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Inspector Gadget

 Starring: Matthew Broderick

 Directed by: David Kellogg

 Rated PG

 Genre: Family Comedy

 Theatrical Release Year: 1999

 Synopsis: A lonely security guard becomes an inspector with a million gadgets built into him.

 My Thoughts: This movie is the perfect example of why filmmakers should leave cartoons cartoons.

   Scorecard

     Acting- Matthew Broderick is not the greatest actor in the world, with that said, I actually did not have a problem with the way he portrayed Inspector Gadget, I believe that he did a pretty good job, but the best acting in this entire film came from Rupert Everett as Dr. Claw, he was so incredibly over the top "evil" he it was actually pretty fun to watch. (1)

     Direction- Or lack there of. This movie had little to no flow to it. It seemed to be thrown together at the last minute. Normally, I would give at least a half star just for the fact that the actors did a good job, and part of the directors job is to get the actors to do their jobs nicely, but I cannot rightfully give anything to the bad directing that this film consisted of. There was no flow, everything seemed to bounce around, and not a lot made sense. (0)

     Story- Sure, it isn't the best story ever written, but it was an awesome story for kids. A man is on the brink of death, so a scientist saves his life and alters is by adding millions of gadgets to him. It does not make a whole lot of sense, but I don't think that it was supposed to. (1/2)

     Expectations- I was hoping that it would be as good as to old cartoons (which I loved) but it wasn't really anything like it. While it had the same premise, it just didn't have the same feel to it. This film failed to meet my expectations. (0)

     Boring?- This film was not boring in the definite sense, but it was a little too much over the top, and that had me reeling at times. While the film as a whole was actually quite entertaining, some parts were exaggerated a little too much, and it hurt the film. (1/2)

   Final Score: 2 out of 5

 Final Thoughts: This movie was certainly not great. But for a kiddie movie, it was certainly entertaining and kids would absolutely love it. But if you are looking for a movie that resembles the old television show, this is not it. sorry.

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