Get Smart

Now this was more like it!

A comedy film of an old TV show that's actually funny, as opposed to being made to look funny in the trailer by a studio desperate to get re-coop money out of another disastrous investment on their part.

Steve Carell is rapidly becoming one of my favourite actors. Not comedy actors, just actors. He's been great in everything I've seen him in. Get Smart sees him take on the "comedy new secret-agent film" and does it so well, he's practically re-written the rules on how to do it. Way better than Johnny English (which I loved).

The script is written so that you don't need to know anything about the TV show, which was good because other than the iconic theme tune and the bit about walking down the corridor with the huge automatic doors to get to the phone booth-elevator, I knew nothing.

Other than that, I'm not going to tell you anything except it's very funny, it's got some amazing action pieces* and it's a great way to spend an afternoon. Well worth 110 minutes of anyone's time.

Score: A
It has the hallmark of a good comedy in my eyes: I was laughing even though there were very few people in the cinema at the time. (Well, it was 12.20 on a Sunday after all.)

OQ:
Maxwell Smart: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Trivia: When the project was in development in 1998, Jim Carrey was attached to star. All I can say is thank god it was delayed.

*Like James Bond worthy.