Grade: C+
It's pretty obvious this movie didn't have a script finished before they began production. You can almost see the director (Barry Sonnenfeld) going "okay now Will ad lib" throughout like half of the scenes. Luckily for the people making this movie Will Smith is really charming when on camera. Him, a surly and really looking old Tommy Lee Jones, and Josh Brolin doing a spot on Tommy Lee Jones impersonation have to carry this movie, and for the most part they do. The story follows the same formula as the other two: A big bad alien threatens to destroy Earth and it's up to the men in black to stop it. This alien is called Boris the Animal and is played by Jemaine Clement in a lot of make up. Jemaine Clement is a funny guy so this was an odd casting choice playing the completely serious Boris. It still works enough though.
That's kind of the theme of this movie. Everything just works enough to make it enjoyable. Smith is charming enough to ab lib a lot of his lines. Josh Brolin is talented enough to play a character as relatively blank as young Agent k and still make his scenes enjoyable. Michael Stuhlbarg is good enough at playing whimsical to make his character (an alien the agents have to save from Boris) likeable instead of annoying. There aren't any big laughs but the movie is funny enough to make you smile. There isn't much of a story but there is enough to make the surprisingly heartfelt ending still hit and almost enough to bring up a tear. Overall this movie didn't need to be made, but at least they did enough to make it worth while.
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