Get Smart

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Get Smart

PG-13

2008

1h 51m

Comedy

Action

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When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control, the Chief has to promote his eager analyst Maxwell Smart to field agent. Smart, partnered with veteran Agent 99, blends inexperience, enthusiasm and ineptitude as he works to thwart a world-domination plot hatched by the wily KAOS chief, Siegfried.

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Critics Consensus

Get Smart rides Steve Carell's considerable charm for a few laughs, but ultimately proves to be a rather ordinary action comedy.

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

Oct 18, 2008

1.5/5

As a reworking of one of the great 1960s TV comedies, you'd think being funny would be its main goal. But you would be wrong. Very, very wrong.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

Metro Newspaper (UK)

Aug 22, 2008

2/5

An uninspired comedy that runs the full gamut from characters being punched in the groin/face to being shot in the face/groin, until everything culminates in an expensively pointless action finale.

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

Aug 22, 2008

2/5

We sit back and wait for the laughs. Which come pretty slow and infrequent, though Carell does his straight-faced best to act out the A-Z of Hilarious.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Feb 7, 2022

Like a younger, more rigorous version of Leslie Nielsen in his Naked Gun prime, Carell demonstrated here why he had, at the time, a reputation as the funniest man in America.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Nov 28, 2020

8/10

Admirably mimics the blend of genres and innovations that made the original series so memorable.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 8, 2020

3.0/4.0

While Carell hasn't quite attained an acting range that allows for much depth in his characters, the presence of Hathaway provides a perfect contrast to Maxwell Smart.

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Chris M

@RT22346841 Aug 14, 2026

I really feel like this movie is better than it gets credit for. Carell and Hathaway are perfectly cast to take on these roles and the supporting cast is pretty great as well.

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Dallas

Aug 7, 2026

Funny in all the right ways. Physical comedy, throwaway jokes, etc. If you look at your phone you miss a joke. Excellent movie

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Matthew H

@Hendy2013 Aug 5, 2026

Gut wrenchingly hilarious

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Daniel L

@Hotchopeppa Apr 27, 2026

I remember watching this a few years ago and thinking it was pretty average. Watching it again now a few years later.....and it's still pretty average.

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Thyaagu C

@Thyaagu Mar 26, 2026

Packed with enough fun to keep me entertained throughout, with no dull moments. Steve Carell was effortlessly hilarious as always, Anne Hathaway brought the action and charm, and together they shared a sweet chemistry. Honestly, what more do you need from a breezy entertainer?!

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Matthew D

@OceanSage Feb 5, 2026

Anne Hathaway steals every scene as the sexy and hilarious spy 99 opposite Steve Carell’s stupid spy. Director Peter Segal’s spy comedy Get Smart (2008) has aged well as a fast paced and ridiculous spoof. Segal’s direction is very sleek like many 2000’s comedies like Johnny English or The Tuxedo. It is way funnier than I recalled. Steve Carell is basically just doing his Office character Michael Scott as a spy for Get Smart’s idiot unlikely hero Maxwell Smart. Anne Hathaway is ludicrously hot, effortlessly hilarious, and super cool as the skilled spy Agent 99. Hathaway’s unimpressed heroine works wonders opposite Carell’s goofy new field agent. Her experienced, prepared, and violent agent is awesome. Anne Hathaway is amazing in Get Smart and easily steals all of her scenes. Her gradually befriending Max is quite entertaining. In all, Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell are fabulous in this now underrated spy comedy.

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Synopsis

When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control, the Chief has to promote his eager analyst Maxwell Smart to field agent. Smart, partnered with veteran Agent 99, blends inexperience, enthusiasm and ineptitude as he works to thwart a world-domination plot hatched by the wily KAOS chief, Siegfried.

Director: Peter Segal
Producer: Charles Roven, Alex Gartner, Andrew Lazar, Michael Ewing
Screenwriter: Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Mad Chance, Callahan Filmworks, Mosaic Media Group
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Action/Violence|Some Rude Humor)
Genre: Comedy, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 20, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 10, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $130.3M
Runtime: 1h 51m

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