Our family very much enjoyed the movie. We were laughing the whole time. Why our family liked it and others did not, I have no clue. But maybe, it could be that we had low expectations and that my husband and I are big fans of the old "Get Smart" series and perhaps that my husband enjoyed watching marital art movies when he was a kid. So both he and I loved it for those reasons. At first, I quickly complained about the acting, but DH said to look at it as a spoof on James Bond movies. Then, it made more sense. Yes, some of the acting could have been better but then it would not have been a spoof on the traditional "Spy vs. Russian" theme. Spoofing utilizes stereotyping -and that is my only complaint of this movie- of Russsian spies with heavy accents. It was action packed filled with spy gadgets and technology and the violence comprised of run-of-the-mill martial art kicking, hitting, throwing, etc. Our kids have not watched violent movies and they do not like them. This was a safe movie for them to watch as there is no gore/blood whatsoever. There are a couple of sexual innuendos that I missed myself, and our kids had no clue. If you are looking for it, you'll find it, but if that's not a tense subject within your family, it goes right over the kids heads. I liked the fact that it depicted a mixed-race relationship. I also liked that the children turned from "not liking" Bob to "liking" him; and that Bob was a compassionate male figure for all 3 children helping them overcome bullying, and feeling part of a family. It was impressive seeing a guy choose to care for his girlfriends' children by himself while she was away on a family emergency, albeit, in his own quirky, gadget-filled way.

Jakie Chan was a big hit in this movie !!! I absolutly loved him !!! :)

The movie is entertaining for kids because of the action, but not appropriate for 8 year olds. The kids in the movie are horrible in the first half. They say awfully disrespectful things to adults like "I hate this family" "Get out of my room!". They also use words like "freakin'" and tell each other they're going to kill each other when fighting. A little boy tells an older girl that she has a great body. The adults make tasteless jokes like "that's like having rum cake at an AA meeting" and "Why get married? You're going to hate her in 5 years anyway so just give her your house now." I usually agree with these reviews, but this one was way off and a disappointment.

I was really looking forward to this family movie because it featured Jackie Chan, but I could have lived without seeing this. I love Chan but his talents were wasted in this stale plot. Mom is divorced, he loves mom, kids hate him...until of course he reveals his super secret spy identity and saves the world. Billy Ray Cyrus was horrible and annoying and the jokes and language were often in appropriate for younger children. Although Chan's character "Bob" really is a nice guy he's involved in a lot of fight scenes, as you might expect given Chan's marital arts background. The little boy is smarmy and annoying, the older girl is mouthy and annoying and the mother agreeing to dump her kids with a guy they hate while she goes out of town is totally unbelievable. There are a few cute scenes where Bob outwits the children's bratty behavior but overall I found the movie tiresome and many of the "comedic" (at least I think they were trying to be funny) lines were not child appropriate; the little boy has too many sexual innuendos in his lines. The kids watched it but didn't discuss it or even seem to give it a second thought when it was done.

My son really loved this movie and so did his younger sister. I found it to be hokey and not that funny, but afterwards the kids were practicing their martial arts skills!

While Bob is a great guy, the rest of the movie is laced with subtle grown up advertising, including mentions of PlayBoy and Match*. Like many new Disney films this movie is commercial central. I was unimpressed by the level of sexualization of the little boy, Ian. Instead of playing up Ian's clearly intellectual stamina, which it seemed to mock, the character was changed to be more sexually attractive and less 'geeky'. I was sad that while the rating said OK for 8+ I had to censor much of the movie from the kids at home.

this movie the spy next door stars as jackie chan will surely entertain your kids but parents the movie has some mild violence but not off the charts there's no language or sex but expect some embraces and chaste kisses between Bob and Gillian as a couple there is in important message in this film in the middle of the movie jackie chan mentions about family which is important also that family isn't just "blood," but also the people you love and who love you and also honesty is the key when it comes to relationships in the role model part bob is a loyal, generous man with well-honed instincts and Gillian is a loving single mother who puts her children's needs first.