A rather dismal, glaringly formulaic action-comedy.
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11/02/02
I Spy (2002)
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Reviews Counted:131
Fresh:20
Rotten:111
Average Rating:4.1/10
Consensus: Insipid and mirthless, I-Spy bares little resemblance to the TV series that inspired it.
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When the Air Force's newest stealth bomber--complete with cloaking device--disappears, secret agent Alex Scott (Owen Wilson) is sent to Budapest to find it. To Scott's dismay, he is teamed with... [More]
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen, Malcolm McDowell
Director: Betty Thomas
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Top CriticThe ensuing action is uninspired: unspeedy car chasing, unthrilling plane flying, some minor fisticuffs, not especially well choreographed.
11/02/02
Unexceptional espionage comedy.
11/02/02
Warmed-over hash.
11/02/02
The trappings of I Spy are so familiar you might as well be watching a rerun.
11/02/02
A loud, witless mess that has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the TV series.
11/01/02
Moves at a glacial pace.
11/01/02
Banal and predictable.
11/01/02
I cry for I Spy -- or I would if this latest and laziest imaginable of all vintage-TV spinoffs were capable of engendering an emotional response of any kind.
11/01/02
Nothing about this movie is terribly fresh.
11/01/02
The time has come to offer thanks to Owen Wilson.
11/01/02
A feeble spoof consisting entirely of warmed-over gags from Bond, from previous spy spoofs.
11/01/02
No aspirations to social import inform the movie version. This is a shameless sham, calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars.
11/01/02
A loose, lighthearted romp that's a notch above the usual buddy comedies.
11/01/02
As inept as big-screen remakes of The Avengers and The Wild Wild West.
11/01/02
Retreading a tired and worn genre, the film isn't the worst thing you'll see all year and it does offer a handful of laughs. Yet, it certainly could have been much better.
11/01/02
Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson have a cute partnership in I Spy, but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm doesn't do a load of good.
11/01/02
Loud, brash and obvious.
11/01/02
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