I Spy (2002)
Eddie Murphy, Famke Janssen, Gary Cole
Based on the 1960's television series I Spy. A professional athlete (boxer - Eddie Murphy) has to help a U.S. government agent recover a missing jet.
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PG-13, 1 hr. 37 min.
Directed by:
Betty Thomas
Release Date: Nov 01, 2002
DVD Release Date: Mar 11, 2003
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Eddie Murphy just annoyed the hell out of me. Damn he was annoying. I would much rather spend the entire day with Chris Rock and Gilbert Gottfried than spend 10 minutes with Eddie Murphy's character from this movie. His stand ups are great, his movie... (read more) Eddie Murphy just annoyed the hell out of me. Damn he was annoying. I would much rather spend the entire day with Chris Rock and Gilbert Gottfried than spend 10 minutes with Eddie Murphy's character from this movie. His stand ups are great, his movies... not so much.
I'm not familiar with the original TV series this was based on, but I feel that this was one of the last (if not THE last) good roles I enjoyed seeing Eddie Murphy in. What followed after this (in no specific order) was 'Meet Dave', 'Norbit', 'The Ad... (read more) I'm not familiar with the original TV series this was based on, but I feel that this was one of the last (if not THE last) good roles I enjoyed seeing Eddie Murphy in. What followed after this (in no specific order) was 'Meet Dave', 'Norbit', 'The Adventures of Pluto Nash', and so on. 'I Spy' is Eddie Murphy doing what he does best: hitting others with antagonizing, witty, aggressive, sexual humor.
a good pairing or murphy and wilson not as good a back and forth as with jackie chan but its ok
They f-ed this movie up making it a comedy destroying everything Culp/Cosby tried to do. I refuse to watch it.
I don't understand why not many people like this. I watch it like 3 times a year! The scene with Owen Wilson wooing his girl was some of the funniest acting I've ever seen. The way his voice cracks saying "And BABY..." was absolutely PERFECT!
And "K... (read more) I don't understand why not many people like this. I watch it like 3 times a year! The scene with Owen Wilson wooing his girl was some of the funniest acting I've ever seen. The way his voice cracks saying "And BABY..." was absolutely PERFECT!
And "KELLY ROBINSON!" Eddie Murphy plays egotistical characters so well.
HOLY CRaP! Eddy Murphy... actually funny. Hilarious... leafy bug... Owen Wilson, somewhat cool!!! WATCH IT!!!
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Even the usually intense Malcolm McDowell doesn't have much spark: His main role is to press the remote control button that makes the stealth plane disappear and reappear, perhaps a foreshadowing of I Spy's cable-television future.full review
This is a remake by the numbers, linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which Wilson and Murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie.full review
I Spy something lazy, slow, shallow, stupid, amateurish, unfunny, unsuspenseful, uninformed, unspeakably dull and witlessly written, directed and acted.full review
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