""Men in Black," the second Will-Smith-versus-the- aliens picture, is a high- tech comedy, more along the lines of a tight little action movie than a bona fide blockbuster. It was the smallest of the big summer films, the most slickly made -- and the most old-fashioned. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, "Men in Black" has the gloss and the wit of Sonnenfeld's other comedies ("Get Shorty," "The Addams Family"). Sonnenfeld uses odd angles and wide lenses to view the action with a sardonic eye, as if the onscreen events were a joke between director and audience. But if "Men in Black" is a joke, who's the joke on?"
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1990s American filmsComedy science fiction filmsApocalyptic filmsFilms directed by Barry SonnenfeldMen in Black (franchise)
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Mick LaSalle, “Men in Black' Alienating Comedy”, San Francisco Chronicle, (Nov. 28, 1997)
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