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Get Smart
EMAILPRINTWarner Bros. Pictures
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 34 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Action | Comedy | Crime
Written by:
Buck Henry (characters)
Mel Brooks (characters)
Matt Ember
Tom J. Astle
Directed by: Peter Segal
Release Date:
Theatrical: June 20, 2008
DVD: November 4, 2008
Running Time: 110 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for some rude humor, action violence and language
Starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Alan Arkin, Terrence Stamp, Terry Crews, David Koechner, and James Caan
When the headquarters of secret U.S. spy agency CONTROL is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, who has always dreamt of working in the field alongside his idol, stalwart superstar Agent 23. Smart is partnered instead with the only other agent whose identity has not been compromised: the lovely-but-lethal veteran Agent 99. As Smart and 99 get closer to unraveling KAOS' master plan--and each other--they discover that key KAOS operative Siegfried and his sidekick, Shtarker, are scheming to cash in with their network of terror. With no field experience and little time, Smart--armed with nothing but a few spy-tech gadgets and his unbridled enthusiasm--must defeat KAOS if he is to save the day. (Warner Bros. Studios)
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What The Critics Said
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
It’s funny, exciting, preposterous, great to look at, and made with the same level of technical expertise we’d expect from a new Bond movie itself. And all of that is very nice, but nicer still is the perfect pitch of the casting.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Andy Spletzer
Get Smart is action movie and spoof and, though it's often a little unbalanced, the ultimate result is a harmlessly entertaining picture.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
The unexpected star is Hathaway, looking cool as a runway model in the role originated by Barbara Feldon, lithe as a (pink) panther, and displaying great comic timing.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Mark Bell
The movie is fun, and hilarious, because of its child-like whimsy.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Connie Ogle
Get Smart turns out to be a much more entertaining movie than its tedious trailers suggest. It's not going to redefine comedy as we know it, but it's amusing and briskly paced, busy with an engaging mix of supporting actors.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
Steve Carell's portrayal of Max is just about perfect for the material.
Read Full Review >Village Voice J. Hoberman
This redux is a rare device: a TV remake for the big screen that works on its own terms.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Stephen Hunter
As for Hathaway, she's a revelation. Those eyes are still as big as Beamer hubcaps, but she's able to show more edge than her previous goody-goody roles have allowed.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
Get Smart could have been smarter. But like the show that inspired it, it's still smarter than it looks.
Read Full Review >New York Magazine David Edelstein
Get Smart the sitcom was a one-joke affair and got tedious fast, whereas Carell’s starry-eyed dweeb has room for nuance, for growth, for inspiration.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
The movie errs by turning Max into a figure of hangdog sympathy: "The 40 Year Old Virgin" with a shoe phone.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
Mixes broad slapstick and off-hand one-liners in a sometimes surprisingly funny mixture.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
It's a light, silly instantly forgettable comedy peppered with action set-pieces and affectionate nods to its fondly remembered predecessor, including a gracious end-credits dedication to the late Don Adams and Edward Platt.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
Max's even more fabled shoe phone also makes an appearance - and, fortunately for Get Smart, the self-deprecating Carell isn't shoe-phoning in his inspired performance.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Director Peter Segal ups the ante on the action, aiming for Bourne more than Bond, but the stunts grow frenzied and increasingly flat.
