Review of Get Smart (2008) by Kennedy N — 23 Feb 2011

It's funny, exciting, preposterous, great to look at, and made with the same level of technical expertise we'd expect from a new Bond movie itself. And all of that is very nice, but nicer still is the perfect pitch of the casting. The unexpected star is Hathaway, looking cool as a runway model in the role originated by Barbara Feldon, lithe as a (pink) panther, and displaying great comic timing. Get Smart is action movie and spoof and, though it's often a little unbalanced, the ultimate result is a harmlessly entertaining picture. Get Smart turns out to be a much more entertaining movie than its tedious trailers suggest.

VERDICT: "Better Than Anything" - Highest rating in the system (Universally Positive reaction). Usually I give this rating to a movie that I believe is absolutely outstanding and has little to no flaws in it.