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Bookmark this pageThe Spy Next Door (2010)
Director: Brian Levant
Movie review
From Time Out London
What’s the best way to deal with a nauseatingly cute trio of Hollywood pre-teens? Deploy them as weapons. Jackie Chan should get some applause for his appropriation of child actors in ‘The Spy Next Door’ (watch the kid fly!). Actually his goofy, slapstick stunts – devised with his personal team – are perfect for children and pretty good fun. As for the rest, this is a lazy spin on the action-veteran-left-holding-the-baby wheeze (‘Kindergarten Cop’, ‘The Pacifier’). Chan is the nerdy guy next door, who is dating the little horrors’ mother. But really he’s a Chinese agent on loan to the CIA. There’s also a Russian oligarch on his tail, with a dastardly plan to destroy the world’s oil reserves, assisted by a clutch of henchmen and the requisite foxy villainess. It comes with the usual kids’ stuff: wedgies for the boys, adorably skittish pets for the girls. Even the outtakes barely raise a smile. The best of them sees Chan fluffing his lines: ‘I hate English,’ he mumbles. Who can blame him when it’s as grindingly predictable as this?Author: Cath Clarke
Time Out London Issue 2065: 18-24 March, 2010
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- gawjush said...
- Posted on Aug 06 2010 12:08 i mite b goin 2 watch it sunday anyone think its gud . im only 11
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- mia said...
- Posted on Apr 18 2010 08:41 rubbis apslutally rubish if you go and see it its a waste of your money
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- Olivia said...
- Posted on Apr 16 2010 12:18 My friends went to see this today didn't go though because i think it looks rubbish! they all seem to want to go though do you think it is good?
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- lynn said...
- Posted on Apr 14 2010 21:04 really funny and worth watching/
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Posted on Apr 13 2010 11:32
GOING 2 C IT 2MOZ
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- Emzie said...
- Posted on Apr 13 2010 10:24 Brilllllllllllllllliant!!!!!!!!!! it was wicked, amazing and fantastic. It was very funny. and no it isn't rubbish. it is excellent.
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- becky said...
- Posted on Apr 07 2010 11:33 absolutely loved it!!
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- ellie said...
- Posted on Apr 05 2010 10:58 im goin 2 c it 2day
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- jean said...
- Posted on Apr 01 2010 19:41 best film ever ever ever go see it brill best fab
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- lottie said...
- Posted on Mar 29 2010 16:55 im an 11 year old girl do u think this film is worth goin to see wid my m8 anyone??
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- jean said...
- Posted on Mar 28 2010 11:48 the kids loved it, i thought it was quite a good laugh
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- jean said...
- Posted on Mar 27 2010 19:11 rubbish
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Cast & crew
Director: Brian Levant
Cast: Jackie Chan, Amber Valletta, Madeline Carroll
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Rated: PG
Duration: 94 mins
UK Release: Mar 19 2010
US Release: Jan 15 2010
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