Get Smart is a film released in 2008, directed by Peter Segal, starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway. The plot of the story is that an organization called KAOS has amassed a stockpile of nuclear weapons and threatens to use them if their demands for money are not met. CONTROL, the organization known for always messing up KAOS' plans, has just seen its headquarters sabotaged and now all of its agents have had their identities compromised, except one, Agent 99. Having no other options, CONTROL promotes one of their best data analyst for an agent, this man is Maxwell Smart. With the threat of a nuclear bomb looming, CONTROL must send in its only two remaining agents in hopes of neutralizing this threat. The film was received with mixed reviews. Critics thought there was too much action and it took away from the comedy. However, Get Smart shows the development of an interpersonal relationship between Max and Agent 99 very well. Get Smart illustrates Devito's principles of conflict, conversational disclosure, and the relational stages in an interpersonal relationship. Get Smart does a good job of illustrating some of the principles of conflict in an interpersonal relationship. There are many scenes in Get Smart where Max and Agent 99 don't exactly get along. In fact, their relationship got off to a rocky start from the start. The first time Max meets Agent 99 is right after the Control Headquarters is destroyed. Immediately after exchanging names, they hear footsteps coming from the corridor next to them. While Max and Agent 99 hide and wait for their mysterious footsteps to arrive, Max devises a plan to distract the group of people in the hallway using a water hose. Agent 99 strongly objects... middle of paper... It's very believable that she wants to keep this kind of information under wraps, and it's easy to tell that their relationship has developed a lot when she tells Max about it. Overall, Get Smart is a fun film that I enjoyed delving into for this article. Works Cited DeVito, Joseph A. The Interpersonal Communication Book. Boston, Massachusetts: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2009. Print.Get Smart. Director Pietro Segal. Perf. Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway. Warner Bros., 2008. Film."Relationships, synthesis phases." BookRags.com. Network. April 14, 2011. .Evangelisti, Anita L. and Daniel Perlman. The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2006. Print.Wood, Julia T. Interpersonal Communication: Everyday Encounters. Boston, MA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2010. Print.