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| | Movie review: "Get Smart" | Salon Arts & Entertainment |
 | | The TV show, which was created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry and which aired from 1965 to 1970, is the kind of thing that happy childhood memories are made of, as anyone who spent their formative years planted in front of the box, as I did, can attest. |
 | | At its worst, though, "Get Smart" doesn't trust its audience to groove on comedy alone: It has to be an action movie, too, and the recurring explosions and chases feel forced and manic. |
 | | Smart specializes in delivering long, excruciatingly detailed reports that bore his boss, the Chief (Alan Arkin), and his co-workers to bits. |
| www.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2008/06/20/get_smart (1150 words) |
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