remain enduringly entertaining.
March 26, 2019
Alyssa Bereznak
The Ringer
August 10, 2012 | Rating: C
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
The film opened with a Star Wars-styled text scrolling, about how Austin Powers was frozen in 1967 and defrosted in the 90s to battle his nemesis Dr. Evil. After succeeding and banishing Evil, Powers settled down with his newly-wed wife Vanessa…
July 6, 2010 | Rating: A+
Tim Dirks
Filmsite…
Plot
Thirsting for revenge after the events of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), despicable Dr Evil gets his hands on a diabolical machine and travels back to groovy 1969. But everyone knows that bad habits are hard to break, and this time, apart from world domination, the ambitious megalomaniac is bent on stealing everything Austin holds dear: his undeniable charm and swagger and his vaulting libido. As an insecure Powers returns to the psychedelic 1960s, teamed up with blonde CIA bombshell Felicity Shagwell, the out-of-time British agent must do the impossible: salvage what’s left of his once-unstoppable sex drive and thwart Dr Evil’s latest lunatic plot. Can Austin Powers, the man who lost his mojo, avert the inevitable for the second time?
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The film features Mike Myers in multiple roles, including Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, and Fat Bastard.
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