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Spies Like Us

Spies Like Us

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great.... But not for everyone
Review: Wow...this has to be one of my absolute favorite films, but obviously, not everyone will like it (ahem, Amazon.com reviewer).... You may like it. But, unless you have that weird "Cold War" humor likes the rest of us, you probably won't. It's no "Dr. Strangelove," but it is amongst the greats in the collections of Cold War era fans.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Very, very funny!
Review: Yet another mediocre 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 hasn't made a genuinely funny film since Trading Places. This film isn't very clever or funny, but it's not a complete waste of time.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: doctor, doctor...
Review: Hysterical! Classic 80's comedy. Should be in everyone's collection. Mostly clean humor- suitable for minors.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Mostly stupid, but a few funny spots
Review: This movie was the absolute worst film from John Landis' otherwise respectable repertoire.

Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase's comedic talents are clearly wasted by a [bad] script and paper-thin characters.

The gist of the movie is that Alyroyd plays the straight man to Chase's character. Both are low-grade intellegence agents sent as decoys on a mission to launch a missile from the USSR in order to test out the US "Star Wars" defense system.

In a thinly-disguised swipe at the "Star Wars" concept, the system misses the missile and nuclear war is about to ensue...

The ending is both predictable and dumb.

There are some funny moments, but when the highlight of the film is Bob Hope dressed like the late great Payne Stewart, you know there aren't many.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Instant Classic
Review: If you are a comedy movie person, this better be in your collection. Chevy Chase and dan Akroyd are a pair that will that no older person will never forget. Both men play "spies" or what they think they are, but actually they are both decoys for another group of spies. This movie has it all, laughs, women, men(for the ladies) and even bob hope!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: movie deserves a 4 dvd is a 2
Review: i bought this one day and forgot the golden rule look at the box...
well I got it home a found out after starting the sucker up it was a pan and scan scam!
I'll keep it in the collection until a non-modified from it original version comes out...
wide-screen is the way the director intended when will people learn!!!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: a lost gem
Review: I found this video lurking at the back of one of my cupboards the other day, so while some friends where round we watched it - and creased up larghing for a full 90 mins, we had all seen the movie as kids but had forgoten how good it was.

Chevy Chase used to be a fine comic actor (and i'm sure if he had the right script still would be now) he works well with actor and co-screen writer Dan Aykroyd who is also on top form in this comedy.

Not to be missed

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hilarious
Review: If you love to laugh, like Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd, you got to see it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Spies like us a true classic
Review: First of all it contains two of the funniest comedians of the eighties Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd that alone is a good reason for seeing this movie. Then they play their parts tremendously good so you can be sure to have some really good laughs watching this movie. You will not be dissapointed. I gave it a 5.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Great Movie - shame about the DVD
Review: Well it would seem that Warner Bothers have failed again to utilize the DVD format to it's fullest! The picture transfer is poor - in some places it's obvious that they haven't even taken the time to clean up the original print. Don't be fooled - 1985 wasn't that long ago! So this movie shouldn't look like a VHS rental copy on DVD! The sound is very much below par and there are no extras; no director's/actor's commentary, no cinema preview, no music clip by Paul McCartney etc (He did the song for the movie!). Overall, if you want a laugh and you see this version of the movie for a cheap(!) price - buy it. However, if like me you love this movie, I would recommend that you wait and hang on to your VHS copy in the hope that we get a 'Collectors Edition'. Maybe we will get lucky and someone from Warner Brothers will actually read these reviews!


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