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This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Agent Cody Banks (2003) really is like a bond film for the tween crowd. But I don't think that the audience is just limited to 12/13 year olds, I think older audience members can have fun with it too. Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff, and Angie Harmon star, and they all do a good job with their roles. Frankie captures the fun/innocent, almost dorky side of the character, but then is able to switch into special agent mode when needed. Hilary Duff plays the typical action film girl that is rescued, falls for the agent, that kind of thing, and she plays it well. And Angie Harmon plays Cody's CIA handler, she is the one responsible for him and his performance. I really loved Angie character, and her performance, she really cared for Cody, was like a mentor to him, she also has her share of humorous dialogue. Her costumes are very well done too, they are typical cool spy type costumes, form fitting, stuff like that. Some people complained that her character was too "sexy" or "sensual". I don't really agree with that, yes her wardrobe was kinda tight and sometimes sexy looking, but that's typical action film style, and it works. Her entrance to the movie is perfect, heels clicking to the music, showing all the jerks in the locker room who's boss. The script is average, but this movie really doesn't require an Oscar award winning script, the script works for what the movie is. The action sequences could have been better, but overall I think they worked just fine. I think the ending especially looked good, the explosions, and other visuals looked impressive. And Of course the movie ends happily with a bow, but that's how it's supposed to, and I quite liked it. I recommend this film for a 11 year old and older audience. 7/10.

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.

I realize this is a movie for kids, but it was the only decent thing on TV so I watched it. It was OK I guess, nothing more, nothing less. I don't remember much of it though.The acting by both Frankie Muniz and Hilary Duff was pretty good. The concept of the movie, or the plot if you will, was more than a bit unrealistic. Other than that the plot was good. I had a few laughs, there were some good action scenes, and some very good ones as well.As I said the acting was pretty good. Arnold Vosloo did a great job in the role of Molay, the bad guy. I think Mr. Vosloo might be born to play bad guys. I mean you see him in «The Mummy», «Chuck», «Blood Diamond». He is a natural! Anyhow, It is probably good enough for young teens, but I don't think it will be a big hit with other people. It gets 4 mediocre stars out of a possible 10 from me. See you later, alligator.Shevy

I saw this movie back in 2008 and I did not like it. Its a rip off James bond and the characters have no development and why see this movie its one of the worst movies of 2003 along with inspector gadget 2 and is just as bad as inspector gadget 2 and its dull and lame and really cheesy and should not bring out a 3rd one I have not seen the 2nd one but I would say its worser then this and I hope would not see a movie like this again its so stupid and dull and lame and full ramdones If you want a live action agent movie then go and buy James bond I don't recommend this movie to any one unless you have to get your sleep then get this out along with inspector gadget 2 and home alone 4 and Herbie goes bananas 1 out of 10 for stupid story plot. poor