Not so Smart?

That Steve Carell looks so comfortable trying on the shoe phone worn by Don Adams in Mel Brooks and Buck Henry’s original televised spy comedy, Get Smart, is further proof that the star of NBC’s The Office and blockbuster The 40 Year Old Virgin is his era’s king of aloof comedy. Dense, but never stupid. Confounding, but never infuriating. Self-absorbed, but never cold-hearted. From The Daily Show to Dan in Real Life his performances have created almost as much quirky empathy as laughs, and as Maxwell Smart, a secret agent in way over his head, the 45-year-old actor may have found his definitive role. Just having Carell in the same room with gravely serious Terence Stamp is hilarious. Pitting them against each other as archenemies is genius. Anne Hathaway co-stars as Smart’s superspy partner, Agent 99, and Alan Arkin and Bill Murray also make appearances. Both intellectual and juvenile, high and low brow, the film looks to be the best comedy of the summer. Get Smart is in theaters nationwide June 20. getsmartmovie.warnerbros.com

ALSO IN JUNE: Kung Fu Panda (6/6), You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (6/6), The Incredible Hulk (6/13), The Happening (6/13), The Love Guru (6/20), Wall-E (6/27), Wanted (6/27).