Usually when you see a cast like this consisting of a number of outstanding names with Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway in the lead, you'd expect the narrative punchline to land a little smoother, but what they ended up doing in this movie is just carry it. I started the movie a little skeptical, you don't expect much from a movie scoring a 6.5 but I chose to expect nothing and suspend my belief, and only enjoy the laughs nonetheless. However, this movie left a lot to be desired. The majority of the jokes are below average both in terms of creativity and how they integrate to the general chemistry of the characters, and the only reason why they worked (if ever) is because of the actors, not the actual jokes per se.
The plot and its pace are all over the place, movies are usually a "Sequence", but in Get Smart, you feel like everything is glued and slammed unto one another.
What's more important (to me at least) than the actual plot (which was predictable in the first place) is how the writers did not even put the necessary effort to build up the required chemistry between the main lead characters, the way it was forced along the line makes it feel unnatural and plastic.
Oh and, the fat joke is overused, it was funny for the first two or three times, but that's about it, you don't keep using the same joke over and over again.
Thanks again to the amazing cast which made this a decent ride, but I would not recommend this movie to anybody. It aged (not that) badly for modern age drama but still underwhelming. 6/10.
The plot and its pace are all over the place, movies are usually a "Sequence", but in Get Smart, you feel like everything is glued and slammed unto one another.
What's more important (to me at least) than the actual plot (which was predictable in the first place) is how the writers did not even put the necessary effort to build up the required chemistry between the main lead characters, the way it was forced along the line makes it feel unnatural and plastic.
Oh and, the fat joke is overused, it was funny for the first two or three times, but that's about it, you don't keep using the same joke over and over again.
Thanks again to the amazing cast which made this a decent ride, but I would not recommend this movie to anybody. It aged (not that) badly for modern age drama but still underwhelming. 6/10.