I Spy

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I Spy

PG-13,

2002,

1h 36m,

Comedy/

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Crime/

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When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top spies, Alex Scott, is called to action. What he doesn't expect is to get teamed up with a cocky civilian, World Class Boxing Champion Kelly Robinson, on a dangerous top secret espionage mission. Their assignment: using equal parts skill and humor, catch Arnold Gundars, one of the world's most successful arms dealers.

Critics Consensus

Insipid and mirthless, I-Spy bares little resemblance to the TV series that inspired it.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 24, 2010

2/5

TV classic remade as a forgettable buddy movie.

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Nev Pierce

BBC.com

Nov 26, 2002

3/5

It's disposable dumb fun. And there's nothing wrong with that.

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Ed Park

Village Voice

Nov 5, 2002

Though ample time is spent mingling Murphy's jabberjaw locutions and Wilson's curveball spaciness, the film leaves only the bitter reek of a botched chemistry experiment.

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Casey Chong

Casey's Movie Mania

Jul 4, 2024

2/5

It’s loud, obnoxious and frankly, unfunny for the most part.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Nov 8, 2019

Bottom line - There are only two reasons to see this film, one-liners between Murphy and Wilson and a really cool spy plane. ... Oh yeah, and you can catch up on your sleep when Murphy and Wilson aren't sparring.

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Joel Siegel

Good Morning America

Jan 4, 2018

B-

There's nothing groundbreaking, nothing important, nothing socially conscious here. It's just two very funny guys, a plot that makes no sense at all - and a whole lot of laughs.

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Albus R

Mar 4, 2019

Eddie Murphy has done some many funny comedies especially in the 80's and his stand up specials Delirious and Raw were hysterical. Owen Wilson also has done some very funny movies as well but I Spy was not so funny. There is hardly any chemistry between the two but the only part that I found funny was how Eddie Murphy played Bill Cosby's character considering Bill Cosby hated his dirty stand up but now we all know who the dirty comedian really was.

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Luke S

Jan 17, 2019

I really enjoy the dynamic of Owen Wilson and Eddie Murphy, Owen has this sort of laid back comedy style while Eddie is more in-your-face. Together they create a perfect composition, like peanut butter and jelly. The movie is definitely funny, and Kelly Robinson is by far one of my favorite film characters of all time, but the overall plot is definitely WILD so I can't actually give this anything higher than a 3. This is one of those great guilty pleasure films for me that I'll watch on a rainy Sunday afternoon when I'm really bored.

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George R

Nov 2, 2018

No idea why this got such bad ratings. They need to make a sequel to this great gem while Wilson and Murphy are still alive.

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Anakin P

Jun 30, 2018

Why would a defense grade, cloaking stealth aircraft spring a fuel leak from small arms fire?? NO HOVERGEL!!!! STOP THE DIRECTOR!!!

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Kylo G

Mar 26, 2017

Betty Thomas delivers a pure formatted product with very little surprises on the directing part. Eddy Murphy's does what he always does, screams and shout and appear full of himself. Owen Wilson is ok but has little material to play with. The film is based on the popular 60's TV show and you can see here and there little nods to it. Unfortunately this is a very forgettable film that could have been made for television. The situations are cliches, the humor a little below the belt and the overall projects feels lazy and unkempt. Definitely not my type of films.

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George S

Feb 19, 2017

Not a good movie to watch

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Betty Thomas

Director

Eddie Murphy

Kelly Robinson

Owen Wilson

Alex Scott

Famke Janssen

Rachel Wright

Malcolm McDowell

Arnold Gundars

Gary Cole

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Synopsis

When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top spies, Alex Scott, is called to action. What he doesn't expect is to get teamed up with a cocky civilian, World Class Boxing Champion Kelly Robinson, on a dangerous top secret espionage mission. Their assignment: using equal parts skill and humor, catch Arnold Gundars, one of the world's most successful arms dealers.

Director: Betty Thomas
Producer: Jenno Topping, Mario Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna
Screenwriter: Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley, Jay Scherick, David Ronn, David Friedkin, Morton S. Fine
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: C-2 Pictures, Sheldon Leonard Productions, Tall Trees Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Action/Violence|Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 1, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $33.1M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, SDDS, DTS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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