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Inspector Gadget

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Inspector Gadget (1999)

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Reviews Counted:61

Fresh:13

Rotten:48

Average Rating:4/10

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

Runtime: 78 mins

Genre: Childrens

Synopsis: Based on the popular 1980s cartoon series of the same name. Matthew Broderick plays the bumbling title character who, after being blown up in his car by the evil Dr. Claw, must become a guinea pig... Based on the popular 1980s cartoon series of the same name. Matthew Broderick plays the bumbling title character who, after being blown up in his car by the evil Dr. Claw, must become a guinea pig for an experimental program designed to create bionic police officers in order to survive. There he is endowed with 14,000 helpful gadgets by a beautiful scientist, such as a hand that doubles as a phone, giant spring-mounted legs, and a helicopter that pops out of his fedora. Gadget vows revenge on the evil Dr. Claw, but is more Inspector Closeau to really do much damage, so his daighter Penny and her trusty mutt make sure the good inspector gets a helping hand when he needs it. Fun for the whole family. Includes the bonus video "I'll Be Your Everything" by Youngstown. [More]

Starring: Matthew Broderick, Rupert Everett, Joely Fisher, Michelle Trachtenberg

Starring: Matthew Broderick, Rupert Everett, Joely Fisher, Michelle Trachtenberg, Michael G. Hagerty, Dabney Coleman, Andy Dick, Cheri Oteri

Director: David Kellogg

Director: David Kellogg
Story: Dana Olsen
Producer: Jordan Kerner
Composer: John Debney

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Dec 7, 1999

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Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic

Uninspired!

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Disney has struck once again, taking a passably entertaining cartoon and turning it into a motion picture so lifeless that it's almost unwatchable.

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James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Gizmos and villains are delightful!

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01/01/00
Jay Boyar
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel

Plenty of chuckles!

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Jeff Millar
Jeff Millar
Houston Chronicle
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A plea to Walt Disney Pictures officials: No more live-action, big-screen comedies based on kids' cartoons! Please.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The gags never work; the characters never matter, and the story never flies.

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Jim Chastain
Jim Chastain
Norman Transcript

Painfully unfunny!

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Jim Judy
Jim Judy
Screen It!

Gruesomely unfunny!

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
01/01/00
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

Inspector Gadget is a joyless and charmless disaster!

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
01/01/00
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
Variety
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Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

It has going for it a lot of expensive-looking special effects, but little in the way of wit or excitement.

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01/01/00
Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post
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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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Keith Simanton
Keith Simanton
Seattle Times

Watching Inspector Gadget is like watching a human Swiss Army knife for nearly an hour and a half.

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Lawrence Van Gelder
Lawrence Van Gelder
New York Times

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Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

What a joyless, fussy contraption of a movie!

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Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

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Mark Caro
Mark Caro
Chicago Tribune
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Marty Mapes
Marty Mapes
Movie Habit

A loud, hyperactively acted, directed, and edited exercise in sensory overkill that calls out for a lethal dose of Ritalin.

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01/01/00
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Broderick is such an engaging actor that it's depressing to see him here.

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Mike Clark
USA Today
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