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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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Reviews for Inspector Gadget
Disney has struck once again, taking a passably entertaining cartoon and turning it into a motion picture so lifeless that it's almost unwatchable.
A plea to Walt Disney Pictures officials: No more live-action, big-screen comedies based on kids' cartoons! Please.
The gags never work; the characters never matter, and the story never flies.
It has going for it a lot of expensive-looking special effects, but little in the way of wit or excitement.
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.
Watching Inspector Gadget is like watching a human Swiss Army knife for nearly an hour and a half.
The movie feels like a demonstration reel for toys, action figures and future DisneyQuest installations.
A loud, hyperactively acted, directed, and edited exercise in sensory overkill that calls out for a lethal dose of Ritalin.
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