South Korea:12 | Ireland:12A | Australia:PG | Finland:K-13 | USA:PG-13
Country
:
USA
Movie Connections
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Remake of "Get Smart" (1965)
Color
:
Color
Genre
:
Action | Comedy | Crime
Company
:
Mad Chance
MPAA
:
Rated PG-13 for some rude humor, action violence and language.
Runtime
:
110 min
Overwiew :Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 for CONTROL, battles the forces of KAOS with the more-competent Agent 99 at his side. Secret Organization | Surveillance | Weaponry | Secret Device | Spoof
Producers :
Jimmy Miller, Peter Segal, Steve Carell, Brent O'Connor, Dana Goldberg, Bruce Berman, Andrew Lazar, Chuck Roven, Michael Ewing, Alex Gartner, Alan G. Glazer
San Francisco Chronicle - Mick LaSalle
: ...a really bad idea.
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D
Rolling Stone - Peter Travers
: No knockout, but Carell wins on a rock-solid technicality – he's funny.
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B-
ReelViews - James Berardinelli
: ...delightfully silly and at times very funny.
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B
New York Times - Manohla Dargis
: Mr. Carell’s deadpan and implied decency go a long way toward making Get Smart work as well as it does.
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C+
New York Post - Lou Lumenick
: ...it's actually pretty funny...
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B-
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan
: Action is emphasized over laughs and the job gets bungled.
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C-
Hollywood Reporter - Kirk Honeycutt
: Not nearly smart enough.
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C-
filmcritic.com - Sean O'Connell
: Clever casting extends to the film's numerous cameos.
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B
Entertainment Weekly - Lisa Schwarzbaum
: ...the unexpected star is Hathaway...
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B+
E! Online - Matt Stevens
: ...mediocre ...
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C
Chicago Tribune - Matt Pais
: TV adaptation takes its shoe phone and stomps all over the series' charm.
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C
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert
: ...made with the same level of technical expertise we’d expect from a new Bond movie itself.
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A-
Boston Globe - Ty Burr
: ...fun, but lacks zany intelligence of TV series.
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B-
Total Reviews:
4
Average Rating:
4 Comments
carolinamoviebuff says @ Sunday - June 29,2008
Absolutely loved it! I was pleasantly surprised given the tepid reviews. It was smart, funny, and had enough action and technical expertise to keep even the most jaded viewer interested. Just love Steve Correll, and he didn't disappoint.
Excellent movie. Steve Carell was the perfect choice as Maxwell Smart. I really enjoyed the movie. The jokes are very funny; the actions are very good and funny. Excellent casting.
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