Summer Movie Review 2008 # 5: Get Smart

After last year’s Bruce Almighty failed to impress critics and moviegoers, Steve Carell gets another chance at a summer blockbuster with Get Smart, a remake of the 60’s (?) TV show that they said wasn’t even a hit. The plot is so simple a 12 year old can write it. In it, Maxwell Smart has to eliminate a rogue agent out to kill every secret agent out there. While they’d promise hilarious antics along with smashing stunts, in the end the movie felt hollow. Not even Anne Hathaway’s uberly hot looks can save the film. A thin plot and unfunny jokes make Get Smart not a smart watch. Get Smart: 5/10