{"id":13716,"date":"2008-10-13T20:37:23","date_gmt":"2008-10-14T03:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/10\/13\/movie-review-get-smart.html"},"modified":"2008-10-13T20:37:23","modified_gmt":"2008-10-14T03:37:23","slug":"movie_review_get_smart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/10\/13\/movie_review_get_smart.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: Get Smart<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

Get Smart<\/a><\/em> (2008)<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Overall<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n Story<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production<\/td>\n <\/td>\n Acting<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

As a long-time fan of the original Don Adams series, I really wanted this to be good. Alas, Get Smart <\/em>can’t decide if it wants to be a witty slapstick sitcom, an romantic comedy, or a spy thriller. As a result, it doesn’t succeed in any of the above. Indeed, it’s weakest, ironically, when it tries to squeeze in some of the classic TV series lines, and strongest when it’s Steve Carrell as a light-hearted espionage thriller about a well-meaning, quirky, but surprisingly effective <\/em>intelligence analyst who’s greatest dream is to be an agent.<\/p>\n

If you filed off the names and the tag lines, it would be a satisfying little comedy. As it is, the mixed bag simply doesn’t do it.<\/p>\n

Bottom line: Glad I saw it, but very glad it came to me (for free), not the other way around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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