The Spy Next Door Reviews
...a mostly tiresome endeavor that fares especially poorly within its generic and sluggish first half...
| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 31, 2023
...it could have been worse. [Full review in Spanish]
| Oct 25, 2022
If the lazy filmmakers don't care enough about their movie to offer at least one single original idea, then you shouldn't care enough to go see it.
| Feb 10, 2012
| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 18, 2011
Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 17, 2011
| Original Score: C- | Sep 7, 2011
This film plays it too safe and brings you only a smidgeon of charm and laughter.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 22, 2010
An uncomfortable journey for everyone involved.
| Aug 9, 2010
Though mixing espionage and family values in unraveling dysfunctional behavior among a bratty brood of siblings may be a stretch, Jackie Chan makes the most of it in his latest caper targeting unruly kids.
| May 30, 2010
This is the broad, silly kiddie exercise it appears to be.
| Original Score: 2/4 | May 17, 2010
Lame.
| Original Score: 2/4 | May 14, 2010
If you're still awake by the end credits, Chan's out-takes are sadly the funniest thing in this inane, silly and below-par effort. This one is for kids only.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 2, 2010
The woeful screenplay, the mundane direction, by Brian Levant, and the indifferent acting all combine to sink a stupid plot which should never have got off the ground.
| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Apr 1, 2010
[The movie] is [likable], bringing a peppy energy to Bob's segue from international spy to babysitter.
| Mar 25, 2010
The slapstick comedy will amuse a young audience, but their parents will find it tedious.
| Mar 25, 2010
Definitely one for the kids to watch on their own when it comes out on DVD.
Full Review | Mar 22, 2010
Chan has just enough friendly charm to transcend this rubbish.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 22, 2010
Tongue-in-cheek entertainment...
| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 22, 2010
[It] may be a sign that age has finally caught up with this once most agile of action heroes.
| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 22, 2010
A movie that posits Billy Ray Cyrus as a techno-genius and allows the baddies to get away with Russian accents that would put most meerkats to shame.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 22, 2010