'Get Smart' (2008) movie review

I saw this movie yesterday and decided to review it, because all of the negative reviews it's been getting. So Get Smart is a spy-parody-movie, based on a spy-parody-series from the 70's of the same name. Never seeing the series, I cannot tell you, if they butchered the characters or anything like that, as for me this was simply a spy-parody-movie. The plot is pretty simple: Steve Carell plays Maxwell Smart, a brilliant analyst, who dreams of being a field agent and is finally able to live his dream, after something-something-that-makes-all-the-other-agents-unable-to-do-it occurs. Sort of like Johhny English, I tought and I liked Johnny English. But did I like this?

First of all, I was very disappointed when I saw the commercials for this movie. It made it look so stupid, just full of horrible slapstick, that will surely satisfy masses, but disappoint anyone, who needs a bit of brains to laugh. Then I also read the bad reviews and tought to myself, 'what kind of braindead shit would this be', but I was actually pleasantly surprised. One of the reasons I had some hope was Steve Carell. I seem to be one of the rare people who actually like this guy and think of him as a good comedic actor. He's got great comedic timing and a weird voice and all that, maybe making him only able to play losers or idiots - but he plays losers or idiots awesome. And Steve Carell was as always - great in this movie. Alan Arkin and James Caan are pretty hilarious in their side/extended cameo roles, while the rest of the cast doesn't have much space to show good acting, but still do their work solid.

The movie is predictable, to be honest. The story isn't anything, because it doesn't really matter. But it's a lot funnier then I tought it would be. All those slapstick scenes in the trailers are actually pretty funny in the actual movie and the rest of humor is a whole lot brighter then expected, as I genuinely laughed my ass off a couple of times while watching. The only gripe I have about it are a few shots. It's a spy movie, so it has to have action. And it has action, and that action isn't that bad, but just a couple of shots in between, not really scenes, but actual shots (you'll see it) look like, they are filmed with a phone. Sounds weird, I know, but you'll notice it soon. Altough it doesn't affect the movie much, it makes it look like a cheap TV-spy movie sometimes (which it isn't). So in conclusion, Get Smart comes pretty close to actually being smart and was bashed for no reason..


Total rating: 7 / 10


So what did you think of Get Smart? Do you like Steve Carell? Do you hope they will going to make a sequel? Comment below, let me know!