2.9 Score

1999 • 1h 18min • PG • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family

Inspector Gadget

"The greatest hero ever assembled."

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.

IMDb 4.2

RT 20%

MC 36

Director

David Kellogg

Writers

Zak Penn

Kerry Ehrin

Dana Olsen

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Matthew Broderick

John Brown / Inspector Gadget / Robo Gadget

Rupert Everett

Sanford Scolex / Dr. Claw

Joely Fisher

Brenda / Robobrenda

Michelle Trachtenberg

Penny

Andy Dick

Kramer

Cheri Oteri

Mayor Wilson

Mike Hagerty

Sikes

Dabney Coleman

Chief Quimby

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