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Get Smart (12A)

Mel Brooks began his career as spoofmaster-in-chief in the Sixties with a TV series about a bungling Bond-type secret agent. Somewhat late in the day, the Stateside hit is reinvented as a movie, with Brooks listed as a consultant, and this year's hottest comedy property, Steve Carell, the headline talent.

Star rating *** Dir: Peter Segal With: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin

Mel Brooks began his career as spoofmaster-in-chief in the Sixties with a TV series about a bungling Bond-type secret agent.