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By Renee Schonfeld
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Slapstick spy spoof with iconic TV heroes, mild innuendo.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 9+?
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Where to Watch
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Get Smart Again
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What's the Story?
Agent 86, Maxwell Smart (Don Adams), is called out of retirement in a late 1980s effort to resurrect a comic television spy franchise that has long been out of service. Dr. Hottentot, inventor of a weather machine that threatens to destroy the planet with acid rain, pollution, and more, has fallen into the hands of Smart's arch nemesis KAOS, a terrorist organization who now holds the United States hostage. What's more, there's a mole in the ranks of Smart's spy agency! Smart's assignment: locate and infiltrate KAOS, find the traitor, eliminate the man behind the plot, and destroy the weather machine. Smart calls upon his longstanding crew of oddballs and misfits as he sets out to save the world yet again.
Is It Any Good?
Originally created as a parody of James Bond films, there was still plenty of comic mayhem to be mined when this sequel was made, shown on television, and then released for home viewing.
With all the popular GET SMART sight gags and tropes -- shoe phone, the Cone of Silence, Hover Cover, Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon) now Smart's wife, and the "Would you believe?" popular slogans -- the larger-than-life agents bumble their way through a very thin plot to deliver the laughs and lots of slapstick action.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the difference between cartoon violence and real violence even in a live-action movie. What are some of the things filmmakers do to let you know it's not meant to be taken seriously?
Why do you think we laugh at people who behave foolishly and get in trouble? Do you think it makes us accept our own mistakes and mess-ups, or are we just glad it's not happening to us?
This film is a "parody" or "spoof" of spy movies like James Bond and others. What ingredients are necessary to make a good parody or spoof?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming : December 31, 2007
- Cast : Barbara Feldon , Don Adams
- Director : Gary Nelson
- Inclusion Information : Female Movie Actor(s)
- Studio : Indie Prod Company
- Genre : Comedy
- Run time : 93 minutes
- MPAA rating :
- Last updated : December 20, 2021
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