Product Details

• Actors: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, Donna Dixon, Bruce Davison
• Directors: John Landis
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Language: English, Russian
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 14, 1998
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (66 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000F14J
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #13,867 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Yet another bad movie in a lengthy string of losers for all three of the principals involved here: director John Landis and stars Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase. Chase and Aykroyd play a pair of bumbling would-be CIA agents who are spotted cheating on the entrance exam. So the CIA decides to use them as bait in a mission to flummox the Russians. Lots of pointless slapstick and mugging, but Landis hasn't made a genuinely funny film since Trading Places. Aykroyd and Chase seem smug and self-satisfied (don't they always?), as though they can rest forever on laurels earned during the 1975 season of Saturday Night Live. Look for a gaggle of film directors (Terry Gilliam, Joel Coen, Costa-Gavras) in cameo roles: that's the closest this film comes to cleverness. --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Doctor...., October 28, 2005

By	JIMMY OTSAGO "If you work for a living, why d... (London, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spies Like Us (Snap Case) (DVD)

This film is great. Chevy Chase and Danny Aykroyd are two fantastic comedic actors and the film follows the traditions of the old Bing Crosby and Bob Hope duo pics. Amazon.com reviewer Marshall Fine is a complete tool. Okay, it's no Animal house- but it's still very funny and entertaining. Don't listen to his fodder, go get the movie yourself!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sad treatment of a comedy classic...., August 29, 2000

By	Jason Daring (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spies Like Us (Snap Case) (DVD)

The movie on it's own would get 5 stars from me without a doubt. I have seen this movies dozens of times and it is still a gem of a comedy. It's great for a saturday afternoon watch or to put on in the background of a party for the people who always seem to wind up at the tv for some reason. Chevy Chase And Dan akroyd were still funny when this was made. The dvd is a lame one with subpar video and sound and no extras really. Sad treatment for a funny funny movie.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Instant Classic, October 16, 2002

By	Keith E Schaeffer (FPO, AP United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spies Like Us (Snap Case) (DVD)

If you are a comedy movie person, this better be in your collection. Chevy Chase and dan Akroyd are a pair that will that no older person will never forget. Both men play "spies" or what they think they are, but actually they are both decoys for another group of spies. This movie has it all, laughs, women, men(for the ladies) and even bob hope!