Synopsis
Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is… not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way.
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Cast
- Will SmithLance Sterling (voice)
- Tom HollandWalter Beckett (voice)
- Ben MendelsohnKillian (voice)
- Rashida JonesMarcy Kappel (voice)
- Karen GillanEyes (voice)
- DJ KhaledEars (voice)
- Reba McEntireJoyless (voice)
- Rachel BrosnahanWendy (voice)
- Masi OkaKimura (voice)
- Carla JimenezGeraldine (voice)
Recommendations
- 75
Entertainment Weekly
It’s a proud piece of family entertainment with a good heart, an eye for inventive action, and a delightfully wacky sense of humor. - 67
IndieWire
While the beats are familiar and even a film about animated pigeons can’t quite break out of the tropes that have long defined the spy film genre, it’s the kind of sweetly demented late-December diversion that should entertain plenty of holiday-weary families. - 63
Movie Nation
Smith’s easy way with a joke keeps the tone light, and for all the mayhem, this is still pretty fluffy and cute. It’s not “The Incredibles,” but it’s a reasonable and quite amusing facsimile. - 60
The Guardian
As with so many family animations right now, I felt that the script stays on the safe side, with fewer smart lines and ironic gags than I might have wished for, but this is a good-natured entertainment. - 60
Empire
Better in conception than execution, Spies In Disguise never really gets the best out of its James Bond Is A Pigeon high concept. The result is entertaining while it lasts, but won’t lodge itself permanently in your memory bank. - 58
The A.V. Club
Spies In Disguise isn’t clever enough to reconcile the disingenuousness of setting off a litany of pointless explosions and battles before clarifying that this stuff is bad, actually. - 50
TheWrap
As unsatisfying as Spies in Disguise is because of its disregard for original design and the insufferable nods to disposable trends, its role as counterprogramming to toxic masculinity — turning ruthless spies into sensible beings with warmth as a moral compass — makes it ephemerally laudable. - 50
Screen Daily
Neither the humour nor the script is particularly sharp, although younger viewers may not mind the slapstick simplicity.
