SnoopyStyle Cody Banks (Frankie Muniz) is a regular teenager in real life but is training as a secret CIA agent unknown to his parents (Cynthia Stevenson, Daniel Roebuck). Dr. Connors (Martin Donovan) is developing nanobots to eat up oil slicks but he doesn't know that he works for an evil organization E.R.I.S. who will use them as weapons. Cody is tasked to befriend his daughter Natalie Connors (Hilary Duff) only that he's not quite the ladies man that the CIA director (Keith David) thinks he is. The agency sends hot and bitter Ronica Miles (Angie Harmon) as his handler.It's a silly little James Bond Jr movie. It does go into stupid territories a lot. I don't mind most of that but it's generally not funny. I do mind Angie Harmon strutting around in the boys locker room. It's more than a little creepy and again it's not funny. His girl shyness is cute but again it's taken to a creepy place. It would be better for the movie to fully embrace the PG rating. I actually really liked some of the action like his rescue of the kid in the runaway car. This should be more of a kids movie but I'm guessing they're trying to target this for teenage boys. It's a mistake since most of them would want something much more grown up.

Dirty-English-99 A film about a junior secret agent on a mission to save the world and get the girl. From car, snowmobile and skateboard chases to battling nanobots and infiltrating the villain's heavily-guarded secret hide out.This film starred: Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff & Angie Harmon.Agent Cody Banks, isn't that good of a movie, I liked this film when I was younger but now when I watch it, it is just boring. I don't really recommend it but I would to your kids because they will enjoy it. But I am afraid this spy adventure doesn't live up to what the press claimed it would like it has with so many films.**/***** Poor.

Steve Pulaski Agent Cody Banks, if not having the cheery, smiley cast that it wound up with, could've been an even more redundant spy flick than it already is. While mostly harmless, serving as a James Bond flick for the tween crowd, it's a rather safe affair, combining by-the-numbers storytelling and plot devices to create a film that will, predictably, entertain its target audience but bore their occupiers. That's not a fair trade-off in my book.The story concerns our title character, who is played by Frankie Muniz of TV's Malcolm in the Middle, a fifteen year old kid with a love for math, science, and spy equipment. He applies for a junior position at the CIA, only to be summoned by Agent Ronica Miles (Angie Harmon), who wants him to join an elite private school, attract the attention and form a friendship with teen-girl Natalie Connors (Hilary Duff) in order to find out more about her father Dr. Albert Connors (Martin Donovan). Dr. Connors may in fact be under manipulation by Dr. Brinkman (Ian McShane), a man attempting to create nanobots, which could effectively destroy any opposing force against him.The selling point here, of course, isn't the story but the idea. The idea that a fifteen year old could potentially save the world, take out an elite bad guy, get the girl, and avoid getting grounding by his parents. It's the kind of thing kids (think eight and younger) imagine before they go to sleep at night. They want to be as cool as Cody Banks and they want what he has. Whatever the plot that comes with a character this slick, cool, and relatable, they'll take it.The character Cody Banks works so much better as an idea and a marketing plea than as someone we see getting thrown into various obstacles and death-traps during the course of the film. Seeing him lumber his way through one monotonous setup after another gets tedious very quickly. It's nice to note that at least Muniz is a gifted screen presence, making the most archetypal caricature at least presentable. He is only assisted by the effervescent Hillary Duff, who may just be the perky blonde here but she's a perky blonde with a soul. That's a hard role to play in a film that doesn't allow for much coloring outside the lines.What makes Agent Cody Banks at least mildly entertaining are the actors and the buildup to the predictable but somewhat amusing finale. Clearly, two-thirds of the entire $28 million budget went into making the factory explosion look how it is. It may not be the most convincing factory explosion I've ever seen, but as far as factory explosions go, this one at least registers on the Richter Scale of competence - I forgot to mention that that it's an example of how corny the lines get in this film.The film rides off the coattails of adventure films like Spy Kids but with far less imagination and depth. Spy Kids had the benefit of being unpredictable in the world it set up and didn't ground itself to the kind of everyday reality we expected. It colored outside the lines, not really caring if its picture became "pretty" in the eyes of the viewer. Agent Cody Banks seems to only color outside the lines a little bit and then question if the viewer noticed.Let's call Agent Cody Banks exactly what it is, which is a direct-to-DVD, TV movie that was fortunate enough to be released theatrically. It bears everything that is the equivalent to a Disney Channel movie that airs at 7PM on Friday nights: a predictable script, thin and dopey characters, kiddy jokes that often fall flat, and only a somewhat enticing mystery. I'll return to my point that many kids will be amused by the story, while their adult caretakers will likely look at their watches more often than the screen. I probably would've been slightly more entertained by a tour of Agent Cody Banks' bedroom.Starring: Frankie Muniz, Hillary Duff, Angie Harmon, Ian McShane, and Martin McDonovan. Directed by: Harald Zwart.

tomb_92 I didn't like this for a number of reasons. Firstly, Hilary Duff is just annoying, and even the likable Frankie Munitz becomes annoying after an hour. It's silly, not really funny, not clever, and not even that original any more so there is actually no longer any reason to watch this, other that maybe as some light-entertainment for your kids. Adults might be impressed first-time round but if you watch it twice you start to see how annoying it is. I can stand the fact that it is unbelievable, but it really is just very annoying. I didn't laugh much either. Actually I think I'd rather watch Spy Kids 2 again, and that's saying something.