Simply Perfect

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

(Originally seen many years ago) Jackie Chan's worst film would be an understatement, it's also the one and only Chan outing that has not a single good stunt, the stunts here could have been done by anyone, he was needed. The humour is horrible, there is nothing funny, nothing bearable and nothing free of embarrassment in this dreadful piece of garbage that features god-awful acting, an abysmal screenplay and atrocious fight scenes. Spy Next Door is absolutely horrendous. 0/10

Jackie Chan is a secret agent on loan to the US, looking forward to retirement while fostering a burgeoning relationship with single mother Amber Valletta and her 3 children who, predictably, don't like him This standard romantic comedy plot benefits greatly from the Chan touch, which adds a lot of witty action in the manner we have become used to over the years, albeit a little slower (or, perhaps, with the camera cranked at normal speed rather than undercranked). Amber Valletta has a pleasing and credible presence, and the baddies are entertaining caricatures. Of the children, the two girls do well but the lad overacts badly in a part which is badly written.We greatly enjoyed this, laughing out loud several times and smiling solidly throughout.

I had no idea a Jackie Chan movie could be so lame. I have only seen a few, and they have been ... OK. Entertaining. Neat special effects. But, folks, this is an opinion but I'm standing by it. This is a lame movie. The kids acting is just wooden. The scripting in sophomoric. The adults are coloring-book characters. The movie is just silly. I did watch the whole thing - after the first half hour, I was punishing myself for allowing myself to ... watch the first half hour. I read some other reviews about how kids would love it. There are fight scenes all through the movie. OK, there is no blood. There are no killings. But, still, there is far too much pretend violence for a preteen. I know it's fake, a 9 year old doesn't.Wow. This was a bad movie.

This is a very silly movie, but I quite enjoyed it. Jackie Chan doesn't do the crazy dangerous stunts he used to, but his brand of comedic martial arts is still entertaining. The kids are reasonably realistic, with only one being somewhat annoying precocious. There are some nice bits, like a running joke involving a criminal's wardrobe. The story doesn't make a lot of sense, especially since the McGuffin of the film would probably be far more lucrative in cleaning up the environment than for the impractical purpose the bad guys have in mind, but this movie isn't supposed to be anything more than a cute silly movie, and I thought it succeeded in that admirably.