“And funniest of all is a
Dancing With The Stars send-up paring Carell and his voluminous partner Lindsay
Hollister in an uproarious must see-quence”
- Gene Shalit for The Today
Show
“The best scene, though,
makes the case for elegance, even in broad comedy. It’s a bit at a hoity-toity
Russian black-tie affair where 99—looking like the Mata Hari of our dreams in a
jaw-dropping green gown slit in all the right places—waltzes off with the
suave-baddie host, and jealous Max hits the floor with an obese young woman
(Lindsay Hollister). It turns out that Hollister is enchantingly light on her
feet, and Carell—this is his gift—makes his fatuousness seem like a state of
grace.”
- David Edelstein – New York Magazine
“The big comic set piece is
totally tangential but pure genius. It's a dance competition in Russia that
pits Agent 99 and a KAOS functionary (Davis S. Lee) against (the formerly fat)
Max and a hefty woman (Lindsay Hollister) he pulls out of the crowd.”
- Lou Lumenick – New York Post
“There's plenty of vintage
ba-da-bing ("Welcome back. How was the assassination?"), and Carell's
gift for physical comedy puts across such slapstick set pieces as a one-man
mini-crossbow struggle in an airplane lavatory (don't ask) and an elaborate and
surprisingly sweet dance-off in which he partners with the very large and
entirely lovable actress Lindsay Hollister.”
- Kurt Loder – MTV Movie News
“I was also mesmerized by
competing dance teams played by Ms. Hathaway and KAOS operative Krstic (played
by professional dancer David S. Lee) on one side and Mr. Carell and an
unusually enormous dance partner on the other. The contest’s warmhearted
ridiculousness is alone worth the price of admission, and applaud an actress
named Lindsay Hollister for her performance that has enabled Mr. Carell’s
Maxwell Smart to display all his unembarrassed gallantry.”
- Andrew Sarris – The New York
Observer
“Other characters of note
include: Terry Crews as Agent 91 (he can be my special agent any day), Terence
Stamp as evil Siegfried (KAOS’ key minion of the moment), Bill Murray as Agent
13 (stuck in his duties as an agent), Alan Arkin as The Chief of CONTROL (a
tough old man), James Caan as the president of the United States (a throwback
to George W. Bush), Lindsay Hollister as Max’s tango dance partner (she can
kick with the best of them), and Masi Oka (of Heroes fame) as Bruce, a real
nerd.”
