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Men in Black 3

  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
373K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
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Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, and Josh Brolin in Men in Black 3 (2012)
Agent J time-jumps back to the year 1969 to take out an alien with its sights on the younger version of Agent K -- a situation that poses a threat to the future of the MIB organization, and humankind's very existence.
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Agent J travels in time to M.I.B.'s early days in 1969 to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history.Agent J travels in time to M.I.B.'s early days in 1969 to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history.Agent J travels in time to M.I.B.'s early days in 1969 to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history.

  • Director
    • Barry Sonnenfeld
  • Writers
    • Etan Cohen
    • Lowell Cunningham
  • Stars
    • Will Smith
    • Tommy Lee Jones
    • Josh Brolin
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    373K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    690
    432
    • Director
      • Barry Sonnenfeld
    • Writers
      • Etan Cohen
      • Lowell Cunningham
    • Stars
      • Will Smith
      • Tommy Lee Jones
      • Josh Brolin
    • 431User reviews
    • 459Critic reviews
    • 58Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 13 nominations

    Videos26

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    No. 1
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    Which Roles Did Will Smith Turn Down?
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    What We Know About The 'Untitled Men in Black Spin-Off' ... So Far
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    "Have These In The Future?"
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    "Turn Your Cell Phone Off"
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    "Who Are You And What Do You Know?"
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    "Coffee Taste Like Dirt"
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    Men In Black 3: Have These In The Future? (French Subtitled)
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    Will Smith in Men in Black 3 (2012)
    Will Smith and Barry Sonnenfeld in Men in Black 3 (2012)
    Tommy Lee Jones and Keone Young in Men in Black 3 (2012)
    Will Smith and Emma Thompson in Men in Black 3 (2012)
    Tommy Lee Jones and Barry Sonnenfeld in Men in Black 3 (2012)
    Will Smith in Men in Black 3 (2012)
    Josh Brolin and Alice Eve in Men in Black 3 (2012)
    Nicole Scherzinger, Jemaine Clement, and Alex Ziwak in Men in Black 3 (2012)
    Will Smith, Josh Brolin, and Barry Sonnenfeld in Men in Black 3 (2012)
    Will Smith in Men in Black 3 (2012)
    Will Smith, Josh Brolin, and Michael Stuhlbarg in Men in Black 3 (2012)
    Josh Brolin in Men in Black 3 (2012)

    Top cast

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    Will Smith
    Will Smith
    • Agent J
    Tommy Lee Jones
    Tommy Lee Jones
    • Agent K
    Josh Brolin
    Josh Brolin
    • Young Agent K
    Jemaine Clement
    Jemaine Clement
    • Boris The Animal
    Emma Thompson
    Emma Thompson
    • Agent O
    Michael Stuhlbarg
    Michael Stuhlbarg
    • Griffin
    Mike Colter
    Mike Colter
    • Colonel
    Nicole Scherzinger
    Nicole Scherzinger
    • Boris' Girlfriend
    Michael Chernus
    Michael Chernus
    • Jeffrey Price
    Alice Eve
    Alice Eve
    • Young Agent O
    David Rasche
    David Rasche
    • Agent X
    Keone Young
    Keone Young
    • Mr. Wu
    Bill Hader
    Bill Hader
    • Andy Warhol
    Cayen Martin
    Cayen Martin
    • Colonel's Son
    Clarke Thorell
    Clarke Thorell
    • Prison Guard #1
    Adam Mucci
    Adam Mucci
    • Prison Guard #2
    Tom McComas
    Tom McComas
    • Prison Guard #3
    Douglas Crosby
    • Prison Guard #4
    • Director
      • Barry Sonnenfeld
    • Writers
      • Etan Cohen
      • Lowell Cunningham
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      When young Agent K (Josh Brolin) first appears, he says "We'll take it from here", the first line K said in Men in Black (1997).
    • Goofs
      When (future) Agent J and (future) Boris are fighting on top of the large red docking station for the spaceship, Agent J gets shot deliberately by Boris and jumps off the edge of the dock. Then he uses his time travel device to go back in time a few seconds earlier to be able to dodge the shots. There are a few mistakes in this part. 1) There should be another Agent J and Boris there too, as they have gone back in time to that moment again. However in the movie there are only two of them. 2) The injuries sustained by Agent J (the bone spikes in his abdomen) should have remained there when he went back in time. If it were true that you healed once you went back in time into the condition you were in at that moment, then Boris should have grown an arm back when he went back in time. 3) Due to the time loop, Agent J remembers how to dodge the shots, while Boris doesn't remember anything and is surprised by the outcome.
    • Quotes

