Get Smart
2008
**½
Director: Peter Segal
Cast: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp, Terry Crews, Bill Murray, Ryan Seacrest, Patrick Warburton, Blake Clark, Cedric Yarbrough, Vinicius Machado
When the identities of its field operatives are compromised, CONTROL must promote the bumbling Maxwell Smart from a data analyst to an agent and partner him with Agent 99 in an attempt to halt the plans of KAOS. Get Smart was an enjoyably silly TV series which ran from 1965 to 1970. This modern day adaptation is quite faithful, but the emphasis is on action rather than comedy. There are certainly some laughs, but the jokes come so infrequently that they almost seem out of place when they arrive. The resulting movie is likeable throughout, but not great at any point. The performances are good, though.
