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Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Excellent but underrated film

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Agent Cody Banks, if not having the cheery, smiley cast that it wound up with, could've been an even more redundant spy flick than it already is. While mostly harmless, serving as a James Bond flick for the tween crowd, it's a rather safe affair, combining by-the-numbers storytelling and plot devices to create a film that will, predictably, entertain its target audience but bore their occupiers. That's not a fair trade-off in my book.The story concerns our title character, who is played by Frankie Muniz of TV's Malcolm in the Middle, a fifteen year old kid with a love for math, science, and spy equipment. He applies for a junior position at the CIA, only to be summoned by Agent Ronica Miles (Angie Harmon), who wants him to join an elite private school, attract the attention and form a friendship with teen-girl Natalie Connors (Hilary Duff) in order to find out more about her father Dr. Albert Connors (Martin Donovan). Dr. Connors may in fact be under manipulation by Dr. Brinkman (Ian McShane), a man attempting to create nanobots, which could effectively destroy any opposing force against him.The selling point here, of course, isn't the story but the idea. The idea that a fifteen year old could potentially save the world, take out an elite bad guy, get the girl, and avoid getting grounding by his parents. It's the kind of thing kids (think eight and younger) imagine before they go to sleep at night. They want to be as cool as Cody Banks and they want what he has. Whatever the plot that comes with a character this slick, cool, and relatable, they'll take it.The character Cody Banks works so much better as an idea and a marketing plea than as someone we see getting thrown into various obstacles and death-traps during the course of the film. Seeing him lumber his way through one monotonous setup after another gets tedious very quickly. It's nice to note that at least Muniz is a gifted screen presence, making the most archetypal caricature at least presentable. He is only assisted by the effervescent Hillary Duff, who may just be the perky blonde here but she's a perky blonde with a soul. That's a hard role to play in a film that doesn't allow for much coloring outside the lines.What makes Agent Cody Banks at least mildly entertaining are the actors and the buildup to the predictable but somewhat amusing finale. Clearly, two-thirds of the entire $28 million budget went into making the factory explosion look how it is. It may not be the most convincing factory explosion I've ever seen, but as far as factory explosions go, this one at least registers on the Richter Scale of competence - I forgot to mention that that it's an example of how corny the lines get in this film.The film rides off the coattails of adventure films like Spy Kids but with far less imagination and depth. Spy Kids had the benefit of being unpredictable in the world it set up and didn't ground itself to the kind of everyday reality we expected. It colored outside the lines, not really caring if its picture became "pretty" in the eyes of the viewer. Agent Cody Banks seems to only color outside the lines a little bit and then question if the viewer noticed.Let's call Agent Cody Banks exactly what it is, which is a direct-to-DVD, TV movie that was fortunate enough to be released theatrically. It bears everything that is the equivalent to a Disney Channel movie that airs at 7PM on Friday nights: a predictable script, thin and dopey characters, kiddy jokes that often fall flat, and only a somewhat enticing mystery. I'll return to my point that many kids will be amused by the story, while their adult caretakers will likely look at their watches more often than the screen. I probably would've been slightly more entertained by a tour of Agent Cody Banks' bedroom.Starring: Frankie Muniz, Hillary Duff, Angie Harmon, Ian McShane, and Martin McDonovan. Directed by: Harald Zwart.

This was a decent film, not as innovative as Spy Kids but an improvement over Stormbreaker. Of course it is very silly, and has a predictable plot and an uneven script. But due to the spirited performances from the entire cast, it is great fun. Frankie Muniz gives a sense of charm and cheekiness to his role, and while having less to do, Hilary Duff gives one of her better performances here. Angie Harmon also is fabulously sexy as Agent Miles, revealing outfit and all, and Ian Mcshane is great as Brinkman. While there are discrepancies in the script sometimes, there are inspired moments of physical comedy that delivers the laughs. Also the film goes along at a fast pace, and there are wonderful stunts and action sequences. Predictable, but great fun. 7/10 Bethany Cox

I saw this on TV today and I have to say it is basically male-bashing disguised as a teenage James Bond rip-off.A sexist woman (Angie Harmon), who has about as much understanding and respect for boys as a typical feminist walks straight into a boys locker room and humiliates a few of the swooning males by smacking them in the groin with a towel just to project some lame super tough kick-ass woman act. I love the way the scene duplicates similar action by men in the girls locker room – oh, wait a second. My bad.She steals Cody (Frankie Muniz who looks set to be the female whipping boy (a man who is ashamed to be a man) player of negative male-stereotypes of the future judging by his performance in Malcom in the Middle) and she makes many annoying sarcastic authoritative comments and spars with him during training sessions. She cools down, but the whole matriarchal idea of her dominating all the other officials was irritating as well as her kicking the crap out the typically male dominated enemy forces. Cody himself is portrayed typically as some exaggerated and far less skilled with women version of James Bond and due to the millions of gigabytes of information passed down over millions of years, has clearly been brought up to view women as some superior life form mainly on the basis of his hormonal needs. The stereotypical "loser" who we all laugh at on TV sums up the friendlier side of teenage boys (who are in a very vulnerable state it should be noted, not that anyone cares). His female partner played by Hilary Duff was also repulsive and cruel and the mere fact she has to be a woman to be his partner just sums up the politically correct tripe that action movies have mutated into. Granted she was not shown to be as skillful as he (by a long shot in fact), but he still has to prove himself as is expected of men to be accepted by women (or for her to like him).Terrible film! I don't recommend it to anyone.Rated: PG in USA, 12A in UK due to action violence, some foul language and sexual bullying of minors.Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

think of this as a junior James Bond/Mission Impossible.it's silly,but fun and action packed.it's also not at all plausible and it kinda loses steam when it gets serious and the ending is a bit maudlin.other than that though,it's a pretty good movie.there's nothing really offensive about it,bit there is a bit of sexuality implied.in my mind,Keith David is standout in his role as the director.it's not that big a role,but he sure has fun with it.Arnold Vosloo is also great as one of the evil henchman.if you can shut off you brain for 1 hour and 42 minutes,you might enjoy this movie,for what it is-mostly fluff,with some action and comedy.i give Agent Cody Banks an 8/10