Get Smart

2008

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Romance / Thriller

139
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 67% · 219 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 67% · 250K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 236578 236.6K

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Plot summary

When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control and the identities of secret agents are compromised, the Chief has to promote hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart to field agent. He is partnered with veteran and capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the evil world-domination plans of KAOS and its crafty operative?

Director

Peter Segal Photo
Peter Segal

Top cast

Anne Hathaway Photo
Anne Hathaway as Agent 99
Kevin Nealon Photo
Kevin Nealon as CIA Agent
Dwayne Johnson Photo
Dwayne Johnson as Agent 23
Danielle Bisutti Photo
Danielle Bisutti as Airline Passenger
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800.34 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 17
1.60 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 70

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by nmeyers-117-477966 7 / 10

A Pleasant Surprise!

OK, I'll admit I never expect much from remakes of classic TV shows. I chose to watch this while donating blood - a decision I reserve for movies I don't expect to be good enough to share with my wife. The surprise: well, it's actually pretty good!First of all: great casting! Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway give performances that nicely reflect those in the TV series, without doing cheap impressions of the original actors. Their performances stand on their own, and Carell delivers all your favorite Max-isms ("Sorry about that, Chief", "Missed it by that much", etc.) with aplomb. But the real prize in this movie is the casting of Alan Arkin as the Chief of Control. Brilliant casting, great performance!Even beyond the leads, the casting was outstanding - from old friends (Larabee, Siegfried, Shtarker) to new characters (notably, Dwayne Johnson as Agent 23).In all, a fun 110 minutes that stands on its own while also paying tribute to a classic.
Reviewed by bensonmum2 4 / 10

"You heard me I have to 'squeeze the lemon'."

Overall, I found Get Smart a disappointing experience. I guess I should have known I'd have problems with the movie – I usually do with these old TV shows turned into movies. The problem generally is that the people responsible for the remakes have no clue about what made the original so good and enjoyable. And that's the case here. Maxwell Smart is the centerpiece of Get Smart. His bumbling antics are what made it funny. Anyone familiar with the television show will go into the movie with a preconceived notion of how Steve Carrell should play the character. But thanks to some poor writing and directing, Carrell's Maxwell Smart is all over the map. One minute he's a bumbling fool incapable of the most simple of tasks (like cutting the plastic strap binding his wrist when he has a knife) and the next he's suddenly a super-hero busting the chops of every bad guy in sight. It's not just inconsistent – it's downright annoying. Add to that the half-hearted way the writers threw in Don Adams' familiar catch phrases, the over-reliance on fat jokes, the lazy way action is used to replace real comedy, and a plot that is tired on one hand and nonsensical on the other and you end up with 110 minutes of wasted opportunity. That's not to say it's all bad. I did enjoy Anne Hathaway as Agent 99 and Alan Arkin as . . . well, as Alan Arkin. However, they aren't enough to save Get Smart. I should have gone with my instincts and avoided this one.
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