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  • 1992
  • PG
  • 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 1992
  • PG
  • 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 28 m
Boris and Natasha

Summary The classic cartoon spies, Boris and Natasha, get their very own live-action adventure. Sent to America to find an important microchip, the usually villainous duo begin to question who they're working for and why.

Directed By: Charles Martin Smith

Written By: Jay Ward, Charles Fradin, Brad Hall, Linda Favila, Anson Downes

  • 1992
  • PG
  • 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 1992
  • PG
  • 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 28 m

Boris and Natasha

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
38
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Summary The classic cartoon spies, Boris and Natasha, get their very own live-action adventure. Sent to America to find an important microchip, the usually villainous duo begin to question who they're working for and why.

Directed By: Charles Martin Smith

Written By: Jay Ward, Charles Fradin, Brad Hall, Linda Favila, Anson Downes

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
38
14% Positive
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43% Mixed
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43% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
38
14% Positive
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43% Mixed
3 Reviews
43% Negative
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I can't imagine a true ''Rocky & Bullwinkle'' devotee who won't enjoy ''Boris and Natasha.'' [17 Apr 1992, p.9F]
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Fans of Rocky and Bullwinkle won't be disappointed.
By John J. O'Connor FULL REVIEW
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Made in 1988 but unreleased for several years, BORIS AND NATASHA isn't truly wretched, just undernourished. It tries hard to revive the anarchic spirit of Jay Ward's cartoons, but Boris and Natasha were only supporting characters there and nothing is done to make them interesting over the course of a feature film.
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Director Charles Martin Smith and the four credited writers go for all-out zaniness, naturally, but it comes off like lowest-level Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker-Proft -- less Jay Ward than failed Mad magazine. [17 Apr 1992, p.F28]
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It starts out promising, using the conventions and trappings of the fondly remembered Ward cartoons, but after a bit of good silliness with maps, stock footage, and the flustered narrator, a convoluted espionage plot, and way too much effort in fleshing out our two heroic villains results in a film that's as hard to follow as it is to laugh at.
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25
The jokes are labored and rarely clever, the narration is self-consciously cute and the pace, under director Charles Martin Smith, is that of the snail. "Boris and Natasha" should have been as fast, funny and clever as "SCTV" once was. Instead, "Boris and Natasha" looks more like a Saturday morning kiddie cartoon than a comedy show for grown-ups. [16 Apr 1992, p.E6]
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The slapstick might appeal to some kids, although it’s extremely dumb and, even worse, just not funny.
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Production Company Management Company Entertainment Group (MCEG), Sterling Entertainment Company
Release Date Apr 17, 1992
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating PG
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Tagline It's Good to be Bad!
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