      Agent K: Don't ask questions you don't want to know the answer to.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening title appears in a pan from the Moon to the Earth (something usually done at the end of the MiB films).
    • Alternate versions
      The Chinese restaurant scene has been censored for the mainland China release. The sequence with J and K in the back room has been edited to remove all shots of Wu, thus eliminating the revelation that Wu is actually an alien. A subsequent moment with J neuralyzing a group of ethnically Asian bystanders has also been deleted.
    • Connections
      Edited into Men in Black 3: Gag Reel (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Amazing Grace
      Written by John Newton

      Performed by Eric Rigler

    User reviews431

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    Review
    Featured review
    7/10
    Surpassing the previous two movies...
    I will start out by saying that "Men in Black 3" is the best of the series so far, at least in my opinion. Why? Well simply because of the depths of the story, it is better planned and executed, and more enjoyable than the previous ones.

    The story "Men in Black 3" is about Agent J traveling back in time to prevent an alien invasion of Earth and to prevent the assassination of his partner, Agent K.

    Unlike the previous movies, the various aliens in all their strange appearances do not have that much of a prominent part of the movie. Sure they are there, but mostly as background characters. That is nice in itself, because there is still a large range of strange alien creatures to be seen, just in a less active role in the movie. The story in "Men in Black 3" is more character driven, with focus on Agents J and K in particular, and a single alien, Boris the Animal. This does work out quite nicely, because the story takes on a more personal aspect of storytelling, and there is a really, really great moment towards the end of the movie when you learn the truth about the two agents relationship. That was something that I really enjoyed.

    Again, you have Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones returning to their roles, and then Josh Brolin really pulled off stepping into the shoes of portraying a younger version of Agent K. Boris the Animal was also nicely played by Jemaine Clement. And Emma Thompson stepping in as Agent O, new leader of the MIB agency after Zed having passed on.

    And as with the previous two movies, the CGI effects in the movie were really great, and the aliens were realistic and believable. Which really is an important thing to make a movie like this enjoyable.

    I found this to be the best of the series so far, because it is a more personal story where the multitude of strange alien creatures didn't have a huge part of the screen all the time. And the depths of the plot were well planned and executed, despite the minor flaws here and there (if you read through the 'Goofs' (here on IMDb), but that is really minor details that, I will admit that I didn't notice at all, you'd notice only if you are a, well, a nerd! No offense to anyone. But you really have to be a perfectionist to factual details to notice that, so hats off to those who pointed them out.

    If you enjoyed "Men in Black" or "Men in Black II", then you definitely have to watch "Men in Black 3", because it adds a lot to the overall storyline of the MIB universe.
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    FAQ10

    • In the altered timeline, how come Agent J is still a MIB member after Agent K dies in 1969, is not Kay the one who recruits Jay and introduces him to the agency in the first place?
    • Where can I get a cake like the one that was brought to Boris in LunarMax? What bakery provided that?
    • Agent J jumps a minute back during the final fight, and so does Boris. Why does Boris not remember what happened?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 25, 2012 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Arab Emirates
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Sony (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Ukrainian
    • Also known as
      • M.I.B.³
    • Filming locations
      • Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Hemisphere Media Capital
      • Amblin Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $225,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $179,020,854
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $54,592,779
      • May 27, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $654,213,485
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Datasat
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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