Sadly Over-hyped

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

The recent big budget remake of Get Smart has led to a re-release of this unfortunate loser of a movie (hint: it has BOMB in the title) but it still isn't very good. Back when this baby was made in the late 70s, the Get Smart TV series had long been in re-run heaven and fans of the show (me included) had seen every episode three or four times and knew every over-repeated, uber laugh tracked joke by heart. This movie, and series star Don Adams, thus had a fair bit of goodwill with which to promote the movie. Despite this, the movie bombed and the reason is dead obvious: there just aren't very many laughs here. The cast try very hard to match the wacky tone and quick-fire delivery of the original, but the material isn't there. This is unacceptable, especially since the original series had few laugh out loud moments and a lot of rather corny and over-used gags. Given the few YEARS that this item was in development (rather than the few weeks the original series writers had to knock together an episode script) it should not have been too hard to throw together enough gags to at least match the original's entertainment value. Sadly, the gags aren't there, plus the movie's attempt to re-invent the Maxwell Smart character as a bit of a swinging spy ladies' man misfire. The production values look okay, which suggests that budget was not an issue, and Smart's co-stars are a fetching group, especially Sylvia Kristel and Pamela Hensley. But the infectious fun of the series just never materializes. Sad really. If the thing had been a hit, Adams might have re-invigorated his career the way Shatner did, rather than just remaining typecast and unemployable.

"Get Smart" was very big in the 1960's. Spoofing James Bond, and having catchphrases such as "Sorry about that, Chief!", "Missed it by that much!", "Would you Believe..." and most of all, "...And Loving It". Don Adams(1923-2005) made it big playing the bumbling Maxwell Smart(Agent 86). This time, he's out to stop KAOS from launching a "Nude Bomb". Kinda like a smart bomb, only it leaves you buck naked! Smart got some new agents to work with him: Agent 22(Andrea Howard), Agent 34(Sylvia Kristel, "Private Lessons"), Agent 35(Pamela Hensley, before "Matt Houston") and the Chief(Dana Elcar, "MacGyver" and "The Learning Tree") The comedy was nonstop. The shooting and the fight scene are hilarious. The only downside I didn't like is when some of the originals didn't appear. Like Hymie(Dick Gautier), Agent 99(Barbara Feldon) or even Siegfried(Bernie Koppel). Edward Platt(The Original Chief) died in 1974. That's beyond everyone's control. They put it down just because Don Adams was the only original character? Give me a break! The movie was funny, the cast was fine. It deserve some reprise in the theaters. I don't think that die-hard "Get Smart" fans would think this show should go onto the big screen. This movie is for the fans, by the fans, and strictly for the fans. I enjoyed very much! 3 out of 5 stars!

As another IMDb contributor has noted, it seems very strange that Universal wanted to make a Maxwell Smart movie -- in fact, at the time, there was talk of doing a series of Smart movies a la Inspector Clouseau -- and then went out of its way to remove nearly every element that made "Get Smart!" so funny. Nearly all of Don Adams' supporting cast (esp. Barbara Feldon and Edward "Chief" Platt) are absent here, as are rivalling spy agencies CONTROL and KAOS, as well as *any* of the show's writers or producers. Happily (with the exception of the deceased Platt), they'd all get it right nine years later, for the TV-reunion-movie "Get Smart, Again!" Indeed, as of this writing, that movie is the only "Get Smart" item available on DVD; better that than "The Nude Bomb," at least.

As a long-time "Get Smart" fan, I was very disappointed. Max was NOT Max. He used language and acted so completely unlike the character in the TV series, it was shocking. What were the writers thinking . . . No 99? A crime!! The reason the original series worked so well was the relationship between Max and 99 and the chemistry between Don Adams and Barbara Feldon and the rest of the cast. There are several funny scenes, but mostly the movie is pretty awful. See "Get Smart, Again" (wonderful!) or (I hate to even say it) . . . the horrible Fox series. Both are better than this.