Synopsis
John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a laboratory, where Brenda, a leading robotics surgeon, replaces his damaged limbs with state-of-the-art gadgets and tools. Named "Inspector Gadget" by the press, John -- along with his niece, Penny, and her trusty dog, Brain -- uses his new powers to discover who was behind the explosion.
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Cast
- Matthew BroderickInspector Gadget / Robo Gadget / John Brown
- Rupert EverettSanford Scolex / Dr. Claw
- Joely FisherBrenda / Robobrenda
- Michelle TrachtenbergPenny
- Andy DickKramer
- Cheri OteriMayor Wilson
- Mike HagertySikes
- Dabney ColemanChief Quimby
- D.L. HughleyGadgetmobile (voice)
- René AuberjonoisArtemus Bradford
Recommendations
- 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Inspector Gadget may be a live-action movie, but at its heart it's more cartoonish than most cartoons. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
What a joyless, fussy contraption of a movie! - 38
Chicago Sun-Times
The plot was an arbitrary concoction. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Gadget instead ends up as another mindless, noisy thrill ride that gorges its audience on bright effects and leaves it queasy from overconsumption. - 30
The New York Times
In the end the elaborate gimmickry of Inspector Gadget cannot conceal its very ordinary storytelling. - 30
Austin Chronicle
Like the cartoon on which it's based, Inspector Gadget has moments of absurd fun and droll wit, but they are fleeting and few. - 25
ReelViews
Disney has struck once again, taking a passably entertaining cartoon and turning it into a motion picture so lifeless that it's almost unwatchable. - 20
The A.V. Club
Anyone older than eight is likely to find it a ridiculously extravagant exercise in stupidity.
