Simply A Masterpiece

Purely Joyful Movie!

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Men in Black works on a few factors- a well plotted storyline and the chemistry between Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. Men in Black are a secret organization which monitor extra-terrestrial activities on Earth. When an alien being starts creating havoc in New York our two leads act to rid of it. Linda Fiorentino is sassy as the sole female presence here and it is strange to see her career fizzle out the way it did. Vincent D O'nofrio is excellent as the human host of the alien. Men in Black is a breezy affair, funny and the kind of film Hollywood should make more often yet does not. The special effects are good such that they assist the story and not just exist to provide pyro technique eye candy.

Men in Black works on a few factors- a well plotted storyline and the chemistry between Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. Men in Black are a secret organization which monitor extra-terrestrial activities on Earth. When an alien being starts creating havoc in New York our two leads act to rid of it. Linda Fiorentino is sassy as the sole female presence here and it is strange to see her career fizzle out the way it did. Vincent D O'nofrio is excellent as the human host of the alien. Men in Black is a breezy affair, funny and the kind of film Hollywood should make more often yet does not. The special effects are good such that they assist the story and not just exist to provide pyro technique eye candy.

Continuing my plan to watch every Will Smith movie in order, I come to Men In Black (1997)Plot In A Paragraph: A New York police officer (Smith) joins a secret organization that polices and monitors extraterrestrial interactions on Earth.How do you follow the highest movie of the year, was the problem facing Will Smith, and truthfully he chose very well!! With the movie and the the song, he was everywhere!! But personally I've never really got this movie, I thought it was watchable at the time, and have never thought more about it when I have caught it on TV in the 20 years since. I always though the Will Smith song Men In Black, was better than the movie itself. The only thing I really enjoyed, was seeing Sly Stallone as one of the Aliens being monitored on a big screen. Watching it back to back with Bad Boys and Independence Day. Will Smith's cocky act is beginning to irritate me a bit. I didn't notice it at the time, as in 1997, I dancing along in night clubs to his various hit singles like Getting Jiggy Wit it, Miami and the theme song from this. Isolated it didn't bother me, watching it them together, it's a bit tiresome. Tommy Lee Jones is the best thing in this movie. His timing is perfect. Men In Black grossed $306 million at the domestic box office, to end 1996 the 2nd highest grossing movie of the year. If it wasn't for Titanic, this would have ran away with it, as it was well clear of Jurassic Park 2.

**THIS REVIEW COULD CONTAIN A LOT OF SPOILERS. IF THE READER DOESN'T WANT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE MOVIE BEING SPOILED, THEN I RECOMMEND VIEWING THE FILM BEFORE READING THIS REVIEW. THANK YOU.**This movie was really fun to watch. Personally, it's my opinion that "Men In Black" is one of the very few films that offers comedy and fun with space aliens, that isn't for children, or childish. I think the agents Tommy Lee and Will Smith make the perfect pair up of personalities that clash and give you the "stupid kid" refusing to listen to wisdom scenario. When Will Smith is pulled off of the NYPD to be apart, of well, the MIB field operatives (or nothing, because he's been erased from society), he begins to learn from Tommy Lee of all the weird aliens, and how they co-exist with humans. The humans have no idea that these aliens live among us, and just go about their everyday lives not knowing. So, throughout the whole movie, they chase after this cockroach alien "tear-assing through Manhattan in a brand new Edgar suit."- as Tommy Lee says in the movie. The Movie offers good comedy in a unique way. It's actually good fun for the whole family (without the reality of the adults thinking it's for kids). The movie is very enjoyable with its concepts, unique gadgets, and goofy humor. It's a good time. Not to deviate from the interview, but this is the best of the three Men In Black films, in my opinion. The whole movie was goofy and a lot of fun, the acting was good, the script was unique, the dialog was funny, and the plot was original for its time. I would recommend this comedy to any audience for a one time watch.