Get Smart [Blu-ray]
by Peter Segal
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Actor: Alan Arkin, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Steve Carell, Terence StampDirector: Peter Segal
Brand: Warner Brothers
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Portuguese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2008-11-04
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- In the world of covert intelligence, only one man is Smart. Steve Carell is in CONTROL as Maxwell Smart, the novice agent often out of his depths but never out of options in this action comedy pitting him against the nuclear scheme of the evil spy group KAOS. Anne Hathaway partners with Max as ever-capable Agent 99. And director Peter Segal (The Longest Yard ) guides his stars (including Dwayne Jo
Blu-ray Reviews of Get Smart [Blu-ray]
Blu-ray Review: Completely misses the joke...and by more than "that much"
Summary: 2 Stars
Unfortunately, the makers of the film demonstrate only a shallow understanding of the self-deprecating, social parody that was the TV series of the same name. "Get Smart", the original may have had a thesis statement that said, "Both sides are crazy in the crazy world of spies". It was a spoof on all things espionage, but was also an anti-establishment commentary. There are only token references to that theme; the main game seems to be to present an action vehicle for WWE fans.
The original "Get Smart" was irreverant and iconoclastic. It poked fun at a variety of sacred cows and that was the absolute joy of the thing; the espionage business itself being the main target. Most of all, it was a spy spoof that was disaffirming of violence and machismo. There was some violence in the original, but it was framed within the context of satire. However, in this remake, using action hero Dwayne Johnson as the "serious" agent to whom Max aspires misses the entire satirical point. In the TV series, Maxwell Smart was the leading agent, Control's number one man, but this "serious" agent was actually a (lovable) buffoon and his entire world was stacked with absurd "heroics" and even sillier villainy. Get it? Obviously Hollywood didn't because in this film Max is depicted as an underrated genius with a tendency for awkwardness and clumsiness.
Some of the other characterisations fall well short of the mark. This Seigried is not at all funny and ironic like the original played by Bernie Kopell; and this aggressive, argumentative, sex-bomb depiction of lady spy, 99, is far removed from the nurturing, quirky and subtle characterisation played with aplomb by Barbara Feldon (yeh, I know Hollywood doesn't do "subtle").
Even the "cone of silence" has been turned into a sexual inuendo. Funny, I can't recall any overtly sexualised themes in the TV series. Sexuality is just fine in the proper setting, which this is most certainly not. Overall, most of the characterisations in this re-make are too seriously dark. "Get Smart" was a family show.
This movie, judged solely as an adaptation of the original "Get Smart" is entirely wrong-headed: it's "action-comedy" in the style of Jackie Chan rather than a social parody like the TV series. I'm not judging this to be a bad movie but I can only score it a fail due its departure from the original script. "Artistic licence" is one thing but it is disingenuous to exploit an original concept and twist it to fit an entirely different genre, no matter how much nervous energy and enthusiasm has gone into the remake. I don't accept some opinions that this is crafted to suit a contemporary audience (more 1990s, really). If so, call it by another title. I live in the small hope that one day a Hollywood film-maker will have the courage to render a classic show and not change anything.
While it may have some of the sight gags of the original, this fascist romp is just not "Get Smart".
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