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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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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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The talented comedian mugs his way through an utterly deflated film.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/20/07
Toddy Burton
Toddy Burton
Austin Chronicle

It's a bad sign for a comedy when viewers are left pining for more ineptly staged shoot-'em-up sequences.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
01/05/07
Scott Tobias
Scott Tobias
AV Club

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

Hollywood certainly didn't waste anytime in turning out its first insulting blaxploitation flick of 2007.

Full Review Source: BlackFilm.com | comment Comment
01/07/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
BlackFilm.com

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 Entertainer conjures up some charm, and DeRay Davis provides pyrotechnics as a janitor/wanna-be rapper, but like the teddy-clad bubble-bath square-off between Liu and Sheridan, it’s just not enough.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

Even as a comedy all of this begs credulity.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
01/13/07
Tim Cogshell
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine

Cedric's style of humor seems to be stating the obvious, but doing it really fast. He mumbles out loud and makes lame observations.

Full Review Source: Can Magazine | comment Comment
01/06/07
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
Can Magazine

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

There's some pretty good improvised shtick from DeRay Davis as a wacky janitor. But these are small pleasures in a movie that never really generates any serious laughs.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
03/07/07
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader

If you try to follow the plot, you'll be as confused as Jake is.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
01/04/07
M. K. Terrell
M. K. Terrell
Christian Science Monitor

A bunch of small disasters, collected together and fed to Cedric the Entertainer.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
01/04/07
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com

The outtakes in the closing credits were the funniest parts of the movie.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
01/24/07
Jette Kernion
Jette Kernion
Cinematical

[A] cheerfully dumb spy comedy filled with ridiculous stereotypes and plot holes as big as cartoon anvils.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
01/05/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Somewhere, John Candy and Chris Farley are high-fivin' each other that they died before headlining this stinker.

Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
01/03/07
Edward Douglas
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

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
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01/15/08
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

A faux thriller plot has something to do with a stolen computer chip. The chip isn't the only thing missing from this tepid concoction. You may be hard pressed to find real laughs, with Cedric proving more affable than funny.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
01/05/07
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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The idea is that given the basic premise, the comedian will fill in the gaps with his own bits of business. Cedric is hardly up to the task. Though he's a scene stealer in other people's movies, he relies on tired reactions ("heeellll naw" is his mantra).

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
01/05/07
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
 
 
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