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Spy Hard
EMAILPRINTBuena Vista Pictures
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 13 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Action | Comedy
Written by:
Rick Friedberg
Dick Chudnow
Jason Friedberg (also story)
Aaron Seltzer (also story)
Directed by: Rick Friedberg
Release Date:
Theatrical: May 24, 1996
DVD: July 13, 1999
Running Time: 81 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for crude humor and sexual innuendo
Starring Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden, Barry Bostwick, Andy Griffith, Mason Gamble, and Ray Charles
Leslie Nielsen stars as the hilarious Agent WD-40, lured back into service by The Agency, in this outrageous comedy hit that blends high-tech adventure with high-spirited humor. (BV Entertainment)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Most of the laughs come near the beginning, before Rick Friedberg's klutzy directing becomes annoyingly monotonous.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Barbara Shulgasser
This movie may not be brilliant, but every now and then it's really funny.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
Instead of building sustained comic set pieces, it takes a machine-gun approach to humor. Without looking at where it's aiming, it opens fire and sprays comic bullets in all directions, trusting that a few will hit the bull's-eye. A few do, but many more don't.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
I'm happy to report, though, that even a dud like Spy Hard can't completely douse the stumbling Zen charm of Leslie Nielsen, whose genius is that he never quite sheds the illusion that he isn't in on the joke.
Read Full Review >Empire Darren Bignell
Sporadically funny, but never more than a sting of crude gags.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
Director Rick Friedberg (who made the "bad golf" videos with Leslie Nielsen) has crafted a dreadfully unfunny comedy that takes Naked Gun-like sketches and rehashes them without a whit of style or energy.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Staff (not credited)
Nielsen's schtick is getting pretty threadbare by now -- his movies used to wring laughs from assaults on his silver-haired dignity, but after years of screen buffoonery, he has no dignity left to assault.
Read Full Review >USA Today Andy Seiler
Friedberg, who previously made Nielsen's golfing video and rental car commercials, knows only the low road -- and gets lost anyway. [24 May 1996, Pg.04.D]
Variety Greg Evans
The picture that will test the durability of Leslie Nielsen's lowbrow franchise -- and proves the talent of the regrettably absent Zucker brothers-Jim Abrahams team --Spy Hard sticks so closely to the "Naked Gun" formula that one half-expects an O.J. Simpson cameo.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times David Kronke
It could have used several more passes on the screenplay to strengthen the gags and flesh out the characters.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Joey O'Bryan
Filled to the bursting point with witless, sub-Mad magazine movie parodies, pointless cameos by a seemingly endless parade of has-beens, and once-hysterical, now stale jokes lifted straight from "Airplane!" and the original "Naked Gun", Spy Hard is a truly desperate comedy.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Rita Kempley
Nielsen earns a few giggles with his big entrance and later on his even bigger belly, but he can't overcome the lousy material.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
The best bits come in the first few minutes -- or maybe the jokes just seem fresher then.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
