Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen

SpecialsTarget Disturbing yet enthralling

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

brianmellow I was watching this the other night on HBO & saw Rotten Tomatoes critics gave this 51%...No Way! This is cast perfectly! Anne Hathaway is quite hot as 99 and Steve Carell is hilarious as 86! Everyone in the cast is perfect! Alan Arkin is great as Chief! There are so many more great roles by many more! I agree with another reviewer that said this movie is a perfect blend of action and comedy! It is a great homage to the original series, and the writing is spot on! Very enjoyable movie...I cannot believe it only got such a so-so 51% by the critics when this came out...it shows what they know! At least the audience liked it a lot more at 67%...just goes to show you can't judge movies by critical reviews alone!

Tweekums Max Smart is an analyst for the US spy agency CONTROL. He yearns to become a field agent and after eight years has finally passed the test but has to face disappointment when told that he is too good an analyst to be made an agent. The situation soon changes when agents from Kaos, a foreign agency, attack and steal details of all active agents. That leaves just two people to go into the field and foil their plot; Smart and 'Agent 99', an agent whose details haven't been updated since her plastic surgery. Evidence suggests that agents of Kaos, under the leadership of 'Siegfried', have stolen a quantity of Uranium so Max and Agent 99 are sent to Russia to investigate. It won't be easy though; there is a mole in CONTROL and KAOS has some particularly tough agents.When I picked this up I was expecting something similar to 'Johnny English' with a fairly incompetent protagonist who ultimately prevails in spite of his stupidity. Actually it is quite different, there are some slapstick moments but for the most part he is skilled if somewhat naïve. The central story is solid and not inherently silly. There is a fine mix of comedy and action with neither being sacrificed at the expense of the other. Max Smart is a solid and likable protagonist, Steve Carell does an impressive job in the role. He is ably supported by Anne Hathaway, who is a lot of fun as Anent 99; Alan Arkin, who plays his short tempered boss and Dwayne Johnson, who plays 'super-agent' 23. Terence Stamp makes a good villain and Dalip Singh is a lot of fun as a henchman who is clearly inspired by Jaws from the James Bond films. The action scenes are exciting and wouldn't be out of place in a non-comedy action film aimed at the same demographic. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to fans of the secret agent genre who want a good laugh; it is suitable for anybody old enough to enjoy Roger Moore era Bond films; which in many ways in resembles.

stormhawk2018 A big disappointment I took after watching this film. Before I saw, I've wondered if it would see the good Peter Segal, the one who supplies his comedies with picaresque dialogues, politically incorrect and hilarious scenes (Tommy Boy, Anger Management), or in contrast, I would find the bad Peter Segal or less good (The Nutty Professor 2). Unfortunately I ran into the second. Without being among the worst adaptations of old television series, the fact is that Get Smart is boring and I do not think it satisfies the expectations of any of the fans of the series. We can analyze the film from two points of view, as an adaptation and as a film in itself, and neither is very favorable to the film.The spirit of the series is closer, paradoxically, to the character of Johnny English or Inspector Clouseau, than to this Maxwell Smart, allegedly legitimized and reconverted into a secret agent cash. The series, a successful success in the 70's, was pleasing to the world by its ability to laugh at the cold war, to ridicule the secret agents, both the Americans and the Russians. And among all that endless ridiculous characters was the character played by a fabulous Don Adams, a chaotic agent, with the logic of a four-year-old and solutions taken by the hair led to a wonderful absurd. Here, the character of Steve Carell, a recognized comedian in "Little Miss Sunshine" and the TV show "The Office", is closer to James Bond than to Smart, meticulous, with excellent grades, practically without fail in his searches and with incredible abilities. This characterization of the character limits his comedy and the development of the plot until it becomes vulgar and boring. The same goes to the agent 99 (Anne Hathaway), shown as a Milla Jovovich-like superwoman, nothing to do with the adorable Barbara Feldon. From her, I thought that the time of "The Princess Diaries" has left behind, being surpassed by her sober interpretations in films like "Brockeback Mountain" or later "Rachel Getting Married". Nor do the rest of the characters remember too much their original characters, the case of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson it's more serious, bad affair. The only actor who does well in this movie, is the experienced Bill Murray.I do not know where that tendency comes from adapting series without respecting its original tone. I still do crosses with the adaptation of "Starsky and Hutch" moving the most intense television thriller from "The Streets of San Francisco" to a minor comedy show. Or the loss of contact with the reality of "Charlie's Angels", or the minor tone of "Miami Vice", or...finally a lack of respect with the followers of the series and also with the creators of the same, although at least they will have received economic compensation. The second point of view of criticism is as independent film. The film is boring, its plot is predictable and the outcome is seen to satiety. I do not know why action and comedy films like "Catch Me If You Can" have that tendency to end up in a threatened auditorium. But there are moments of this film in which one thinks to have had a "dejá vu" or to have accidentally touched the remote control of the television and to have changed to another movie. At the end there is a sense of intranscendence and wasted time.If not for this detail the movie could have been titled "Agent Cody Banks 30 years after" or any crap like that.

mavantiherochade Anne Hathaway looked sexy and stunning. Really funny as well. Big- screen adaptation of the hit 1960s-era comedy series created by Mel Brooks.The evil geniuses at KAOS have hatched a diabolical plot to dominate every living man, woman, and child on the planet, and their plot gets under way as they attack the headquarters of the U.S. spy agency Control. As a result of the attack, the identity of every agent working for Control has been compromised. Realizing that the only way to thwart KAOS' evil plan is to promote eager but inexperienced Control analyst Maxwell