i grow up watch the old inspector gadget cartoon a a kid . it be like get smart for kid . bumble boob can not solve any case and all the work be do by the walk talk dog brain and his niece penny . i have hear the live action movie be decent so i check it out at the library . i rent this movie for free and felt i should have be pay to see this . broderick come nowhere near the caliber of act don adam have a the voice of gadget . his voice be all wrong . the girl who play penny look nothing like the cartoon penny . she be brunette where the cartoon version be blonde with pigtail . but she do do a decent job give what she have to work with . dabney coleman give a good performance a cheif quimby . saldy he never hide in any odd place or have explode message toss at him accidently by gadget . the gadget mobile be wrong . it never talk in the series and it do fine . why do they do this . gadget be too intelligent in this film . in the show he be a complete idiot . here he have a halfway decent intellect . it would have work well if he be a moron . also the completely butcher the catchphrase . borderick say wowser . it be and should always be wowsers . it sound lame with out the . i get upset when they show the preview and they do not have the correct phrase . the only decent gag be during the credit . the lacky for claw be in front of a support group for recover henchman or sidekick . seat in the audience be mr. t and richard keil aka jaw of bond movie fame and a herve villacheze look alike and oddjob and kato and more . this be about the only part i laugh at . the other be at the end where penny be check out here gadget watch and tell brain to say somethin . don adams voice the dog say that brain isn not in right now . please leave your name at the sound of the woof . woof . of course this isn not laugh out loud funny and just a nice piece of nostalgia to hear adam in the movie . he should have at least voice the stupid car . kid will like this and anyone over 13 would not .