Agent Cody Banks (2003)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Harald Zwart

Writers (WGA):

Ashley Miller (screenplay) &
Zack Stentz (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

14 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Save the world. Get the girl. Pass math.

Plot:

A government agent trains Cody Banks in the ways of covert operations that require younger participants.

Plot Keywords:

CIA | Scientist | Runaway Car | Snowboard | Prep School

Awards:

4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 9	8:00 PM	DISN
Tue. Nov. 10	12:00 PM	DISN

Cast

Frankie Muniz	...	Cody Banks
Hilary Duff	...	Natalie Connors
Angie Harmon	...	Ronica Miles
Keith David	...	CIA Director
Cynthia Stevenson	...	Mrs. Banks
Arnold Vosloo	...	Molay
Daniel Roebuck	...	Mr. Banks
Ian McShane	...	Brinkman
Darrell Hammond	...	Earl
Martin Donovan	...	Dr. Connors
Marc Shelton	...	Surveillance Van Agent
Chris Gauthier	...	Surveillance Van Agent
Harry Van Gorkum	...	Double Agent
Connor Widdows	...	Alex Banks
Eliza Norbury	...	Mom

Also Known As:

Cody Banks (USA) (working title)
L'agent Cody Banks (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for action violence, mild language and some sensual content.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:6 | Iceland:L | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:MG6 | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG (No. 39151)

Filming Locations:

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Cody and Natalie attend the "William Donovan Preparatory School". William Donovan was in charge of the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in World War II. The OSS eventually became the CIA.

Goofs:

Continuity: Also in the opening action scene, the Volvo skids to a stop at the edge of the railroad track, where the train scrapes against the car's front left corner, shooting off sparks. When the front of the car is next shown, there is no damage whatsoever.

Quotes:

Cody Banks: What was my mission again?
Natalie Connors: I think you were going to kiss me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Robot Chicken: Celebrity Rocket (#2.4)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Life Is Good

Cody Saves The World And Gets Grounded

Taking advantage of a couple of hot teen television properties at the time, MGM fashioned this fantasy for kids about a typical teenage boy with one big secret. Agent Cody Banks is a CIA operative, part of a special program that trains kids for special missions. And in the title role Frankie Muniz gets to do them, providing he's not grounded.

The other hot property at the time was Hilary Duff who was in Disney's Lizzie McGuire series while Muniz was doing Malcolm In The Middle. She's Frankie's assignment, Duff is the daughter of a scientist who's gone missing and Frankie has to both protect her and find out what's going on.

It's something big all right, scientist Martin Donovan has invented some kind of artificial life that will eat anything carbon or silicon based. That could wreak a lot of havoc in the wrong hands.

Donovan is Duff's father, as for Muniz's parents they are unbelievably clueless, but that's part of the charm of these films. One who's not clueless is Muniz's immediate superior and handler Angie Harmon. She's got a great scene in the prep school where Muniz has been put to be close to Duff with some of the adolescent males there.

Agent Cody Banks with the star power of two current teen idols made a lot of money, so much so a sequel was made. Now if they had really wanted to do something different, they'd have made Duff the secret agent with Muniz her assignment.