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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Inspector Gadget may be a live-action movie, but at its heart it's more cartoonish than most cartoons.
- 40TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghWhat a joyless, fussy contraption of a movie!
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe plot was an arbitrary concoction.
- 30Los Angeles TimesGene SeymourLos Angeles TimesGene SeymourGadget instead ends up as another mindless, noisy thrill ride that gorges its audience on bright effects and leaves it queasy from overconsumption.
- 30The New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThe New York TimesLawrence Van GelderIn the end the elaborate gimmickry of Inspector Gadget cannot conceal its very ordinary storytelling.
- 30Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleLike the cartoon on which it's based, Inspector Gadget has moments of absurd fun and droll wit, but they are fleeting and few.
- 25ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliDisney has struck once again, taking a passably entertaining cartoon and turning it into a motion picture so lifeless that it's almost unwatchable.
- 20The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinAnyone older than eight is likely to find it a ridiculously extravagant exercise in stupidity.
- Are there really legions of postboomers out there sighing nostalgically over the happy hours they spent watching Inspector Gadget?
- 10VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonA new standard for wretched excess is established by Inspector Gadget, a joyless and charmless disaster in which state-of-the-art special effects are squandered on pain-in-the-backside folly.