robertmike57 This is way a reunion movie should be done! Quick explanation of where everyone has been in the past 20 years and on with a new adventure. The plot is familiar, KAOS has a weather machine to alter the climate with a ransom demand of $250 Billion not to unleash its fury. It falls to Maxwell Smart to be reactivated stop KAOS.All of the gang is back except for Ed Platt as Chief. The gags and jokes that were gems include Smart answering his shoe phone as a pallbearer,the Hall of Hush to thwarting a hit-man with remote controlled file cabinets to Hymie taking every order literally. Few of the gags and jokes fall flat, unlike nearly all comedies now as they reach . Don Adams was still spot on with the catch phrases, one liners and quite amazing with the physical comedy at age 66. Harold Gould does the villain role in his unique style and John de Lancie as Maj. Waterhouse was great. Hymie and Larrabbee were fabulous as if nothing had changed after 20 years. Agent 99 Barbara Feldon didn't miss a beat as the comic foil and looked as lovely as ever, who I had a crush on when the show was first on the air. If you're reading this Barbara, don't have anything to do for a Saturday night and like dating guys 50 years younger, (or would you believe 24 years younger?), go and contact me.The movie has a few minor issues, Kenneth Mars as Commander Drury doesn't pull off the exasperated Chief role as Ed Platt would had done, Bernie Koppell Siegfried's comic timing wasn't as sharp as it could had been and Don Adams looked rather ill in a few scenes. The movie should have had a laugh track and Get Smart music in keeping with the TV series.It's a real shame that this movie isn't remastered to restore the fading of VHS transfer, (Digitally touching up Don Adams, adding the laugh track & music would be a bonus.) This is an underrated gem (far better than the Steve Carrell remake) that stacks up with the best comedy movies.

idiotboy As most comments here mention, this is a film for the fans of the original series, and if that's not you, you're unlikely to enjoy this film too much. It's not bad, as a film, but as a one-off it's a bit poor.That being said, this movie was a really nice re-visit to the old gang of Control. Ed Platt's sad passing leaves him sorely missed as the Chief, in this film and the travesty of the Nude Bomb of 1980 (though it's unlikely that even he would have been able to save that one).The story picks up the lives of Maxwell Smart and Mrs Maxwell Smart, and shows that Kaos reigns still, with Siegfried and Shtarker continuing to fill the world with evilness and badness. Control has been disbanded, but the old members are needed to take on their mantle of anti-espionage agents once again! Kitted out with new gadgets and old jokes, the fun gets rolling! The jokes are often direct repeats from the series, but for the most part that just doesn't matter.This was a really sweet return to the Get Smart franchise, with the 20 missing years showing on everyone's faces but not hindering anything at all; Don Adams still taking the knocks as well as he always did, with his ever-visible stunt-double taking the longs-shots like usual ;) Fans, don't miss this movie! :D

MartinHafer With most TV series, it is just better never to look back. Again and again and again, TV movie reunion shows based on beloved TV series are in the end moribund messes that rarely reunite the cast, since so many of them are dead!! The worst of these awful TV movies that I have seen would have The Beverly Hillbillies (where almost all the cast was dead), Leave It To Beaver (where Ward was dead so June just talked to his tombstone) and Andy Griffith (where Otis was no longer a drunk and Barney was too pathetic to talk about further). While not AS bad as these movies, this GET SMART reunion movie isn't a whole lot better. At least it does have most of the original cast, though Ed Platt (the Chief) was too dead to appear--even with the assistance of Disney Animatronics or by way of a pact with Satan. Dick Gautier (Hymie), Barbara Feldon (99), Bernie Koppel (Ziegfried) and several other familiar faces from the original program do make appearances. The only problem is that although they did an impressive job as far as the cast goes, they gave them a terribly unfunny and uninvolving script. In the end, it's a time passer at best, and an insult to fans at worst.

skallisjr For those who saw the original series, this one's pretty good. The menace in the film, KAOS getting their hands on a weather control machine, is typical of the television show. Even to how they demonstrate that they have it.The film has Maxwell a bit more smart than he was in the show, but just marginally. Some of the old gags have new twists, like the phone booth for access to Control Headquarters. Some of the newer gags are similar to the worst of the gags on the TV series.There was an in-joke or two, including the bad guys treating their agents like baseball players, but the writing was, IMHO, a little strained.Nevertheless, for the most part, the film captures a lot of the spirit of the old show. It's primarily for those who enjoyed the old series, but compared to some of the current television comedies, it still stands out.