Inspector Gadget

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Inspector Gadget

PG

1999

1h 17m

Kids & Family

Comedy

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John Brown (Matthew Broderick) is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a laboratory, where Brenda (Joely Fisher), a leading robotics surgeon, replaces his damaged limbs with state-of-the-art gadgets and tools. Named "Inspector Gadget" by the press, John -- along with his niece, Penny (Michelle Trachtenberg), and her trusty dog, Brain -- uses his new powers to discover who was behind the explosion.

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Critics Consensus

Despite an abundance of eyecandy, the film doesn't amount to much.

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Mark Caro

Chicago Tribune

01/01/2000

The movie feels like a demonstration reel for toys, action figures and future DisneyQuest installations.

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Keith Simanton

Seattle Times

01/01/2000

If 700 monkeys typed for 700 years, one of them would come up with Hamlet. Give them a week, and six would come up with Inspector Gadget.

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Sean P. Means

Film.com

01/01/2000

There's nothing like watching actors fighting their way out of a movie they know is crap.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

01/08/2022

1/5

...hoist by his own petard as a mechanical failure...

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Brian Bethune

Maclean's Magazine

10/14/2019

Maybe it's the sheer distance from its creative wellspring, but this thingamajig makes for a profoundly stupid viewing experience. Even the filmmakers seemed to have been bored.

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Michael Scheinfeld

Common Sense Media

01/02/2011

2/5

Not nearly as good as the TV show.

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Donald S

@RT35611786 4d

It was exactly what i thought it would be. Not bad but not great.

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Noah S

@movieguy101571 May 6

this movie deserves better its so good

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Andy's E

@andrew139 Apr 20

inspector gadget does not follow the original cartoon idea, claw is torn to pieces on how bad is done, doing his own dirty work, no mad agents, the idea of mad is gone, you see claw is, he loses his hand and decides to call him self claw in which is how isnt in the original cartoon, movie was just so poorly directed, acted, story is bad. kids might like this but a terrible movie for adults. 1/10

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Dominic Emmanuel S

@dominic726 Jan 29

every time the GadgetMobile talks i really wanted Robo-Gadget to kill it

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Kelly M

@RT84171028 Jan 16

Ok because it explains how John Brown became Inspector Gadget in a terrible explosion by this man who is now know as Scolex and he throws a cigarette right next to John Brown after John already crashed and Scolex got his hand crushed by a bowling ball and that is how he gets his claw and John had a big surgery to put all the gadgets in him. And this movie is quite funny and the gadget mobile talks Scolex’s plan was to create a robot that looked like Inspector Gadget called Robot Gadget to take over the world with his evil robot and his smile is so creepy. Ok movie 8/10. And there is this girl called Brenda that John likes and there is this other girl called Penny and John Brown is Penny’s uncle and Penny is Johns niece there is this dog called Brain. And Dr. Claw’s real name is Sanford Scolex. He killed Artemis Bradford which is the father of Dr. Bradford.

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Josh H

@LazyZombie25 Dec 23

Ends just when it gets going and then follows with ten minutes of outtake filler. Gets an extra half-star for Mathew Broderick's performance as the maniacal Robo-Gadget, and for some inspired sexual humor involving Joely Fischer.

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Synopsis

John Brown (Matthew Broderick) is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a laboratory, where Brenda (Joely Fisher), a leading robotics surgeon, replaces his damaged limbs with state-of-the-art gadgets and tools. Named "Inspector Gadget" by the press, John -- along with his niece, Penny (Michelle Trachtenberg), and her trusty dog, Brain -- uses his new powers to discover who was behind the explosion.

Director: David Kellogg
Producer: Jordan Kerner, Andy Heyward, Roger Birnbaum
Screenwriter: Andy Heyward, Jean Chalopin, Bruno Bianchi, Dana Olsen, Kerry Ehrin, Zak Penn
Distributor: American International Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 23, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 18, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $97.4M
Runtime: 1h 17m
Sound Mix: Surround