DVDS: GET SMART (12, pounds 19.99) ***.Byline: JESSICA MELLOR Steve Carell brings his own special brand of deprecatory dep·re·ca·to·ry also dep·re·ca·tive adj. 1. Expressing disapproval or criticism. 2. Mildly disparaging or uncomplimentary, especially of oneself. wit to this competent comedy. He plays Maxwell Smart, a super-efficient research analyst at Control, a government security agency, who would give anything to be an agent if only his bosses would give him a chance. When Control is attacked, Smart gets his chance because the identities of the other agents have been compromised. So Smart is partnered with Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) who isn't best pleased at being teamed with this well-meaning but green bloke. And when they are sent on a secret mission to take down KAOS KAOS - Kent Applicative Operating System , the crime syndicate who hit Control, they have to find some common ground. It also stars Alan Arkin, James Caan and Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, and is a nice take on the often overly-serious spy genre. The DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. includes a gag reel and alternate scenes. STAR RATINGS: ***** Brilliant **** Good *** Average ** Poor * Dreadful CAPTION(S): ON A MISSION: Hathaway and Carell |
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