Get Smart

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Get Smart

PG-13

Released Jun 20, 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 (Alan Arkin) has to promote his eager analyst Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) to field agent. Smart, partnered with veteran Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway), blends inexperience, enthusiasm and ineptitude as he works to thwart a world-domination plot hatched by the wily KAOS chief, Siegfried (Terence Stamp).

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Critics Consensus

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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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: B+

Feb 18, 2012

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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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James Croot

Stuff.co.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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Leaburn O

Hathaway is fit. Not sure about rest of the film but she is fit so…6. Watched on Amazon Prime.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/06/24

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nick s

Has its moments with some good gags. Quite a few overcooked sequences that are less entertaining. Good production value with nice set pieces.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/14/24

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Prabudhjeet A

Sit, relax and let the movie do it's magic. It's serious with the pinch of Steve Carell's dry humor. Cinematography and steel colour pallet fits the narrative of the events. Even the score is spot on.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/01/24

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Dylan N

Not as funny as you would expect. This is a pretty typical early 2000s action-comedy movie. But a little disappointing considering how stacked this cast is.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/02/24

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Eye C

This was a good laugh. I really like the serious faces of all making stupid things. Great cast by the way.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/22/24

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WA S

I'd forgotten how hilarious this movie is. It has been a long time since I last saw it and went searching for Get Smart 2, but sadly, the producer has stated that it will not happen. Steve Carell made the perfect Max. And I just realized "Kneel before Zod!" played Seigfried. I always thought it was Malcolm McDowell. Either way, it is great entertainment.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/19/24

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Synopsis

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

Director: Peter Segal
Producer: Charles Roven, Alex Gartner, Andrew Lazar, Michael Ewing
Screenwriter: Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Mosaic Media Group, Callahan Filmworks, Mad Chance
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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