Agent Cody Banks (2003)
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38% of critics liked it
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41% of users liked it
(399,520 ratings)
A teen learns that all the gadgets in the world can't help him overcome his awkwardness around the opposite sex in this big-budget family entertainment. In Agent Cody Banks, Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz plays a young man plucked from suburban obscurity to be trained as a CIA… More A teen learns that all the gadgets in the world can't help him overcome his awkwardness around the opposite sex in this big-budget family entertainment. In Agent Cody Banks, Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz plays a young man plucked from suburban obscurity to be trained as a CIA super-agent. His mission? Get friendly with his classmate Natalie (played by another teen TV star, Lizzie McGuire's Hilary Duff) so that he can uncover her father's diabolical scheme to create indestructible robots. To compound his problems, Cody also has to deal with the same stresses as any adolescent: nagging parents, insufferable classwork, and a fragile sense of self-esteem. Agent Cody Banks was produced by MGM, not coincidentally the studio responsible for another popular spy franchise, the venerable James Bond series. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- Directed By
- Harald Zwart
- Written By
- Jeffrey Jurgensen, Ashley Miller, Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz, Scott Alexander
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Mystery & Suspense
PG,
- In Theaters
- Mar 14, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Critic Reviews
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Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Zwart pulls out enough stops in action sequences involving jet-propelled skateboards, stunt drives and mountain rescues to keep the ball rolling nicely.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Agent Cody Banks has a TV movie feel to it. The special effects are kind of hokey, the jokes pretty lame and the stunts looked like they're performed by stunt performers.
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Daphne Gordon, Toronto Star
Agent Cody Banks provides the kind of high-quality entertainment one would expect in an adult action adventure that is expected to rake in major bucks.
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Ted Fry, Seattle Times
Those who aren't part of the 10- to 13-year-old target audience will probably also find it witless and derivative.
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Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
An entertaining film for kids and young teens.
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Cast
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Frankie Muniz
as Cody Banks
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Hilary Duff
as Natalie Connors
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Keith David
as CIA Director
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Cynthia Stevenson
as Mrs. Banks
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Arnold Vosloo
as Molay
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Daniel Roebuck
as Mr. Banks
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Ian McShane
as Brinkman
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Darrell Hammond
as Nigel
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Martin Donovan
as Dr. Connors
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Alan C. Peterson
as Dark Agent
- Judge Reinhold
- Martin Henderson
- Angie Harmon
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Connor Widdows
as Alex Banks
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Andrew Francis
as Fenster Drooge
- Michael Cromien
- Chris Gauthier
- Benjamin Ratner
