2007
PG-13
New Line Cinema
1 h 24 m

2007
PG-13
New Line Cinema
1 h 24 m

Summary In this fast-paced action comedy, Cedric the Entertainer plays Jake, a seemingly regular guy who has no idea who he is after being hit over the head by mysterious assailants. When he finds himself unexpectedly entangled in a high-level government conspiracy, Jake and his pursuers begin to believe that he is an undercover agent who subcon...

Directed By: Les Mayfield

Written By: Robert Adetuyi, George Gallo

2007
PG-13
New Line Cinema
1 h 24 m

2007
PG-13
New Line Cinema
1 h 24 m

Code Name: The Cleaner

Name: Code Name: The Cleaner
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: 2007-01-05
Duration: 1 min 24 s
Rating: 33
Cast: Cedric The Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan, Mark Dacascos, Callum Keith Rennie

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 14 User Ratings

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Directed By: Les Mayfield

Written By: Robert Adetuyi, George Gallo

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

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39% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

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61% Mixed
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39% Negative
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Los Angeles Times

Offers no surprises but is good-natured and funny. It's mercifully devoid of car chases, although it does have a truly inane gunfight -- did any of these trained killers ever hear of target practice? -- and some out-of-left-field martial arts.

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TV Guide Magazine

The humor is too adult for children and the plot far too childish for most adults; in fact, everything about the film is really too silly to warrant much consideration.

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ReelViews

The problem is, while the thriller aspects of the movie are serviceable, they aren't good enough to form the basis of anything more serious than a sit-com, and by spending as much time on them as Code Name: The Cleaner does, it makes the film at times seem drawn-out and tedious.

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Variety

This is an especially limp star vehicle that delivers a few widely spaced moments of frivolity before what should be a quick mop-up trip to the DVD aisles.

By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW

New York Daily News

How do films this stale and generic continue to get made, let alone with topflight talent? Cedric has been stealing scenes from bigger names for nearly a decade; he deserves better than a few amusingly-improvised minutes at the end of his own movie. And so do we.

By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

Boston Globe

It's another standard-issue bad star-vehicle action-comedy, this time for Cedric.

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Austin Chronicle

The most poignant point in the whole painful endeavor is when the credits roll. It's here that we see the outtakes and watch Cedric riffing as he improvs variations on his dialogue. These outtakes are genuinely funny, standing as reminders that the last 90 minutes were a sad waste of talent.

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Production Company New Line Cinema, FilmEngine, Rat Entertainment, Bird and a Bear Entertainment, Cleaner Films

Release Date Jan 5, 2007

Duration 1 h 24 m

Rating PG-13

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Tagline In a dirty world, he's our only hope.

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Awards

Razzie Awards

• 1 Nomination

World Stunt Awards

• 1 Nomination

Code Name: The Cleaner

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Cedric The Entertainer

Jake Rodgers

Lucy Liu

Gina

Nicollette Sheridan

Diane

Mark Dacascos

Eric Hauck

Callum Keith Rennie

Shaw

Niecy Nash

Jacuzzi

DeRay Davis

Ronnie

Will Patton

Riley

Kevin McNulty

Doctor Soames

Beau Starr

Old Timer

Bart Anderson

Charlie

Tom Butler

Crane

Robert Clarke

The Butler

Rick Tae

Mini Bar Attendant

Kurt Max Runte

Dead FBI Agent

David James Lewis

Man in Car

Gina Holden

Young Assistant

Kimani Ray Smith

Drug Lord

Dave Hospes

Agent

Douglas Chapman

Agent

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