
Variety
Chan struggles gamely to charm, but the picture's cartoonish jokes and misfired gags are likely to elicit more eye rolls than laughs.
Full reviewFamily comedy about a mild-mannered man (Jackie Chan) who winds up having to fight off secret agents after one of the neighbour's kids he's babysitting inadvertently downloads a secret code.
Chan struggles gamely to charm, but the picture's cartoonish jokes and misfired gags are likely to elicit more eye rolls than laughs.
Full reviewThe outtakes are not all that great but still better than anything else in the movie.
Full reviewMost of The Spy Next Door is pretty tired stuff from "Pacifier"-style slapstick to comic relief delivered by, of all people, erstwhile country star Billy Ray Cyrus.
Full reviewThe makers of The Spy Next Door should give 50 percent of their profits to James Cameron for ripping off "True Lies." Let's see, what's 50 percent of nothing?
Full reviewEverybody knew to wait for the outtakes during the closing credits, because you'd see him miss a fire escape or land wrong in the truck going under the bridge. Now the outtakes involve his use of the English language.
Full reviewThe Spy Next Door is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV.
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