Get Smart

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Get Smart

PG-13

2008

1h 51m

Comedy

Action

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When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control, the Chief has to promote his eager analyst Maxwell Smart to field agent. Smart, partnered with veteran Agent 99, blends inexperience, enthusiasm and ineptitude as he works to thwart a world-domination plot hatched by the wily KAOS chief, Siegfried.

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Get Smart rides Steve Carell's considerable charm for a few laughs, but ultimately proves to be a rather ordinary action comedy.

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

As a reworking of one of the great 1960s TV comedies, you'd think being funny would be its main goal. But you would be wrong. Very, very wrong.

Rated: 1.5/5

Oct 18, 2008

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

Metro Newspaper (UK)

An uninspired comedy that runs the full gamut from characters being punched in the groin/face to being shot in the face/groin, until everything culminates in an expensively pointless action finale.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 22, 2008

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

We sit back and wait for the laughs. Which come pretty slow and infrequent, though Carell does his straight-faced best to act out the A-Z of Hilarious.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 22, 2008

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Like a younger, more rigorous version of Leslie Nielsen in his Naked Gun prime, Carell demonstrated here why he had, at the time, a reputation as the funniest man in America.

Feb 7, 2022

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Admirably mimics the blend of genres and innovations that made the original series so memorable.

Rated: 8/10

Nov 28, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

While Carell hasn't quite attained an acting range that allows for much depth in his characters, the presence of Hathaway provides a perfect contrast to Maxwell Smart.

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Sep 8, 2020

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Danny B

One of my favorite movies of all time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/16/25

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Ed R

Michael Scarn finally got his movie! A great mix between Mr. Bean and Spy Kids. I haven't yet to see the original but hoped it paid homage!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/12/25

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Stephen C

Funny in 1 hour and 51 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Language, Action/Violence and Some Rude Humor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $130,300,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/21/25

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Audience Member

It was too funny. Great movie...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/05/25

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thiago s

Filme bacana, o roteiro é bacaninha, o elenco é muito bom e ajuda a melhorar o filme, que coloca o Steve carell junto com a Anne hathaway cono os protagonistas que fica bom, as cenas são bacaninhas que juntou comédia com ação que é bom para o filme, e a história é mais ou menos, e com tudo isso, eu até recomendo esse filme.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/20/25

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Yavanplayz ,

Great action/comedy spy spoof

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/08/25

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Peter Segal

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Synopsis

When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control, the Chief has to promote his eager analyst Maxwell Smart to field agent. Smart, partnered with veteran Agent 99, blends inexperience, enthusiasm and ineptitude as he works to thwart a world-domination plot hatched by the wily KAOS chief, Siegfried.

Director: Peter Segal
Producer: Charles Roven, Alex Gartner, Andrew Lazar, Michael Ewing
Screenwriter: Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Mad Chance, Callahan Filmworks, Mosaic Media Group
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Action/Violence|Some Rude Humor)
Genre: Comedy, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 20, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 10, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $130.3M
Runtime: 1h 51m

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