don not believe the hype . if you have high hope or have anticipate this movie to any degree and you may be disappoint . even the hilarious and talented steve carrell can not save this poorly write and over long silly spy flick . for the purist ( fan of the original tv series ) and this movie bear little resemblance to the original character and influence . agent 99 and maxwell ( except for their name ) be simply not the same character . there be several isolated reference to the original and but not enough to convince this fan that it be anything more than a poor shadow of the tv version . for those not familiar with the original tv series and you may not be disappoint but chance be you will be bore . there be a few cheap hollywood political shot a well ( really pathetic and oh so typical for an election year ) . we leave after the first hour and weren not alone . some leave after 20 minute .