Film: Spy

GENRE: Action, Comedy

RATING: R for language, violence and brief nudity
RUNTIME: 2 hours and 0 minutes

STARRING: Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids, The Heat, Tammy)

Rose Byrne (Damages, Neighbors), Jason Statham (Snatch, Crank)

DIRECTOR: Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, The Heat)

WRITER: Paul Feig (Freaks & Geeks)

PLOT: An analyst goes undercover for the first time to stop an arms dealer.    

FIVE OBSERVATIONS:

1 I love that this was a spy movie first, a comedy second. It’s not Austin Powers. They aren’t going for silly here. The genre is taken seriously and it makes the film that much better.  

2 McCarthy is utterly fantastic. She is so good as the analyst and the newbie spy with skills but she really pours it on when she takes on the persona of a bodyguard. Laugh out loud moments throughout. Her friend/partner is a little too weird though.

3 Byrne brings it as the bad guy. Her condescending comments towards McCarthy are hilarious. Her hair is also a wonderful source of comedy.   

4 Statham has done comedy before, so I’m not as surprised as some people. His rants at perfectly done though his opinion of McCarthy’s spy starts to get old.

5 A little too many expected double crosses in this otherwise stellar plot.

RECOMMENDATION: Fun time at the theatre but also good at home
UPCOMING REVIEWS: Jurassic World