Get Smart [PG]

Maxwell Smart is a CONTROL analyst who dreams of becoming an agent. And when KAOS attacks and compromises all of CONTROL’s field agents, Max finally gets his chance. Working with the beautiful Agent 99, Max is out to uncover nuclear material and stop KAOS before they can do something less than friendly. 

I have never seen an episode of Get Smart, but when my mum and dad saw this movie, they said that it was very true to the original characters. So there’s authenticity taken care of. Filled with slapstick comedy, action and explosions, car chases, and dance scenes, Get Smart was a fantastic movie, perfect for any family movie night. 

Maxwell Smart is an analyst working for the government security sector known as CONTROL. Although Max is fantastic at what he does, he dreams of becoming an agent and working in the field instead of in the office. When a terrorist threat known as KAOS infiltrates and compromises the identities of all of CONTROL’s field agents, Max finally gets his chance to work in the field. Partnered with the beautiful and deadly Agent 99, Max sets out to uncover nuclear material and stop KAOS before they can do something less than friendly to the nation. 

This film had everything right. It had the perfect balance of action, romance, plot twists, and comedy. It was a real crowd-pleaser. For all the folks who have grown up watching the show, the film’s characters are very much like the originals and there is even a cameo from the original Siegfried. 

I think what made this film so immensely funny was the timing. All the actors had deadly timing. From Steve Carell to Terence Stamp, everyone paused at the right moments and kept the pause going for the perfect amount of time. Just the way everyone spoke his or her lines was absolutely killer. 

I have to say it’s really good to see old-fashioned slapstick comedy back on the screen. Most comedies at the moment are centered on sexual innuendos, gore gags, violence, and things of a really crude nature. But Get Smart was clever and used physical humour that went hand in hand with the timing of the actors. Brilliant. 

Starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, and Terence Stamp, Get Smart was a fabulous comedy filled with action, romance, dance scenes, car chases, explosions, terrorist threats, sky-diving, slapstick comedy and a few cool cameos. Please allow let me end this review with a scene that shows the stupid cleverness of the movie… 

Siegfried - How do I know you’re not CONTROL? 

Max – If I was CONTROL, you’d already be dead. 

Siegfried - If you were CONTROL, you’d already be dead. 

Max – Well neither of us is dead so I’m obviously not from CONTROL… 

CLASSIC!!!