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Star Tribune
Is it praise or criticism to call a movie competent? That's the term that best describes "Get Smart." It revives the old TV franchise with the same slapstick derring-do and lightweight comedy that tickled audiences in the waning days of the Cold War. It's less a reboot or a re-imagining than a rerun.
'Get Smart' retreads old ground
Courtesy Of Warner Brothers
a lukewarm revival: Steve Carell, left, is Maxwell Smart and Anne Hathaway is Agent 99 in the movie "Get Smart."
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