Who has seen this and not liked it? Not anyone I know

Rating: 10/10 (16 September 2005)

What can you say except "Bravo!" Not that this movie is swarming with eyeopener visual spectacles, most of the action is not set in space, but it's the general good feeling you get from watching two superb actors make a hell of a good team. Tommy Lee Jones may not be the biggest star on this planet but he knows how to recite a line that will crack you up, even though the line is never meant to be funny.
Will Smith makes his perplexed average guy all his own and it is hard not to like him. It is rare that we see an African-American not playing a gangster become popular but Smith acts in mostly family friendly films. He had a very good couple of years, first with the all-star spectacle "Independence Day" and shortly after this less overblown showcase. Too bad that he has stumbled (not counting his Oscar nomination for Ali) with such boring films as I, Robot and Wild, Wild West.
The rest of the cast is also superb with Rip Torn as the rather stuffy chief of the MiB and Linda Fiorentino as a coroner who seems to enjoy her work a little too much. It is strange to think that she and Smith both being attractive people don't seem to have any social life. The K character had a lost love but the movie luckily sticks to the main plot and doesn't give us that much of a back story to it's demise.
As for Vincent D'Onofrio, he must have had a terrible time doing this in the rather disgusting make-up job he is given but he was never much of a glamour boy to begin with (Smith jokes about this in one scene as well). He must have done this for the money.
To sum up, this is a treat and repeated viewings doesn't make this any less of a good time.