Review of Men in Black (1997) by Clem666 — 01 May 2021

If the scenario is interesting and promising at the beginning it feels like it truly lacks in depth. 'Men In Black' could have been way more political than it actually is. All this movie does is presenting diverse species of aliens without connecting them to each other, making the lore looking even more superficial than it is. The story totally focuses on K (Tommy Lee Jones) and J (Will Smith) without adding any content but the classic 'You're the new rookie on this job and I'm the badass tired veteran' type of plot.

The acting is really poor as Tommy Lee keeps the same impassive face all along while Will Smith is okay, but still a totally stereotyped character. He can't be anything else than this street childish young man, pretentious and sometimes honestly disrespectful, trying to make his own rules on the tasks he is asked to do.

The movie claims to be a comedy but except for a few scenes that are funny by the turn of events they showcase, no actor appear to be really funny. 'Men In Black' perfectly stays in the between of being childish and aiming to a teenager public. According to me they underestimated the opportunity of crafting a marvelous universe by giving more place to aliens rather than to focus on a human paranormal organization. There are a impressive and numerous amount of incoherent scenes covering the stupidity of some of the characters' acts. The villain of the movie is disgusting as they tried to make him the most repelling they could to underline his badness. The climax is very predictable and as boring as unsurprising. The only moment it could have been more emtional is when K makes his special demand to J at the end but the movie regrettably fails at making it a great scene between all of these other so-called funny ones.