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Spies Like Us [1985]


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The first step in the operation is to shave the patient
Review date: 2008-08-30 Rating: 10 out of 10

Emmett Fitz-Hume (Dan Aykroyd) and (Chevy Chase) Austin Millbarge are looking for a new life and find it in the CIA. They are so good they are rushed through training. They are dropped off in the desert to perform a mission. Natural adapters they find their skills get them into and out of all situations Hope/Crosby style. Little do they know they are decoys? Speaking of Bob Hope, be sure to notice the key part he plays in this movie.

Will they complete their mission?
Or will they figure out who the decoys are?
Where is the real team?
Is there something more sinister afoot?
Can you sing "Soul Finger"?



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Don't bother..
Review date: 2008-08-22 Rating: 2 out of 10

Just trust me. This film has funny scenes but doesn't work as a film. You come away slightly confused that you actually watched John Landis movie. You know; Trading Places, Coming to America etc. This film is positively dull.

A funny 80's comedy
Review date: 2008-06-25 Rating: 6 out of 10

I had this years ago and I've now bought this on DVD.

This won't be the funniest film you've ever seen, but I've always liked Chevy Chase, he plays the lead comic role here with Dan Aykroyd almost playing it straight, they're both on good form with the material they're given which is not the best I have to admit.

The humour is not constant, it goes in fits and starts, there are some really good laugh out loud moments, especially when the spies are in training and when they suddenly become doctors!!

Not as funny as films like Fletch or Fletch lives, nor as inventive, but it's still well worth looking at if you're an 80's comedy fan, sadly neither of the leads appear in films much these days and when they do they only get minor roles which is a real shame and a waste too

A Secret Mission to your Funny Bone
Review date: 2007-11-17 Rating: 8 out of 10

Written in 1981 by the ever funny Dave Thomas with John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd in mind Spies Like Us was put on the backburner after Belushi's sudden death. In 84 Dan Aykroyd dusted off Thomas's script and re-worked it a little with Chevy Chase in mind. Spies Like Us generated allot of enthusiasm before it's release, it was billed as an action comedy allot like Ghostbusters. But it failed to deliver upon it's release. The thing with Spies like us is that it's to clever a comedy. Allot of the jokes go over your head because there aimed at the military and government, if you don't understand the technical aspects the jokes seem flat. Ghostbusters used allot of technical words but they were fictitious and added to the humor of the movie. With Spies the use of real words for data and information made it flat and didn't give it a goofy side.
Both Chevy and Dan are really in character and perform to the best of there ability. The movie is full of cameo's, so if your a film buff you'd probably enjoy seeing famous directors and actors pop in and out. The first half of the movie is genuinely hilarious, but half was through the story gets to complicated and the jokes don't come as sharply as they had the first half. But all said Spies like us is a classic in my opinion and a movie you'd enjoy again and again. 4/5

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Review date: 2006-09-05 Rating: 8 out of 10

With eighties comedies they either inspire hatred or a perverse kind of enjoyment. There are so many criticisms that can be levelled at spies like us, however its inanity is its genius. Dan Ackroyd and chevy chase playing the same characters they played in the vast majority of films they appeared in form a slapstick likeable duo who are sent out as decoys to protect the genuine U.S agents who are deep in cold war Soviet Union. There are many hilarious moments in the film, such as when they attempt to cheat their way through an exam and also when they first arrive at the training camp. If you enjoy eighties comedies such as caddyshack, dragnet, or even airplane this is an essential purchase

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Chevy Chase
Steve Forrest
Bruce Davison
Dan Aykroyd
Donna Dixon

Creators:
Chevy Chase (Primary Contributor)
Dan Aykroyd (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
EAN: 7321900115339
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2006-08-28
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 98 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1985
Language: English (Original Language)

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