bigverybadtom The original plan was to create a made-for-TV special, but fan response made the producers create a theatrical movie instead. As the "Get Smart" TV show was a spoof of James Bond movies, the movie was a parody of the then-recent Bond movies starring Roger Moore, as indicated by the plane-jump sequence at the beginning and Agent 86 having love interests other than Agent 99, despite the fact that in the TV show he had already married 99 and had twin children. So we end up with a mixture of both worlds where Maxwell Smart looks like a fish out of water. Without Agent 99 or the Edward Platt Chief (admittedly the actor had died so that was impossible), the comedic interaction that made Get Smart work isn't there. It's akin to "The Honeymooners" with only Ralph Kramden.The movie itself is mildly amusing, a rather cute idea of a villain who uses bombs to destroy clothing so he can make all of humanity dress in clothing that he produces. That would seem to have been a great idea for a Get Smart episode in itself. But though Don Adams tried, it is clear he couldn't go it alone. That mistake would fortunately be remedied in the 1988 made-for-TV reunion.

MartinHafer When I was a kid, I was addicted to the TV show GET SMART. Sure, I knew it wasn't the most brilliant or sophisticated show on the tube but it made me laugh. Years later, I've watched a few episodes and found that as I got older they don't seem quite as funny, but they still are charming and worth seeing on occasion. However, the film THE NUDE BOMB as well as the made for TV reunion show were an abomination and all those associated with it should hang their heads in shame! It's true that you can never go back, but this is made even worse by the fact that other than Don Adams, I didn't recognize ANYONE in the film from the original series. Plus, porn star Silvia Kristel is there instead of Barbara Feldon--that's just WRONG! If all this isn't bad enough, the plot is way too stupid to base a movie upon. The bad guys have a bomb that makes everyone's clothes disappear! Hey, maybe THAT'S why they had Ms. Kristel in the movie!

steve-bailey-1 As another IMDb contributor has noted, it seems very strange that Universal wanted to make a Maxwell Smart movie -- in fact, at the time, there was talk of doing a series of Smart movies a la Inspector Clouseau -- and then went out of its way to remove nearly every element that made "Get Smart!" so funny. Nearly all of Don Adams' supporting cast (esp. Barbara Feldon and Edward "Chief" Platt) are absent here, as are rivalling spy agencies CONTROL and KAOS, as well as *any* of the show's writers or producers. Happily (with the exception of the deceased Platt), they'd all get it right nine years later, for the TV-reunion-movie "Get Smart, Again!" Indeed, as of this writing, that movie is the only "Get Smart" item available on DVD; better that than "The Nude Bomb," at least.

uds3 They may as well have tried to re-make Ben Hur with Woody Allen in the lead role! What were they thinking? Agent 86 without "99," Siegfried, agent 13? OK so they couldn't have done much about "Chief," since Ed Platt had died six years earlier! But this??? Max wasn't even Max in this de-mythologising of the GET SMART legend. (Incredibly, the subsequent movie GET SMART AGAIN nine years later, was way better!)Awkward, definitely not kosher and plodding to the point of disbelief, Adams "feels his way" through the film who's disparate plotline beggars belief (read some other reviews if you are that interested).Hugely disappointing and totally uninteresting. (I think I laughed twice!)