Get Smart

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Get Smart

PG-13,

2008,

1h 51m,

Comedy/

Action

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51%

215 Reviews

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67%

250,000+ Ratings

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67%

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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.

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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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

Oct 18, 2008

1.5/5

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.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

Metro Newspaper (UK)

Aug 22, 2008

2/5

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.

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

Aug 22, 2008

2/5

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.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Feb 7, 2022

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.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Nov 28, 2020

8/10

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

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 8, 2020

3.0/4.0

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.

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Apr 18, 2019

Really funny first half, but runs out of steam by the second, becoming a generic and forgettable spy comedy. It's better than Johnny English at least.

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Anakin S

Jan 5, 2019

Get Smart has a talented cast, including Steve Carrel who has considerable charm, but the film suffers from an only sporadically funny script, and a less-than-stellar story.

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Abraham P

Oct 24, 2018

It's a decent enough concept (and a decent enough film), yet some of the jokes just don't hold up to this fairly long and slightly predictable story. Carell will pretty much always be comedy gold though. The film's a fun and okay watch overall.

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Albus S

Oct 9, 2018

Enjoyable and makes it possible to have fun

Han R

Sep 2, 2018

Get Smart is funny while cheesy and actually has a pretty good plot with some nice twists. Not to mention the cast is loaded. Unfortunately it's not as good as it could have been. (65%)

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Abraham S

Aug 6, 2018

This is my favorite movie of all time. Steve Carrell may just be playing Michael Scott under a different name and different setting but it's so good. I love every second of this film. I, too, would take a train for Anne Hathaway. No problem. I would do it twice.

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Peter Segal

Director

Steve Carell

Maxwell Smart

Anne Hathaway

Agent 99

Dwayne Johnson

Agent 23

Alan Arkin

Chief

Terence Stamp

Siegfried

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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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