I was avoiding that movie like the plague.  I had been a HUGE fan of the TV series, and I didn’t want to see anything that might make me wince with pain at their attempt to recreate the show.

My cousin Rob was over the house last week and told us that he and his family went to see it, and they said it was the most hilarious movie they had ever seen.

Well, Tracy, Tom, and I, ventured off to see Get Smart this evening.  While I was expecting more laughs, there was one thing that I certainly was NOT expecting to see.  A good movie.  I was oh so wrong.

I felt that the movie was extremely well done; they paid just enough homage to the original without going overboard (and causing that wincing feeling); and there were sufficient laughs (to cause tears to roll down the eyes and stomach pains — that’s when you know it’s a good quality laugh) and more action than I expected to see.

At first I didn’t think the character that played Maxwell Smart was true to the original… But as the movie progressed I saw more and more of THE Maxwell Smart in him.

The Chief was played to perfection to Alan Arkin and he nearly stole the movie with his performance.

If you haven’t seen the movie yet, go see it in the theater before it comes out on DVD.

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