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Connor Macgregor Reviews...Get Smart
From The TV Series come the film...this is Steve Carrell in Get Smart.
American Maxwell Smart works for a Government spy agency in an administrative capacity. When the agency's head office is attacked, the Chief decides to assign Maxwell as a spy and partners him with sexy Agent 99, much to her chagrin. The duo nevertheless set off to combat their attackers by first parachuting off an airplane and landing in Russian territory - followed closely by a over seven foot tall, 400 pound goon, known simply as Dalip. The duo, handicapped by Maxwell's antics, will eventually have their identities compromised, and may be chalked up as casualties while back in America their attackers have already planted a
bomb that is set-up to explode in a concert.
This film is a very good idea. A Comedy spy film. Its been done before but of course Hollywood needed to modernise the genre for a new generation. Steve Carrell & Anne Hathway have a good chemistry with each other and keep the film comedicly entertaining with their wit humour and gag moments. Its the standard cliche man woman team up. They start off moaning and argueing, yet by the end of the film they become lovers. Its predictable but its cute to watch.
However the problem with the film is that Steve Carell tries too hard to be funny and you get these jokes that just don't fit the film at all. Carrell is a funny comedian, but in this he sometimes comes off as annoying and humourless. Anne Hathway is great and is always a joy to watch. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is great and he plays quite a funny character, yet isn't laughable. Alan Arkin is standard and brings a cliche head of agency performance which is a basically a head of agency.
Overall, Solid funny moments added by some weak ones make Get Smart a solid comedy to watch when bored.
Rating - 61% - B
Connor Macgregor Reviews...Get Smart
From The TV Series come the film...this is Steve Carrell in Get Smart.
American Maxwell Smart works for a Government spy agency in an administrative capacity. When the agency's head office is attacked, the Chief decides to assign Maxwell as a spy and partners him with sexy Agent 99, much to her chagrin. The duo nevertheless set off to combat their attackers by first parachuting off an airplane and landing in Russian territory - followed closely by a over seven foot tall, 400 pound goon, known simply as Dalip. The duo, handicapped by Maxwell's antics, will eventually have their identities compromised, and may be chalked up as casualties while back in America their attackers have already planted a
bomb that is set-up to explode in a concert.
This film is a very good idea. A Comedy spy film. Its been done before but of course Hollywood needed to modernise the genre for a new generation. Steve Carrell & Anne Hathway have a good chemistry with each other and keep the film comedicly entertaining with their wit humour and gag moments. Its the standard cliche man woman team up. They start off moaning and argueing, yet by the end of the film they become lovers. Its predictable but its cute to watch.
However the problem with the film is that Steve Carell tries too hard to be funny and you get these jokes that just don't fit the film at all. Carrell is a funny comedian, but in this he sometimes comes off as annoying and humourless. Anne Hathway is great and is always a joy to watch. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is great and he plays quite a funny character, yet isn't laughable. Alan Arkin is standard and brings a cliche head of agency performance which is a basically a head of agency.
Overall, Solid funny moments added by some weak ones make Get Smart a solid comedy to watch when bored.
Rating - 61% - B