Spies Like Us

Spies Like Us

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Yet another bad movie in a lengthy string of losers for all three of the principals involved here: director John Landis and stars Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase. Chase and Aykroyd play a pair of bumbling would-be CIA agents who are spotted cheating on the entrance exam. So the CIA decides to use them as bait in a mission to flummox the Russians. Lots of pointless slapstick and mugging, but Landis hasnt made a genuinely funny film since Trading Places. Aykroyd and Chase seem smug and self-satisfied (dont they always?), as though they can rest forever on laurels earned during the 1975 season of Saturday Night Live. Look for a gaggle of film directors (Terry Gilliam, Joel Coen, Costa-Gavras) in cameo roles: thats the closest this film comes to cleverness. --Marshall Fine

Product Description

Two bureaucratic bumblers are chosen for a top-secret military assignment but their limitations are limitless and so are their laughs. Watch dan and chevy out maneuver missile-minded maniacs from the desert to the tundra. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/08/2005 Starring: Chevy Chase Dan Aykroyd Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Pg Director: John Landis
Rate Points :4.0
Binding :DVD
Brand :Warner Brothers
Label :Warner Home Video
Manufacturer :Warner Home Video
MPN :WARD16885D
ProductGroup :DVD
Studio :Warner Home Video
Publisher :Warner Home Video
UPC :085391688525
EAN :9780790739045
Price :$12.98USD
Lowest Price :$2.61USD
Customer ReviewsCool Film
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :2
this was one of the first DVDs I ever owned. only wish it was in true 16x9 and in Hi-Def Blu-Ray. maybe in time it will be on Blu-Ray. WB has not done a Remastering (1998 Pan&Scan Only Verson as of 4/2008) of this great funny film that stars the Beautiful Donna Dixon who IMHO would look GREAT IN Hi-Def!! :)

Needs To Be In Widescreen
Rating Point :4 Helpful Point :0
Great film, funny comedy with Donna Dixon eye candy.

Already own this version and have been waiting for a widescreen release for years.

Hopefully theyll be released on Bluray before too long. I can wait.

Classic Cold War Comedy
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :0
Whether you grew up during the Cold War or afterwards, youll love this comedic reminiscence of the Reagan era. In my opinion, this is Chevy Chase and Dan Akroyd at their finest. Basically theyre low level government employees who get caught cheating on departmental exams. The CIA needs two decoys for an important spy operation, so they are chosen, and eventually end up in Pakistan and the Soviet Union.

I own close to 300 movies and this movie is near the top of my favorite all time movies. Enjoy!

Intelligence insulting
Rating Point :1 Helpful Point :1
I was extremely disappointed with this film. Its a terrible shame because I love Dan Akroyd! It just wasnt funny at all. At some points I was bored to the point of wanting to go to sleep. Chase and Akroyds characters never reached the potential they seemed to have at the beginning of the film, and the attempts at humor were ridiculous (in a bad way). Im not sure how this has 4 stars here on amazon. I generally love comedies and am rarely ever disappointed with a movie, but thats exactly what happened with this one. Surely pass this one up.

Slapstick 80s comedy
Rating Point :3 Helpful Point :0
Premise: Dan Akroyd and Chevy Chase are actually caught cheating on the Foreign Service exam and "promoted" to be spies.

It is a funny movie, with some great sequences. It seems like the kind of movie that would be funnier the second or third time around - or maybe late at night. Overall, I enjoyed it, but it wasnt the type of movie I would seek out again. Somewhat crude humor - not one for the family, but a fun movie overall.

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