The plot may be forgettable, but the execution is frantic and funny. The Spy Next Door is a movie that will bring smiles to kids - and their grandparents.
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The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
Most of The Spy Next Door is pretty tired stuff from "Pacifier"-style slapstick to comic relief delivered by, of all people, erstwhile country star Billy Ray Cyrus.
40
Variety
Variety
Chan struggles gamely to charm, but the picture's cartoonish jokes and misfired gags are likely to elicit more eye rolls than laughs.
40
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Immediately forgettable family entertainment, suitable for release only in the dung-heap month of January.
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Everybody knew to wait for the outtakes during the closing credits, because you'd see him miss a fire escape or land wrong in the truck going under the bridge. Now the outtakes involve his use of the English language.
38
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
This is “True Lies” without the striptease or the Arab-maiming.
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Boston GlobeTy Burr
The film’s so formulaic your 6-year-old will be ticking off the plot points as they lope by.
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Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
In middle age Jackie Chan can't keep coasting on boyish charm, as evidenced by this dreadful family comedy that does him no favors with its opening title sequence.
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Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
Limp and lifeless, this Next Door neighbor should be evicted to DVD.