Storyline
John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a laboratory, where Brenda, a leading robotics surgeon, replaces his damaged limbs with state-of-the-art gadgets and tools. Named "Inspector Gadget" by the press, John -- along with his niece, Penny, and her trusty dog, Brain -- uses his new powers to discover who was behind the explosion.
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50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Inspector Gadget may be a live-action movie, but at its heart it's more cartoonish than most cartoons.
40
What a joyless, fussy contraption of a movie!
38
Chicago Sun-Times
The plot was an arbitrary concoction.
30
Gadget instead ends up as another mindless, noisy thrill ride that gorges its audience on bright effects and leaves it queasy from overconsumption.
30
In the end the elaborate gimmickry of Inspector Gadget cannot conceal its very ordinary storytelling.
