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- 2015
- Paul Feig
- 115 mins
- 15
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Comedy starring Melissa McCarthy and Jason Statham. CIA office worker Susan Cooper finally gets her wish to be a fully fledged spy when she's sent in pursuit of criminal mastermind Rayna Boyanov. The irrepressible agent follows her target across the globe in a variety of disguises... most of which look suspiciously like Susan Cooper.
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
Stella Papamichael
Melissa McCarthy becomes a bona-fide movie star in Spy, reteaming with Paul Feig who directed her in Bridesmaids and The Heat. She plays a CIA desk agent sent into the field to gather intelligence on Rose Byrne's criminal mastermind. However, she immediately breaks protocol by sidling up to said villainess with all the subtlety of a boulder. This is followed by McCarthy bumbling her way through glamorous European locations in high-octane style, hobbled by a less than glamorous disguise (complete with spy gadgets packed to look like haemorrhoid treatments). Feig scores plenty of laughs by making McCarthy look laughably incongruous when she should be inconspicuous, and her banter with old Bridesmaids comrade Byrne, as she strikes up an unlikely friendship, is deliciously bitchy fun. Miranda Hart isa tad jarring as McCarthy's sidekick, but Jason Statham is Feig's secret weapon as a super-agent who thinks he's better qualified than McCarthy and tells her exactly why in hilariously excruciating detail. Still, this is McCarthy's show. She carries the film with huge charm, razor-sharp comic instincts and surprising chop-socky skills.
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rolenameSusan CooperMelissa McCarthyRick FordJason StathamRayna BoyanovRose ByrneNancyMiranda HartDe LucaBobby CannavaleElaine CrockerAllison JanneyAldoPeter SerafinowiczKaren WalkerMorena BaccarinBradley FineJude LawCurtis "50 Cent" JacksonCurtis "50 Cent" JacksonVerka SerduchkaVerka Serduchka
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rolenameDirectorPaul Feig
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Theatrical distributor
20th Century Fox
Released on
2015-06-05
Languages
English | German | Bulgarian | Ukrainian | Japanese | Italian | French | Hungarian
Guidance
Violence, swearing, brief nudity, sex scenes.
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DVD and Blu-ray
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