Read Full Review >Empire Tony Horkins
Despite a plot that should be simpler, Get Smart is as big on action as it is on laughs and works because it?s less a tired spoof and more a quality comedic adventure movie in its own right.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy
For the most part it's dull, bland and unsatisfying: a food-court version of home cooking.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow
You never get the sense that the director, Peter Segal, knows where the funny is, whether in his star or in the story.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Get Smart neglects the laughs and amps up the action, resulting in a not very funny comedy joined at the hip to a not very exciting spy movie. Talk about killing two birds with one stone.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
Remaking Get Smart without Don Adams and Barbara Feldon is like remaking "My Little Chickadee" without Mae West and W.C. Fields--the best possible outcome is disappointment.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Manohla Dargis
It flounders whenever it tries to weave the real world into its fantasia, partly because it isn't really about anything other than making money, partly because the spy-versus-spy battle doesn't entertain the way it once did.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer David Hiltbrand
All that's missing is the spirit and the anarchic humor of the sitcom created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry. The result is an overdressed, carefully stitched scarecrow of a comedy.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
The film reunites Carell with his "Little Miss Sunshine" co-star Arkin, who, as always, delivers the goods, as do most of the other supporting players. Too long by at least 15-20 minutes, Get Smart is nevertheless a giggly summer movie.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
Missed it by that much. Actually, the new version of Get Smart misses by a fair-size margin.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
This is a slap-dash effort whose producers threw money and stunts onscreen instead of the satirical gags and one-liners that made the old spy spoof so memorable.
Read Full Review >Variety John Anderson
Helmer Peter Segal's formulaic takeoff is neither fish nor fowl, not quite faithful to the show, but not quite bringing it into the 21st century either.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
There are many stretches when it's easy to forget that Get Smart is a spoof; it's more like a third-rate James Bond with pratfalls.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer
At least we have Alan Arkin playing the head of CONTROL. His drone and deadpan are a perfect complement to Carell's. But please, pretty please, let's not go for a sequel on this one, OK?
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
While the whole cast -- including Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson -- is game, too much time was spent coordinating chase scenes and explosions, and too little fixing a slack script that relies on bathroom humor and snickering sex jokes.
Read Full Review >Time Richard Schickel
That Max Smart is played by the admirable Steve Carell, who is desperately looking for deadpan jokes in all the wrong places, is beside the point.
Read Full Review >Newsweek David Ansen
In this distressingly generic spy spoof, it's not Maxwell who's clueless, but the filmmakers.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
Rather than the laugh a minute promised by old comedies, Get Smart generates approximately one laugh per hour, and I can't remember either one.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Remaking Get Smart for the big screen might have sounded like a bad idea, but the movie shows it to have been something else: a REALLY bad idea.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 134 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jason H gave it a9:
Steve is a comedic master of portraying immersive believable reactions in the heat of unbelievable situations. Comedy that doesn't beat you over the head and rewards the viewer who notices its subtleties is true comedy, and this movie is mostly that.
Gavin C gave it a7:
Not the best, though it is still quite thrilling and funny.
John H gave it a9:
This is a very excellent movie. At the beginning, you start to think this is not going to be good, but it really is a terrific hilarious movie. This is a movie that you like better after seeing it the first time, as well. I recommend everyone see the movie. It has a great cast with great characters, Max, (Agent 86) 99, the Chief, Agent 23, Laraby, and many other characters. I would also recommend people to see the original TV show of Get Smart. It's hilarious. See this movie, and see it a second time, it is much better after seeing two times!
Anya T. gave it a9:
When I first sat down to watch Get Smart I had absolutely no idea what it was about, but I had low expectations. I expected it to be the usual dumb comedy fare. I was pleasantly delighted that instead I got a deadpan, engaging, smart and hilarious film, with action and adventure and a great cast. It was also the film that introduced me to the myriad pleasures of Steve Carell. One of my favourite comedies and such a pleasant surprise.
Mike J gave it a3:
Great actors, wasted on an aimless script and flimsy plot. What's more, the entire thing lacks any of the charm, wit, and unbridled silliness of the original TV show. In fact, the humor is downright dark. I would've settled for a half-baked throwback than this overcooked clinker.
Aron J. gave it a9:
This movie is nothing short of fun, and hilarious. Carrell at this best. The actors clicked, the story made sense, and a very well directed movie.
William T. gave it a7:
Predictable and sometimes deadpan it may be, but Get Smart proves to be a lot more entertaining than you might expect.
