Advantages: Wilson, Murphy and a great comic script Disadvantages: It's not the world's most original piece of cinema
Since the only review this film has so far received on ciao is less than complementary I feel duty bound to redress the balance.
Though not usually a fan of the tired mismatched buddy comedy formula I genuinely enjoyed this little gem.
The plot centres around Alex Scott (Owen Wilson) a rather bumbling secret agent. In order to recover a spy-plane being sold by an evil industrialist he has to team up with the arrogant and ridiculous world boxing champ Kelly Robinson (Eddie Murphy).
The plot isn't great but as a device to allow Murphy and Wilson to spark off each other it's perfectly satisfactory.
The real plus points of the film are the script and the two central performances from Wilson and Murphy. I have been fan of Owen Wilson since his great comic performance (and writing credit) in the Royal Tenenbaums. He gives ...
Zoe 10.11.2003
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of I Spy (DVD)
Advantages: Great Adventure Story Disadvantages: A bit advanced for my 4 year old
I decided it was time to treat myself to a new book from the library and had to take my two little boys with me, my 4 year old really wanted to choose a few books for himself while we were there and as the service is free I thought why not?
One of the books that he choose was Spy Dog written by Andrew Cope. This book was part of a feature about getting boys into reading and caught the eye of my eldest, Adam. I looked at the book and thought it was a little above his age but he insisted he wanted it so I agreed that we would read a little each night. This is the longest story that we have ever tried to read, all previous books being big picture books.
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The cover is red with a picture of the spy dog on the front (black and white dog wearing sunglasses), with some realistic looking bullet holes added in ...
Advantages: Fun, Fantastic Creatures, Gadgets Disadvantages: Not much plot
I'd got my 5 year old nephew all to myself for the weekend, which to me is the epitome of the double-edged sword. He's a wonderful, bright, loving, lively kid, but god, is he demanding. There's no shoving him in front of the PC, Playstation or DVD player and doing your own thing, even for 5 minutes. He likes be out and about, he likes to do things, he likes to have experiences. The only way to get him to sit down and shut up is to sit him in front of an ENORMOUS screen while all manner of monsters, kids and cartoon creatures entertain him.
There were two films on at the cinema this week that I could take him to, and one (Scooby Doo) I'd already utilised the last time he was thrust into my care. So Spy Kids 2 it was, with neither of us having seen Spy Kids 1 or having the faintest idea what it was about.
It turns out to be ...
