I didn't expect this film to be amazing, but given the case (arkin and especially carell) i thought it would be at least entertaining, possibly with the occasional laugh out loud moment.
even with low expectations, though, i was just... meh. carell is far too good a comedian for this kind of material. there aren't really any jokes in it, pretty much, and the few half decent set ups are ruined by dreadful, clunky, ponderous direction. no film of this length should have to rely on flashbacks of something that happened earlier in THE SAME FILM to make the action make sense. has the feel of something that went through way too many rewrites to the point of comedy-by-concensus, ie LAME.
the main problem is there is no coherent sense of what they want it to be. is it a 007-style spoof? they don't commit to the farce, take themselves far too seriously. is it an action/romance? not sure steve carell's your guy. anne hathaway does all she's required to do, which is show up, but really, i'd say don't bother.