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The Spy Next Door

Overview


Genre :

Action, Comedy

Release Date :

January 15, 2010

MPAA Rating :

PG

Director :

Brian Levant

Starring :

Jackie Chan, George Lopez, Billy Ray Cyrus, Amber Valletta, Lucas Till, Katherine Boecher, Madeline Carroll, Magnus Scheving

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

1.5 of 4

“..ultra-predictable..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
2.5 of 4

“..The Spy Next Door is a movie that will bring smiles to kids - and their grandparents...”
by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]
“..so hokey..”
by Kara Nesvig [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
1 of 4

“..Limp and lifeless, this Next Door neighbor should be evicted to DVD..”
by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]
1 of 5

“..As forced family films go, The Spy Next Door is painful...”
by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com]
Review rate : C-

“..A cynical hybrid of family-friendly blockbusters past-The Pacifier, Home Alone, and Spy Kids..”
by Scott Tobias [Onion AV Club]
1.5 of 4

“..'The Spy Next Door" may be a Z-movie rip-off of "The Pacifier," which was a B-movie rip-off of "Kindergarten Cop..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
1 of 4

“.."The Spy Next Door" makes "The Pacifier" look like "Citizen Kane."..”
by Tom Keogh [Seattle Times]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Wade Major [Boxoffice Magazine]
Reviewed by Amy Biancolli [San Francisco Chronicle]
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
Reviewed by A.O. Scott [NY Times]

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