Just what I expected

Good movie but grossly overrated

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

As the title implies, "Spies Like Us" (1985) is a globe-trotting spy comedy with Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd. There's a host of peripheral stars, like William Prince and the always excellent Bernie Casey, not to mention a cameo by none other than Bob Hope.This is a fun movie and it's great to see Chase and Aykroyd when they were so young, the latter with a quintessential 80's haircut. The best highlights are the awesome globe-spanning locations and the two female co-stars, Donna Dixon and Vanessa Angel, but not enough is done with 'em. The film's just not funny enough and it's hard to believe the producers went to such great expense, but failed to hire writers who knew how to do comedy. We're left with a fun, but throwaway flick; even Hope's cameo is a waste of celluloid. The film runs 102 minutes and was shot in Norway, Morocco, California and England. GRADE: C

Out of all the comedies produced in the 1980's, it's still one of those movies that make me laugh at all the same jokes even though I have seen this movie endless amounts of times. And no matter how many times I see it, it still is as funny as the last time I've seen.It's all the early SNL actors who went into movies during this time contributes to the golden age of comedic movies. Chevy Chase was on top of his game in the '80's, so was Dan Aykroyd. There's just something about movies like this movie, Stripes, Caddyshack, Trading Places and so on that just stand the test of time so well. I would much rather be in an era of comedic films like this then the garbage that came out in the early 2000's with all the dumb Farrelly Brothers and American Pie films. How many times can you say a different variation on a dick or fart joke before you realize that's all that those hacks have in their repertoire.

This film is not so good. It's definitely watchable mind, but in terms of it been funny, well it fails on all counts. The script is amusing, but it's by no means gut busting. Chevy Chase character is undeniably the funnier out of the two, but like I said only funny to the point of creating a couple of wry smiles here and there. As for the story, well, it feels like old familiar territory and the film itself looks and feels as though it was made on a purse string budget. Some of the dialogue is kind of weak by the supporting cast but the main two leads certainly have the best lines in the film. So all in all, this film ain't that bad but it ain't that good either. 4/10.

I had never seen this movie, which came out the same year as the landmark "Back to the Future", but found it now on a DVD from the library, along with the 3 Austin Powers movies.The story is told in a style which reminds me of movies like "Airplane" and "Austin Powers", a parody of spy and action movies made only for comic relief. While I enjoyed much of it, overall it comes across as very stale today.Chevy Chase is Emmett Fitz-Hume and Dan Aykroyd is Austin Millbarge. Both are government employees, and quite different personalities. They only meet when they are taking a test for a possible promotion, and each is chosen to work with the other in a two man spy team with an assignment in Russia.The ruse here is this, they are chosen to be the incompetent, decoy team to allow the real spy team to work undetected. And for the most part they are incompetent. However in the end they are the ones who save the day, and avoid all-out global nuclear war.SPOILERS: In the snowy wilderness of Russia they come upon a nuclear ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) carrying a nuclear warhead. They are fooled into believing they are to capture and disarm it, but in fact a rogue general back in the states wants to send it to the USA, in a misguided attempt to revive fervor in nuclear defense. As the missile is headed for New York, Millbarge manages to figure out a way to divert it, and all is saved. Plus he gets the pretty girl.