Movie Reviews for Get Smart Again

Get Smart Again

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Movie Reviews of Get Smart Again

Movie Review: Get Smart
Summary: 5 Stars

It was a classic tv movie and it was shipped to me quickly. I really enjoyed it.

Movie Review: Would you believe...it's almost as good as the original series?
Summary: 4 Stars

Don Adams has always been the greatest Agent 86, hands down. Can't say the same for Barbara Feldon, who always felt like the unfunny, easily replaceable straight woman throughout the series. She seems to be dripping saccharin. Seriously, I was developing tooth decay just hearing her. Having Smart actually spend time trying to get 99 involved felt like a waste of time except for the whole "book memoirs" sub-plot.

Okay, the obvious bad parts aside, this movie is as close to the hilarity of the original series as you're going to find. The slapstick is top-notch, and the special effects are cheesy, but not overdone. Definitely better than Get Smart: The Complete Series, which barely did more than capitalize on the original series and water down the humor so much it was almost unwatchable. Pretty sad when the most watchable characters in that series are the Chief (Don Adams) and kid Smart's support agent (Elaine Hendrix).

All in all, the movies are the only things you want after the original series (did I mention Get Smart the Complete Series -- Seasons 1-5 DVD Box Set was funnier than almost everything it spawned? This is a solid buy for fans wanting something to tide them over till the 2008 movie that reinvents the mythos comes out on DVD.

Movie Review: Fans of the show will love this movie
Summary: 4 Stars

It's 1989, and the United States government finds itself being blackmailed by that evil organization KAOS. There's only one man that can foil the machinations of KAOS, and that is decommissioned agent 86, Maxwell Smart (played by Don Adams). Once Smart has rounded up all of the old CONTROL agents, he and his wacky crew are in pursuit of KAOS and their old nemesis Conrad Siegfried (Bernie Kopell). But, KAOS has a new and unknown "Mr. Big." Who is he, and what does he want? It is up to Max to get to the bottom of this tangled web!

Well, I must say, it was very nice to see this movie, with so many of the old Get Smart regulars! There's Max, Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon), Siegfried, Hymie (Richard Gautier), Larrabee (Robert Karvelas), Shtarker (King Moody), Agent 13 (the agent who's always hiding in things - David Ketchum), and even Max's car. As for the movie itself, I recognized a lot of the old jokes, but the show itself recycled them all so many times that it was just like old times.

My family and I enjoyed watching this movie, and I loved seeing the old CONTROL crew (minus the Chief, Edward Platt, who passed away in 1974). So, if you were a fan of the old 1965-70 American television show, "Get Smart," then you will love this move. My family and I highly recommend it to you.

Movie Review: Bare bones, not quite remastered release
Summary: 4 Stars

Having sat through this movie again, what with it being one of those late-80s reunion specials, this one was remarkably good. Some crude humor, which was inevitable, but manages to retain the wit and spunk of the original show -- and update some of the old gags in surprisingly creative ways (the latest replacement for the "Cone of Silence" was a real winner). And, you guessed it, Don Adams still pulls every typical joke with his usual aplomb; it's impossible not to laugh.

Of course, the video and audio on this release are fairly ho-hum. Dust and specks appear periodically and the colors are dull and muted. Sound is very passable, but the video quality is fairly bad.

And it's just the movie; don't expect any extras. Those would have been nice, but oh well.

Tidbit: "Get Smart Again!" was aired on ABC -- making "Get Smart" one of the few TV series to air on all three major networks. (in 1995, FOX updated the show as well - a bit more crude, but still with the right humor, and making it the fourth major network that "Get Smart" graced.)

Definitely worth a purchase, as I don't think there will be any new "Would You Believe? Edition" any time soon, properly remastered and with loads of extras.