Average Rating: 4/10
Reviews Counted: 62
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 49
Despite an abundance of eyecandy, the film doesn't amount to much.
Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 21
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 17
Despite an abundance of eyecandy, the film doesn't amount to much.
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Average Rating: 2.3/5
User Ratings: 258,757
Matthew Broderick stars in this live-action adaptation of the popular animated series. When a well-meaning but overly trusting security guard is wounded in an explosion created by the evil Dr. Claw, a beautiful scientist named Brenda (Joely Fisher) takes him under her wing and turns him into a crime-fighting dynamo by replacing his limbs with a wealth of gadgets and gimmicks. Now dubbed Inspector Gadget, the once-naïve guard can fulfill his dream of becoming a crime-fighting detective, and as he
Jul 23, 1999 Wide
Dec 7, 1999
All Critics (79) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (49) | DVD (8)
A mere sketch of a film!
Although it's quick, mischievous and full of visual trickery, there's not much magic in Inspector Gadget.
Gruesomely unfunny!
Inspector Gadget demonstrates how a movie with little more on its mind than tickling the eyeballs of 7-year-olds can feature spiffy, jack-in-the-box special effects and still end up a dud.
The new live-action feature from Disney is in its own way just as much of a cartoon as Tarzan. It's almost as much of a wonder, too.
Broderick is such an engaging actor that it's depressing to see him here.
Not nearly as good as the TV show.
...a kind of relentless "wacky" slapstick movie that plays like Robocop (a film that shares its basic plot) married to Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
The appeal of this movie is in the gadgets; the script again takes a back seat to special effects.
Maybe the Saturday morning set will love it, but adults can expect a go go Gadget migraine.
Being a fan of the cartoon growing up, I was interested in seeing this. I saw it when it was released, and boy did it suck. This film really scraps the bottom of the barrel. The film has a paper thin plot, a pretty bad cast and above all, bad directing. The film is plainly stupid, and doesn't do anything to thrill the
September 18, 2011
Super Reviewer
Hated by critics and audiences upon initial release: Inspector Gadget will always be a guilty pleasure of mine.
February 8, 2011Super Reviewer
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