Men in Black III
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: May 25, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
19
Mixed:
14
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
MovielineStephanie ZacharekMay 24, 2012
Most wonderful of all is Josh Brolin as the young Agent K. It's so easy to believe that Brolin could turn into Jones, given a couple of decades. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesMay 24, 2012
The comedy sci-fi franchise returns after a ten-year hiatus, with the same formula of respectably funny wisecracks and obsessively detailed space monsters. Read full review
60
The GuardianSteve RoseMay 24, 2012
It's by no means a triumph, but one of the enjoyable things about Men in Black has always been the malleable nature of its reality. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMay 24, 2012
A solidly entertaining summer movie is always welcome, even if it can't quite claim to be out of this world. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMay 23, 2012
The good news is that it's better than the second "Men in Black." The bad news is: not all that much. There are a couple of clever ideas, a few funny moments, a wealth of computer-generated special effects. But it's hollow at its core, and the asides have lost some of their spark. Read full review
60
Boxoffice MagazineVadim RizovMay 22, 2012
Men in Black 3 is exactly what you'd expect: amiable mediocrity and nicely laid-back performances with pricy special effects plugging in the gaps where jokes should be. Read full review
58
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallMay 23, 2012
If this movie truly cost $375 million to produce and market (as the L.A. Times reported), the biggest chunk isn't on the screen. Read full review
50
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottMay 25, 2012
What we're left with is a thoroughly mediocre, shrug-generating disappointment -- and one that certainly doesn't feel like it should have cost more than a third of a billion dollars to make and market. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinMay 24, 2012
The finished product is in a different league than the whompingly terrible Men in Black II - it hits its marks. But it's not inventive enough to overcome the overarching inertia, the palpable absence of passion. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMay 24, 2012
The younger man's personality is all the more startling for the skill and generosity with which Mr. Brolin creates a persuasively vital K while foreshadowing the grump to come. The script explains the change in elaborate detail, but the performance defies explanation; it's mysteriously marvelous. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineJohn SemleyMay 23, 2012
More like an attempt to reenergize a franchise than rebottle the lightning that electrified the original. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick PinkertonMay 22, 2012
Despite such ubiquitous timidity, one can pluck out a few pleasing distractions here. Read full review
40
Total FilmNeil SmithMay 18, 2012
In a summer hardly starved of comic-book properties, this redundant extension of a series that ran out of gas a decade ago doesn't need a neuralyzer to be forgettable. Read full review
40
EmpireWilliam ThomasMay 18, 2012
Despite some good moments, Agents J, O and K are missing an E. Read full review
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