Movie Review - Get Smart

Once again it is movie review time!

We just arrived home from seeing "Get Smart", the recent release with Steve Carrell (sp?) and Anne Hathaway. I haven't laughed so hard in a movie in a VERY long time.

A fellow co-worker of mine told me he'd just seen it and laughed his head off. He also mentioned he remembered the TV show, to which I responded, "what TV show?" Okay, he's a bit older than I am.

Agent 86 and Agent 99 make a great team. Their antics and chemistry just burst off the screen. It's obvious the two had a fantastic time making this movie.

They're sent to Russia to infiltrate and dismantle a terrorist organization who've gotten their hands on a few nuclear bomb components. On the flight over, the agents portray husband and wife. Agent 86 ends up announcing that he has to go "squeeze his lemon" and takes off for the restroom. This is the most hilarious scene in the entire movie (in my humble opinion). Painful maybe, but hilarious.

They think they're successful, only to have Agent 86 apprehended and imprisoned, and Agent 99 thinks she's been betrayed. It isn't quite what you think though.

There's the whole symphony scene, airplane scene, and the flaming car flying down the train tracks fighting over the "football" to avoid the nuclear explosion of Los Angeles. For those who may be a little averse to a man-on-man moment, you've been warned. But it isn't gratuitous, however that's probably the reason it received a PG-13 rating. Just a little violence and language provide the other cautions, but overall this was a romping good time.

Of course, my son is already planning for me to buy it for him. Hmmm, I think it's about time for the teen to get a job.