Being a fan of the original series, of course I hated the movie. No one can act like Don Adams. He was simply a comedy genius. Not even Bill Dana (who played CIA Agent Quigley in the season 5 episode "Ice Station Siegfried") could get Max played right. It's simply not to be done. Don Adams, and only Don Adams, was born to say "would you believe..." Now, don't get me wrong, Steve Carell's a great actor, but he's JUST NOT MAX!
Lay off, filmmakers, and let people see the original! That goes for you, too, colorizing people, leave the black and white shows black and white!
The inappropriate humor outweighs the appropriate humor.
This remake of Get Smart does not live up to the TV show. Not only does the funniness go down, but the crude and sexual humor goes up. There's LOTS of inappropriate jokes and suggestive scenes, plus a lot of language and mild violence. Wait until teenage years to see this one, but it's not really worth it. A WAY more funny, less inappropriate alternative for the spy-spoofery genre would be the Steve Martin 2006 Pink Panther.
I took two rather mature 10 year olds to see it and I agree with the other reviews that it was mostly harmless. HOWEVER, there are two things not mentioned in other reviews that I wished I had known about before going:
1) a rather lingering "flipping" of the bird by a heavy girls at some thin girls
2) a sight gag about 2 men having sex against a table.
I think this went over the kids' head, but I think it was out of place and distateful in an otherwise totally entertaining film. I laughed more than I've laughed in a movie in a long time.
This is a great movie but you need to be warned about the sexual content. There is a scene that resembles gay man sex but it's not really happening. Sexual Innuendos are quite common but they are not graphic. This movie is funny, but is a little stupid. If you don't like goofball comedies you won't like this one. Otherwise, this is a good movie.
This movie, despite all it's innappropriate content, is a must see for the whole family. It truly is an extremely funny movie. I laughed all way through.
Suggested MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for crude and sexual humor throughout, some language, and comic action violence.
One of my all time favourite movies! Full of slapstick and verbal humour, insanely funny, and full of great characters. Agent 99 and Max are some of the funniest movie characters ever. Example...
"Freeze!"
"Freeze."
*pause*
"No you freeze!"
"You freeze."
"I told you to freeze-"
"Freeeeeze times infinity!"
"Oh my god..."
I totally recommend this to anybody who likes a good funny movie, because it's serious at times but then it gets broken by some comic relief from Anne Hathaway or Steve Carrell. Amazing movie, its a must see!
Lots of action ... yet very funny!! (best for teens)
I loved this movie...BUT could have done without the language in it.
I took my kids 11 & 6 to see it, some of the 'bad' words went right over her head and my 11yr old picked up some new ones. They thought it was funny and liked the action, but I was uncomfortable with some of the words they used not to mention seeing Max's bare butt in the end!
Wish I found this web site before going to see it.
I loved this movie!!! It was very good, but I might warn you that when 86 is moving a man off a table, a man walks by and sees him from the back view, and it is crudely suggested that he thinks they are having an act.
Although this movie is a little innapropriate, as long as the kid knows that this isn't something they should look up to, it's an okay movie. It's hilarious and Steve Carell masters the role as Max. I saw this movie probably when I was about 9 and despite the swear words and the other inappropriateness, it was a genuinely good family movie to laugh about and talk about.