If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

A security guard's dreams come true when he is selected to be transformed into a cybernetic police officer. Just like with Batman & Robin 'Inspector Gadget' is a guilty pleasure for me, Matthew Broderick did an alright job as Gadget but Robo Gadget was pretty lame a bit plus he totally missed the silly side of the character and he was a bit way too much serious to begin with. As for Dr. Claw? i was very disappointed with him as well but like i said this movie is pretty damn stupid and if you don't take it seriously? You might kind of enjoy it perhaps? Or Not? (6/10)

There are adaptions and there are remakes of cartoons. This movie straight up defiles the cartoon it was based upon. If there were a porno based up the Inspector Gadget franchise, I'd find it'd be pressed hard to be more offensive then Matthew Brodrick's performance as Inspector Gadget. To put it into perspective... there was a direct to video sequel starring French Stewart as Gadget... that was infinitely better as it least French Stewart knows how to play a bumbling idiot. It would seem rather then been watch Get Smart, The Pink Panther movers and the Original series Brodrick instead decided to watch Rob Schneider Movies as he plays Gadget as some unlucky guy were supposed feel sorry for and hope he gets the girl. This enough is more then enough to upset the fans of the original show, but that wasn't enough for the people writing this film. Dr. Claw in the original series was always hidden in the shadows, making him one of the most iconic villains for not being seen... this movie didn't even wait a half hour to give him a face... or an excuse to have the claw name by having him lose his hand in a really really stupid way along with when Joe (yeah they thought that Gadget needed a name) got his cyborg body. Penny and Brain in the original show did most of the work so that Gadget could take the credit and be a hero. Here they almost weren't even present and you can't say it was they were too afraid at the idea of cgi effects (straight up abuse in this film) given what they did with brain in the credits. Chief Quimby was played up as a straight up jerk the whole movie too.This issue I have is about a character but it gets its own point because of just how awful it was. In the cartoon Gadget near the end of the series got his "Scrappy Doo" of the time, Corporal Capeman, an obnoxious overweight man who boarders on being a vigilante but ends up extending Gadget's gross incompetence.... he would have been a welcome condition compared to what gadget got as a sidekick... namely the the gadget mobile. In the original cartoon the gadget mobile was quiet, it's most amazing feature was it was a police car that was up to racing specifications that could become a precursor to sub suv. Here they decided to turn it into an obnoxious, severely racist stereotype, wingman to Gadget. I know it was part of Disneys need to push some over the top magical character in kid's faces but It was obnoxious to some of us who were grown teens who grew up with the show and had this paste it character added.The plot follows Joe Brown as a originally a pathetic security guard hoping to become a police officer but didn't have what it takes, so one day while working guarding a science firm working on building cybernetics controlled by psionic transferring chips allowing people to control robot parts with the human brain... he interrupts a robbery by Dr. Claw and his henchmen and he gets blown up after the scientist who made the parts gets murdered but his daughter sees the effort Joe went through to try and save her dad and insists they do unethical beyond belief things to save Joe's life turning him into something looking like a cross between Robocop and the Mask.Joe becomes Inspector gadget, someone chief quimby treats like he deserves to be treated given he hasn't done anything at this point to make him more then mascot for the police force then anything. Gadget insists on trying to catch claw.At some point as if Brodricks bad acting wasn't bad enough, a robo gadget shows up built by claws henchmen... it demonstrates that brodrick can play an evil version of gadget somehow even worse then his portrayal of good gadget. Somewhere along the movie claw snaps the chip that lets gadget control his gadgets and it looks like he effectively dies... til magically he saved by his heart with the power of love or something. In the end he catches claw (can't they even get that right?) and saves the day. To say this movie was bad would be like saying wisdom too pain is a bit achy.

to adapted a cartoon in film with real actors is always a challenge. and the success is surprising.but this film has not as ambition to be a successful one. in this case the great problem is to discover the purpose of story. an improvisation ? a joke ? a parody ? the only important thing, for me, is the presence of Rupert Everett and Matthew Broderick . the hard try to save a film about nothing or only a collection of clichés and gags in chaotic style. and this is not a real bad thing. but a sort of consolation. because you hopes to be a decent choice for the little children.

I was obsessed with this movie as a kid, and even when I think about it now, I can see how it was silly and cliché, but it's still a joy to watch. I also knew this movie was based on a cartoon, but I knew nothing about the cartoon, and I knew about the movie first, so naturally I would assume that everything that happened in the movie is just like the cartoon, but I've read from other reviewers that this movie is so different from the cartoon. Since I never watched the cartoon, I'm reviewing this as a stand-alone film. This movie is really fun to watch; Matthew Broderick was the right man to play the title role, and he actually looks the part, I don't know why most people beg to differ, and Rupert Everett is funny as Sanford Scolex (aka Dr. Claw), and is sinister enough to get you invested, but the problem with his character is that he doesn't actually pose as a menacing threat to the society or to Gadget himself, he's more of a smooth talker. His henchmen are funny enough and they are great comic relief, but perhaps my greatest memory of this movie was the song, "I'll Be Your Everything" by Youngstown. That song is funky, it's a nice boy band tune, and it's good to listen to, but just recently, I found out that it's actually lyrically suggestive. For example the line, "So just call out 'Go-Go Gadget'", is actually, "I can freak you with my gadget", hahaha, lol, yeah I know, dirty, huh? The Robo-Gadget devil is funny, and he could've been the villain throughout, but all he does is wreak havoc around the city. The humor is good enough, and this movie is good, but I don't understand what pushed Disney to make a direct-to-DVD sequel, which was a complete travesty, and not worthy of being watched! I've only seen previews of the sequel, but that was enough for me to know that it's TERRIBLE!!! Overall, I like Inspector Gadget, and it's good for what it is, and enjoyable enough, especially if you liked it as a kid, if I were you, I wouldn't be so harsh towards the movie and just accept it as a stand- alone film. 8/10. Good job Disney!