Warner Bros.
June 20, 2008
Action, Comedy
DVD
D
DVD
D
I walked out of this in the theater, maybe at a point slightly beyond the quarter hour I gave this today. It badly misunderstands the original TV series (which was itself admittedly hit or miss), most significantly in that Max is not supposed to be clued in to his own ineptitude, and so casting Carell in the lead is a bad idea. Also, I can see why they might not want to have 99 hero-worship Max, but they haven't found a good "modern" take on her character (played by also miscast Hathaway). Furthermore, every joke fell flat, when it wasn't mildly offensive. At least this time it didn't cost me any money to watch the movie.
Peter Segal directed.
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