1960's spy spoof TV series Get Smart (reviews) goes big screen with Steve Carell (pictured) in the title role...I love the show--but I tend to see Carell as overrated...Still Anne Hathaway as 99 makes my heart beat faster. And Mike Myers is The Love Guru (reviews)
Dave McNary and Pamela McClintock of Variety
Movie attendance at the summer box office is running on par with 2007 levels for the first time, helping to narrow an overall decline in admissions that has plagued the B.O. for most of 2008.
This weekend, two comedies -- Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow's "Get Smart" and Paramount's Mike Myers starrer "The Love Guru" -- will go head-to-head as both open wide and try to partake in a strong June box office. It's unusual for two high-profile laffers to open on the same date..
Joshua Rich of EW:
Give ''Get Smart'' the edge as it duels Mike Myers' ''The Love Guru'' for laughs -- and the weekend crown
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"Guru" may have some of the worst reviews of the year thus far. Meyers' die hards will show up regardless. And "Smart" is faring too much better among critics. It's gonna probably be a cinema squeaker to see who finishes first.
Next Week: Meet WALL-E and American Girl Kit Kittredge; While James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie are Wanted as they bring the comic book to life.
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