While its plot doesn't stand up to even a modest amount of logical scrutiny, the flick has a comical, junior-James Bond spirit that's hard to resist.
Agent Cody Banks (2003)
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Reviews Counted:97
Fresh:36
Rotten:61
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: Should satisfy young teens, but offers nothing new for those who are familiar with the formula.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for action violence, mild language and some sensual content
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:Mar 14, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $47,285,499
Synopsis:
To his family and friends, Cody Banks (Frankie Muniz) is a typical teen - he loves to skateboard, hates math, and feels like a complete idiot around girls. But Cody's got a secret - he's actually...
To his family and friends, Cody Banks (Frankie Muniz) is a typical teen - he loves to skateboard, hates math, and feels like a complete idiot around girls. But Cody's got a secret - he's actually part of a secret teen CIA program.
Cody's living every boy's dream life - he can drive like a stuntman, has an incredible arsenal of cool gadgets, and his agency mentor, Ronica Miles (Angie Harmon), is totally hot. But Cody's training is put to the test when he's sent to pose as a prep school student and befriend fellow teen Natalie Connors (Hilary Duff) in order to gain access to her father, a scientist unknowingly developing a fleet of deadly nanobots for the evil organization ERIS. From runaway cars and high-speed snowboard chases to a spectacular final mountaintop showdown, Cody has to use everything he's learned to prove himself as an agent and stop ERIS... and maybe even get the girl.
Starring: Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff, Angie Harmon, Keith David
Starring: Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff, Angie Harmon, Keith David, Cynthia Stevenson, Arnold Vosloo, Ian McShane, Martin Donovan
Director: Harald Zwart
Director: Harald Zwart
Screenwriter: Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Producer: Dylan Sellers, David C. Glasser, Andreas Klein, Guy Oseary, David A. Nicksay
Composer: John Powell
Studio: MGM/UA
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Reviews for Agent Cody Banks
Just too familiar and unimaginative to be anything more than a forgettable time-waster for undemanding family audiences.
There's nothing really wrong with Agent Cody Banks. Parents will find it a harmless and reasonably efficient time-killer, I suppose. But it's unimaginative and passionless.
Welcome to our second annual Spring Frankie Muniz Morally Problematic Spy Kids Rip-Off Movie, featuring hilarious hijinks offending each year against a different one of the Ten Commandments.
Mostly fun and playful, but occasionally strays from its own sense of innocence.
A lot more enjoyable (for kids and adults) than most of what passes as kids entertainment nowadays.
A wholly uninspired Spy Kids knockoff that squanders some decent high-tech gadgetry with its slipshod plotting and clunky pacing.
Agent Cody Banks reimagines your average James Bond flick as kiddie porn.
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