Get Smart

54

Warner Bros. Pictures (110 minutes)
and Peter Segal
Steve Carell , Anne Hathaway , Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson , Alan Arkin , Terrence Stamp , Terry Crews , David Koechner , and James Caan

Rating: PG-13 for some rude humor, action violence and language

Summary: When the headquarters of secret U.S. spy agency CONTROL is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, who has always dreamt of working in the field alongside his idol, stalwart superstar Agent 23. Smart is partnered instead with the only other agent whose identity has not been compromised: the lovely-but-lethal veteran Agent 99. As Smart and 99 get closer to unraveling KAOS' master plan--and each other--they discover that key KAOS operative Siegfried and his sidekick, Shtarker, are scheming to cash in with their network of terror. With no field experience and little time, Smart--armed with nothing but a few spy-tech gadgets and his unbridled enthusiasm--must defeat KAOS if he is to save the day. (Warner Bros. Studios)

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times:
(88) It’s funny, exciting, preposterous, great to look at, and made with the same level of technical expertise we’d expect from a new Bond movie itself. And all of that is very nice, but nicer still is the perfect pitch of the casting.

Andy Spletzer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
(83) Get Smart is action movie and spoof and, though it's often a little unbalanced, the ultimate result is a harmlessly entertaining picture.

Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly:
(83) The unexpected star is Hathaway, looking cool as a runway model in the role originated by Barbara Feldon, lithe as a (pink) panther, and displaying great comic timing.

Mark Bell
Film Threat:
(80) The movie is fun, and hilarious, because of its child-like whimsy.

Connie Ogle
Miami Herald:
(75) Get Smart turns out to be a much more entertaining movie than its tedious trailers suggest. It's not going to redefine comedy as we know it, but it's amusing and briskly paced, busy with an engaging mix of supporting actors.

James Berardinelli
ReelViews:
(75) Steve Carell's portrayal of Max is just about perfect for the material.

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