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Yet another bad movie in a lengthy string of losers for all three of the principals involved here: director John Landis and stars Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase. Chase and Aykroyd play a pair of bumbling would-be CIA agents who are spotted cheating on the entrance exam. So the CIA decides to use them as bait in a mission to flummox the Russians. Lots of pointless slapstick and mugging, but Landis hasn't made a genuinely funny film since Trading Places. Aykroyd and Chase seem smug and self-satisfied (don't they always?), as though they can rest forever on laurels earned during the 1975 season of Saturday Night Live. Look for a gaggle of film directors (Terry Gilliam, Joel Coen, Costa-Gavras) in cameo roles: that's the closest this film comes to cleverness. --Marshall Fine
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When I was in junior high, my friends and I would ride the bus to the Go-Skate skateboard shop, harass the workers into giving us free stickers, and then go to Thrifty's with our loose change for some $0.35 ice cream. We'd top off the afternoon with a second-run movie at the Almaden Twin.
Spies Like Us was one of those movies. And with Chevy Chase's fart scene (maybe the best ever on film), damn, a kid that age would bust the biggest gut laughing! The entire foreign service exam scene, the training camp, the doctor doctors, the missles...dude, this movie has it all.
Go-skate has moved, ice cream is about a dollar now, and they carved up the Twin into 6 living rooms that hardly qualify as theaters, but Spies Like Us is still HELLA funny!
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Orderd duplicate DVD's at a good price! One I'm gifting, they both came in perfect condition. Everything is cool here!
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This movie is probably one of the greatest comedies to ever hit our living room. A must for any comedy fan!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the Funniest Movies of All Time!
Saw this movie when it first came out and still remembered many parts.
"Doctor, Doctor, Doctor ... we're NOT doctors!"(definitely one of the funniest scenes of all time!)
"Doctor, Doctor, Doctor ... we're NOT doctors!"(definitely one of the funniest scenes of all time!)
Published on Aug 15 2010 by Murray
4.0 out of 5 stars
The first step in the operation is to shave the patient
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. Read more
Published on Dec 14 2006 by bernie
4.0 out of 5 stars
A HOPE/CROSBY STYLE "ROAD" PICTURE
Spies like us is a tip of the hat to the great Bob Hope Bing Crosby "road pictures" of the 1940's. Read more
Published on Feb 27 2004 by Tim Janson
1.0 out of 5 stars
Nice, fun movie, but... full screen?!?
I've wanted to buy this title on DVD for a while, and finally I got to check if it was available... I found it, clicked "add to cart" in excitement... Read more
Published on Feb 23 2004
4.0 out of 5 stars
A fun enjoyable comedy
If you didn't like the William Freidkin Chevy Chase espionage flick Deal of The Century (1983) You well enjoy this seemingly interesting, funny and slapstick comedy. Read more
Published on Feb 15 2004 by Jack Waite
4.0 out of 5 stars
Ain't nobody but spies like us!
That's what the title song by Paul McCartney declares at the end of the credits. And despite the space satellites in the opening scene, the sign on one of them reading, "American... Read more
Published on Aug 25 2003 by Daniel J. Hamlow
5.0 out of 5 stars
Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd, it has to be funny!!!
*******SPOILERS*******
This film is absolutely hilarious and stars Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd as two bumbling government employees who think that they have been sent on an... Read more
This film is absolutely hilarious and stars Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd as two bumbling government employees who think that they have been sent on an... Read more
Published on July 24 2003 by "x-bubblybabe-x"
3.0 out of 5 stars
Back when Chevy Chase was funny, but bad DVD
It's simple, a five star movie with a one star DVD rating. That's three stars!!!
This movie is a CLASSIC and is very funny. Read more
Published on July 3 2003 by James Duckett
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ray Harryhausen?
Yes Ray Harryhausen the master of F/X has a small part in this one. Look for him.
Published on Jun 30 2003 by alan young
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great.... But not for everyone
Wow...this has to be one of my absolute favorite films, but obviously, not everyone will like it (ahem, Amazon.com reviewer).... You may like it. Read more
Published on Jun 23 2003 by Adrienne
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