The Spy Next Door

Spying is easy, babysitting is hard


The Spy Next Door
Jackie Chan's latest caper has him doing the Kindergarten Cop routine. He's a Chinese secret agent who worked for the CIA, and now wants to retire to marry his hot next door neighbour. She has to go away for a few days, and leaves her three kids in his care. When one of them accidentally downloads a secret code, resulting in Russian heavies putting in an appearance, it's up to Jackie to save the kids and sort out the Ruskies... in style.

92 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 10 (Violence).
Action, Comedy, Family.
Where the heck are the toilets?
Where the heck are the toilets?

Credits

Cast
Jackie Chan, Amber Valletta, Madeline Carroll, Will Shadley, Alina Foley
Director
Brian Levant
ScreenplayJonathan Bernstein, James Greer, Gregory Poirier
MusicDavid Newman
CinematographyDean Cundey
EditingLawrence Jordan
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Dolby
Made in2010
Produced byLionsgate, Relativity Media, Robert Simonds Productions

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreAction, comedy
LanguageNone
NudityNone
SexMild innuendo
ViolenceFrequent, mild comedic, some bloodiness
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseSocial alcohol
CommentsA Jackie Chan comedy.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
2
Violence
4
Blood / Gore / Gross
3
Guns / Weapons
4
Profanity
1
Alcohol / Drugs
1
Smoking
1
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
5
Imitative Behaviour
5
Frightening / Tense Scenes
4
Jump Scenes
1
Tense Family Scenes
4
Music (Scary/Tense)
4
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
4


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Munyaradzi Vomo quote iconJackie Chan is still as funny as ever, but sadly, the scriptwritter is not
5
Die Burger
Paul Boekkooi quote iconFutlose spioenasie een groot beproewing
5
Box Office
Wade Major quote iconChan saves the day (and the film) again
5
Chicago Sunday Times
Roger Ebert
8
eye Weekly
Will Sloan quote iconHearing Chan fumble one-liners he’s obviously learned phonetically and witnessing his powerful anti-chemistry with Valletta gives way to the horrible realization that Jackie Chan is being out-acted by Billy Ray Cyrus.
1
ScreenIt
T. Durgin quote iconChan make the whole thing watchable, because you're never more than 10 minutes away from the guy doing his thing.
10
Metacritic.com
21 critics
5
Rottentomatoes critics
52 critics
6
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconLacking a script funny enough to cover up for Jackie Chan's fading physical gifts, The Spy Next Door fails on every conceivable level.
2

What the People say

Internet
1048 Netizens quote iconI spy a cute, cute family film.....the latest Jackie Chan movie!
11

Average .. 29%

6

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