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Code Name: The Cleaner

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Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)

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Reviews Counted:78

Fresh:3

Rotten:75

Average Rating:2.9/10

Consensus: Code Name: The Cleaner is a limp action/comedy flick that alternates between lame, worn-out jokes and cheesy martial arts.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual content, crude humor and some violence

Runtime: 84 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jan 5, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $8,104,069

Synopsis: Cedric the Entertainer (JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION, BARBERSHOP) stars as Jake, a bumbling amnesiac, in the spy-parody caper CODE NAME: THE CLEANER. Waking up next to a dead FBI agent and a briefcase... Cedric the Entertainer (JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION, BARBERSHOP) stars as Jake, a bumbling amnesiac, in the spy-parody caper CODE NAME: THE CLEANER. Waking up next to a dead FBI agent and a briefcase full of money, and with flashbacks to his combat training, Jake suspects he's actually an undercover operative. He comes into contact with numerous characters who add to his confusion: Diane (Nicollette Sheridan), a blond bombshell claiming to be his wife; Gina (Lucy Liu), a feisty waitress who insists she's his girlfriend; and employees of a computer technology company who are adamant that he's a janitor. The film escalates into a race against the clock--while piecing his past together Jake realizes he holds a valuable secret and must thwart a group of dangerous agents who are after him.  Fun for the whole family, CODE NAME: THE CLEANER includes some hilarious moments and showcases Cedric's endearing comic appeal as the anti-James Bond. Liu (KILL BILL, CHARLIE'S ANGELS) gets to show off her well-known fighting moves and DeRay Davis (SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS) is a scene stealer as a fast-talking janitor/wannabe-rapper. Although the plot drags a bit, there is plenty of fast-paced action and steamy content thanks to Sheridan and Liu, whose provocative scenes add heavy doses of sex appeal to the film. [More]

Starring: Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan, Elizabeth Hurley

Starring: Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan, Elizabeth Hurley, Callum Keith Rennie, Mark Dacascos, De Ray Davis, Will Patton

Director: Les Mayfield

Director: Les Mayfield
Producer: Brett Ratner, Jay Stern, Eric C. Rhone, John Cheng
Composer: George S. Clinton
Studio: New Line Cinema

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It's Memento for dummies. But to this movie's credit, I couldn't follow it, either.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment 1 Comment
01/05/07
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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The memory of this movie will have left your brain before you walk out of the theater. If you're lucky.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
02/03/07
Los Angeles Daily News

Although comprised of lowest-common denominator gags, it’s an oddly hard-to-follow affair, with good and bad FBI agents popping up everywhere and the plot only revealing itself in fits and starts.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
12/07/07
Daily Mirror [UK]

...it's not merely that the script is a sloppy, by-the-numbers action farce; it's more the leaden hand of director Les Mayfield...

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
01/11/07
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

Aside from Cedric's admittedly appealing persona -- he's always watchable, even in dreck like this -- there's absolutely nothing to recommend The Cleaner, not the putative comedy nor the action, which kicks in only at the end.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/05/07
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

too clumsy to be the sophisticated parody of memory-loss films it might have been, too bland for its action sequences to kick any ass, too dumbed-down to make much out of the clashes of race, class and gender at the heart of its fish-out-of-water comedy

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
12/07/07
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film

Because of its clever story, funny leading man and two gorgeous supporting actresses, 'Code Name: The Cleaner' is a welcome January surprise.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
01/07/07
Betty Jo Tucker
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

It's not often that a 90 minute film could lose twenty minutes and still end up with an identical result, but Code Name: The Cleaner does pull that off. If only someone had made [director Les] Mayfield aware of that somewhere along the line.

Full Review Source: FromTheBalcony | comment Comment
01/04/07
Bill Clark
Bill Clark
FromTheBalcony

For its first half-hour, Cedric is the whole show.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
01/05/07
Bill White
Bill White
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

January is usually not the time to expect much high art among new releases, but this is an especially limp star vehicle.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
01/04/07
Brian Lowry
Brian Lowry
Variety
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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
11/20/08
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com

The Cleaner offers the viewer a dream sequence with Sheridan and Liu fighting in a bubble bath, but in the best Les Mayfield manner, it only lasts for a brief, flickering moment. What isn't over in a moment? The rest of this dud.

Full Review Source: OhmyNews.com | comment Comment
01/04/07
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
OhmyNews.com

The kind of comedy that you'll forget mere moments after seeing.

Full Review Source: UGO | comment Comment
03/24/07
Brian Tallerico
Brian Tallerico
UGO

The sooner Code Name... gets flushed out of cinemas, the better.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
12/07/07
Catherine Chambers
Catherine Chambers
BBC

Not the kind of movie you need to rush out and see, but if you're sitting at home trying to decide between doing your own cleaning and watching The Cleaner, I'd pick the movie.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
01/05/07
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

The Cleaner is an apt title for a Cedric the Entertainer movie because, once again, he's stuck cleaning up the mess some hack screenwriter left him.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
01/04/07
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Except for a couple of Cedric’s ad-libs, which are funnier in the closing-credit outtakes than in the movie itself, the whole thing is just lame and inane.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment Comment
01/04/07
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Associated Press
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Cedric the Entertainer, whose standup comedy act is utterly endearing, is hung out to dry in this feeble spy comedy. It is not only pitched at 12-year-olds, it was apparently made by them.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
01/04/07
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

From its weak premise to its boring action to its unpleasant jokes, this movie fulfills the worst expectations of January releases: it's awful.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
02/24/07
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

...the filmmakers are so busy churning their not very interesting plot that they forget to let Cedric be funny.

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
01/05/07
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
 
 
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