"Get Smart"

<b>'Get Smart'</b><br>
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<b>Cameo:</b> Bill Murray<br>
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<b>Funny or superfluous?:</b> Funny<br>
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Steve Carell could carry a big summer comedy all on his own: Witness the success of "The 40 Year Old Virgin" in 2005. But he also has questionable taste: Witness the disaster of last summer's "Evan Almighty." "Get Smart" is neither a career high nor a career low -- it's just treading water. But by adding Bill Murray inside a fake tree on the National Mall in Washington, Carell manages to help us coast on audience goodwill through the rest of the film.

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'Get Smart'

Cameo: Bill Murray

Funny or superfluous?: Funny

Steve Carell could carry a big summer comedy all on his own: Witness the success of "The 40 Year Old Virgin" in 2005. But he also has questionable taste: Witness the disaster of last summer's "Evan Almighty." "Get Smart" is neither a career high nor a career low -- it's just treading water. But by adding Bill Murray inside a fake tree on the National Mall in Washington, Carell manages to help us coast on audience goodwill through the rest of the film.

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