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Release Date:
20 June 2008 (USA)
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Tagline:
Saving The World. And Loving It. more
Plot:
Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 for CONTROL, battles the forces of KAOS with the more-competent Agent 99 at his side. full summary | full synopsis
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2 wins
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5 nominations
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A superb updating of a classic production!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Steve Carell | ... | Maxwell Smart / Agent 86 |
 | Anne Hathaway | ... | Agent 99 |
 | Dwayne Johnson | ... | Agent 23 |
 | Alan Arkin | ... | The Chief |
 | Terence Stamp | ... | Siegfried |
 | Terry Crews | ... | Agent 91 |
 | David Koechner | ... | Larabee |
 | James Caan | ... | The President |
 | Bill Murray | ... | Agent 13 |
 | Patrick Warburton | ... | Hymie |
 | Masi Oka | ... | Bruce |
 | Nate Torrence | ... | Lloyd |
 | Ken Davitian | ... | Shtarker |
 | David S. Lee | ... | Krstic |
| Dalip Singh | ... | Dalip |
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Rated PG-13 for some rude humor, action violence and language.
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Runtime:
110 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
South Korea:12 |
Finland:K-13 |
Australia:PG |
Ireland:12A |
UK:12A |
Singapore:PG |
Greece:K |
Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) |
Canada:G (Québec) |
Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) |
Brazil:12 |
Argentina:Atp |
Malaysia:U |
Norway:11 |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #44068) |
Taiwan:PG-12 |
Peru:PT |
Germany:12 |
Germany:12 (f) |
Netherlands:6 |
Portugal:M/12 |
New Zealand:PG |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) |
South Africa:13L |
Iceland:7 (DVD rating) |
Iceland:L
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There are references to the three cars that were shown in the original television series. The most obvious is the Sunbeam Tiger shown in the display. Also shown were a Volkswagen Karman Ghia and an Opel GT. All of these cars were in the opening credits for the original series in various years.
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Continuity: During the sequences after Max and 99 travel through the laser maze, the cuts on Max's tuxedo jacket disappear and re-appear repeatedly.
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References "Get Smart: Ship of Spies: Part 1 (#1.27)" (1966)
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Soundtrack:
Take a Chance on Me
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The new "Get Smart" does a masterful job of capturing the style, tone and humor of the '60s series, while transporting it into a modern sensibility. I had hopes for this film after seeing the two leads doing a 30-second skit on the Academy Awards show and thought they were dead on. So I invested $11.50 and was proved right.
First, this is no cheap knockoff. The production team captured Buck Henry's creation very credibly both in tone and substance. It reminded me very much of the late '80s homage to "Dragnet," which was executed with love and great attention to detail (right down to the product placement of Camel cigarettes and a photo of Jack Webb on the Dan Akroyd's desk). It's no small feat updating something as much a part of its era into a modern sensibility. There were even echoes of the early James Bond films (especially in The Rock's ladykiller character flirting with CONTROL's "Miss Moneypenny" and in some of the musical cues). On the other hand, the production values were all first-rate and contemporary, including a CGI effect of an aerial fly-around and push-in to a 747 that was reminiscent of the key shot in the pilot of Star Trek.
Steve Carrell makes a very reasonable Agent 86; where Don Adams played the character as a bumbling naif, Carrell makes him into a goodhearted wannabe who, despite having the kind of personality that renders him invisible in society, still has intelligence and an earnestness that can make him into hero material when he works at it. He reminded me of Jim Varney's portrayal of Jed Clampett: pure of heart and belief in his fellow man, yet with a bit of chops in dealing with the dark side of society. He fumbles around a lot getting his sea legs after years of being an ineffectual fatso (viz. impetuously slamming a fire extinguisher into the noggin of his boss at one point) but in a pinch, he's quickwitted and moves with decision. (He also quite reasonably feels more secure in briefs than boxer shorts; I don't know what Adam's take on this issue was).
On the other hand, Anne Hathaway nails Agent 99 with a performance absolutely capturing Barbara Feldon's creation, right down to the tone of voice, the raised eyebrows, and at least three different dead-on intonations of "Oh, Max!" Nevertheless, Hathaway moves the character beyond the pre-feminist liberation era and invests 99 with a believable 21st century sexuality and sense of empowerment. She's clearly in charge during the first half of the movie, only slowly yielding to an appreciation of Carrell's growing sense of command (and her own feelings toward him) as we move into Act 3.
Alan Arkin brings an odd turn to the Chief, playing him with a much-less-exasperated fatalism than did Edward Platt. In an interview, Arkin says he saw the character as a very good principal of a very bad middleschool. He comes across as a somewhat old codger closing in on retirement who's comfortably in charge and doesn't try to micromanage, and he has an important role in the climax piloting a Cessna over Disney Hall downtown, but I missed one of the catchlines they didn't include in this revision: namely, the Chief getting one of his headaches. (The other catchline they left out was 86's frequent "That's the second biggest (fill in the blank) I've ever seen.")
Everything else was there, though: We see the Cone of Silence (technologically updated), a very clever CGI revision of the entrance passage to CONTROL HQ, cameos by both Hymie the Robot and Fang, and there's even a passing utilization in this cellphone-obsessed society to the shoe-phone (appropriated from the Smithsonian institution display of the old "defunct" CONTROL). On the other hand, the agency is now under the Homeland Security Department and answers to the Vice President (when they can find him) and uses lots of high-tech, satellite surveillance and GPS gear. Chaos is in cahoots with terrorist organizations around the world and we know they're bad because they drive around in SUVs (the most satisfying and "green" event is seeing one of Satan's Sedans being demolished by a freight train).
Oh, and BTW, it's also a love story.