By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Warner Bros., Variety
Get Smart
After watching every minute of every clip and trailer available for Get Smart, I have to admit that I'm anticipating some serious laughs from the film. With a combination of witty lines, geeked out humor and some non-PC jokes, the film seems to hit all the right chords when it comes to laughter. But is it any good?
Get Smart Reviewed
The first official review for Get Smart has surfaced over at Variety and the response is pretty mixed.
It seemed like a natural: Redo "Get Smart," the landmark '60s TV spy spoof, with Steve Carell. Who better to update Maxwell Smart -- the idiot-savantish secret agent originated by Don Adams -- than "The Office's" master of disassociative, self-effacing humor? But in the end, a bigscreen version of television's "Get Smart" had issues to address -- the hero was too one-dimensional, the female lead too adoring, the Cold War too over. So helmer Peter Segal's formulaic takeoff is neither fish nor fowl, not quite faithful to the show, but not quite bringing it into the 21st century either. It may ride Carell's star to major B.O., at least initially. But it's nothing you want to take off your shoe and call home about.
The review goes on to compare the remake to the original run. I don't necessarily found it fair, but I guess everybody has to base their review around something. Expect some more early reviews later this week.
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