@CREDITS_FLEE2025-12-06 00:00 UTC
Counted four explosions before the studio logo finished. Men in Black knows its audience.
“Two thumbs down from hell.”
— THE DEVIL TOMATO
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1997 · Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Men in Black
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
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RELEASE DATE
1997
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GENRE
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi
PLOT SUMMARY
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
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@RATIO_RAT2025-12-03 13:00 UTC
I've seen screen savers with more depth and fewer unnecessary lens flares than Men in Black.
@REEL_DEAL2025-12-17 02:00 UTC
If Men in Black was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.
@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-08 15:00 UTC
Men in Black put every joke in the trailer and then dared us to sit through the rest.
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r/criticalkino · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 0.5k points
Unpopular opinion: Men in Black is the most overrated film of the decade
Just got out of Men in Black and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/flicks · u/JumpCutJunkie🔥 3.0k points
Hot Take: Men in Black's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Everyone praising the Men in Black performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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r/criticalkino · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 0.7k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Men in Black?
Honestly, Men in Black would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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